योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-49

संपद प्रमदाश्चैव तरङ्गोत्तुङ्गभङ्गुराः ।
कस्तास्वहिफणच्छत्रच्छायासु रमते बुधः ॥ ४९ ॥

saṃpada pramadāścaiva taraṅgottuṅgabhaṅgurāḥ ,
kastāsvahiphaṇacchatracchāyāsu ramate budhaḥ 49

49. saṃpadaḥ pramadāḥ ca eva taraṅgotuṅgabhaṅgurāḥ
kaḥ tāsu ahi-phaṇa-cchatra-cchāyāsu ramate budhaḥ

49. saṃpadaḥ ca eva pramadāḥ taraṅgotuṅgabhaṅgurāḥ
kaḥ budhaḥ tāsu ahi-phaṇa-cchatra-cchāyāsu ramate

49. Fortunes and women are indeed fragile and fleeting, like high, breaking waves. What wise person (budha) would delight in their shade, which is as precarious as the shelter beneath a snake's hood?

Words meanings summery:

• संपदः (saṁpadaḥ) - fortunes, wealth, prosperity, accomplishments

• प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, beautiful women, charming women

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

• तरङ्गोतुङ्गभङ्गुराः (taraṅgotuṅgabhaṅgurāḥ) - fragile like high waves, easily broken like tall waves

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• तासु (tāsu) - referring to fortunes and women (in them, among them)

• अहि-फण-च्छत्र-च्छायासु (ahi-phaṇa-cchatra-cchāyāsu) - in the shade of a snake's hood-umbrella

• रमते (ramate) - delights, enjoys, sports

• बुधः (budhaḥ) - wise person, learned one, sage

Words meanings and morphology

संपदः (saṁpadaḥ) - fortunes, wealth, prosperity, accomplishments

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sampad

sampad - fortune, wealth, prosperity, accomplishment, success

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Original input has 'saṃpada', which can be a sandhi-less nominative plural, but 'saṃpadaḥ' is the standard form for undone sandhi.

प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, beautiful women, charming women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pramadā

pramadā - a woman, a beautiful woman, an intoxicated woman

Derived from 'pra-' + 'mad' (to be intoxicated, delight)

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

तरङ्गोतुङ्गभङ्गुराः (taraṅgotuṅgabhaṅgurāḥ) - fragile like high waves, easily broken like tall waves

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of taraṅgotuṅgabhaṅgura

taraṅgotuṅgabhaṅgura - fragile like high waves, easily broken like tall waves

Compound word

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+uttuṅga+bhaṅgura)

• taraṅga – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• uttuṅga – high, tall, elevated
  adjective (masculine)
• bhaṅgura – fragile, easily broken, perishable, transitory
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'bhañj' (to break)
  Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'saṃpadaḥ' and 'pramadāḥ'.

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

तासु (tāsu) - referring to fortunes and women (in them, among them)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

अहि-फण-च्छत्र-च्छायासु (ahi-phaṇa-cchatra-cchāyāsu) - in the shade of a snake's hood-umbrella

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ahi-phaṇa-cchatra-cchāyā

ahi-phaṇa-cchatra-cchāyā - the shade (cchāyā) of a snake's (ahi) hood (phaṇa) [acting as] an umbrella (cchatra)

Compound word

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahi+phaṇa+cchatra+cchāyā)

• ahi – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• phaṇa – hood (of a snake)
  noun (masculine)
• cchatra – umbrella, parasol
  noun (neuter)
• cchāyā – shade, shadow, reflection, luster
  noun (feminine)

रमते (ramate) - delights, enjoys, sports

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ram

present indicative

Ātmanepada verb, class 1

Root: ram (class 1)

बुधः (budhaḥ) - wise person, learned one, sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budha

budha - wise, learned, intelligent; a wise person, a sage

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

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