योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-5

पेशलं चानुरूपं च व्यवहारमकृत्रिमम् ।
लोक्यमाह्लादनं धत्ते चन्द्रविम्बमिवामृतम् ॥ ५ ॥

peśalaṃ cānurūpaṃ ca vyavahāramakṛtrimam ,
lokyamāhlādanaṃ dhatte candravimbamivāmṛtam 5

5. peśalam ca anurūpam ca vyavahāram akṛtrimam
lokyam āhlādanam dhatte candravimbam iva amṛtam

5. dhatte peśalam ca anurūpam ca akṛtrimam lokyam
āhlādanam vyavahāram candravimbam iva amṛtam

5. One displays graceful, appropriate, natural, and delightful conduct that is pleasing to the world, just as the moon's orb contains nectar.

Words meanings summery:

• पेशलम् (peśalam) - graceful, elegant, delicate, pleasing

• च (ca) - and, also

• अनुरूपम् (anurūpam) - suitable, appropriate, conformable, correspondent

• च (ca) - and, also

• व्यवहारम् (vyavahāram) - conduct, behavior, interaction, transaction

• अकृत्रिमम् (akṛtrimam) - natural, unartificial, genuine, sincere

• लोक्यम् (lokyam) - pleasing to people, visible, perceptible

• आह्लादनम् (āhlādanam) - delighting, gladdening, exhilarating

• धत्ते (dhatte) - displays, exhibits (holds, bears, carries, maintains, produces)

• चन्द्रविम्बम् (candravimbam) - moon's disk, orb of the moon

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, ambrosia, immortality

Words meanings and morphology

पेशलम् (peśalam) - graceful, elegant, delicate, pleasing

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of peśala

peśala - graceful, elegant, beautiful, delicate, charming, pleasing

Note: Qualifies 'vyavahāram'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अनुरूपम् (anurūpam) - suitable, appropriate, conformable, correspondent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anurūpa

anurūpa - suitable, appropriate, conformable, correspondent, similar

From 'anu' (after, according to) + 'rūpa' (form).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (anu+rūpa)

• anu – after, according to, along
  indeclinable
  Preposition/Prefix.
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature, image
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'vyavahāram'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

व्यवहारम् (vyavahāram) - conduct, behavior, interaction, transaction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyavahāra

vyavahāra - conduct, behavior, practice, custom, transaction, lawsuit

From 'vi' + 'ava' + root 'hṛ' (to carry).

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'dhatte'.

अकृत्रिमम् (akṛtrimam) - natural, unartificial, genuine, sincere

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akṛtrima

akṛtrima - natural, unartificial, genuine, sincere, real

Negative prefix 'a' + 'kṛtrima' (artificial, made).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛtrima)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• kṛtrima – artificial, made, factitious, false
  adjective (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'vyavahāram'.

लोक्यम् (lokyam) - pleasing to people, visible, perceptible

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lokya

lokya - visible, perceptible, pleasing to people, popular, worldly

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From 'loka' (world, people) with suffix 'ya'.

Note: Qualifies 'vyavahāram'.

आह्लादनम् (āhlādanam) - delighting, gladdening, exhilarating

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āhlādana

āhlādana - delighting, gladdening, exhilarating; a cause of delight

present active participle (derived from verbal root) or action noun

From root 'hlad' (to gladden) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: hlad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vyavahāram'.

धत्ते (dhatte) - displays, exhibits (holds, bears, carries, maintains, produces)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhā

Present Tense, Middle Voice, 3rd Person Singular

From root 'dhā'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Null subject (implied).

चन्द्रविम्बम् (candravimbam) - moon's disk, orb of the moon

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of candravimba

candravimba - moon's disk, orb of the moon

Compound of 'candra' (moon) and 'vimba' (disk, orb).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (candra+vimba)

• candra – moon, lunar
  noun (masculine)
• vimba – disk, orb, image, reflection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, ambrosia, immortality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar, ambrosia, immortality, immortal, undecaying

Negative particle 'a' + 'mṛta' (dead, mortal).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• mṛta – dead, deceased, mortal
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Part of simile.

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