योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-38

अगाधमरणावर्तकल्लोलाकुलकोटरे ।
तृष्णातरङ्गतरले स्वमनश्चण्डमारुते ॥ ३८ ॥

agādhamaraṇāvartakallolākulakoṭare ,
tṛṣṇātaraṅgatarale svamanaścaṇḍamārute 38

38. agādhamaraṇāvartakallolākulakoṭare
tṛṣṇātaraṅgatarale svamanas ca caṇḍamārute

38. svamanas agādhamaraṇāvartakallolākulakoṭare
tṛṣṇātaraṅgatarale ca caṇḍamārute

38. (One's own mind exists) within the hollow agitated by the waves of unfathomable death's whirlpools, amidst the restlessness of craving's waves, and within the fierce wind of one's own mind (manas).

Words meanings summery:

• अगाधमरणावर्तकल्लोलाकुलकोटरे (agādhamaraṇāvartakallolākulakoṭare) - Describes the turbulent condition (of saṃsāra or the mind). (in the hollow agitated by the waves of unfathomable death's whirlpools)

• तृष्णातरङ्गतरले (tṛṣṇātaraṅgatarale) - Describes the turbulent condition (of saṃsāra or the mind). (in the restlessness (or one made restless) by craving's waves)

• स्वमनस् (svamanas) - one's own mind (manas)

• च (ca) - and

• चण्डमारुते (caṇḍamārute) - Describes the turbulent state of the mind. (in the fierce wind, as a fierce wind)

Words meanings and morphology

अगाधमरणावर्तकल्लोलाकुलकोटरे (agādhamaraṇāvartakallolākulakoṭare) - Describes the turbulent condition (of saṃsāra or the mind). (in the hollow agitated by the waves of unfathomable death's whirlpools)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agādhamaraṇāvartakallolākulakoṭara

agādhamaraṇāvartakallolākulakoṭara - hollow agitated by the waves of unfathomable death's whirlpools

Long compound: 'a-gādha' (unfathomable) + 'maraṇa' (death) + 'āvarta' (whirlpool) + 'kallola' (wave) + 'ākula' (agitated) + 'koṭara' (hollow/cavity).

Compound type : complex tatpuruṣa (a+gādha+maraṇa+āvarta+kallola+ākula+koṭara)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• gādha – fathomable, shallow, firm
  adjective (neuter)
• maraṇa – death
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, revolution
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• kallola – large wave, surge
  noun (masculine)
• ākula – agitated, confused, perplexed
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kul (class 1)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, socket, cavern
  noun (masculine)

तृष्णातरङ्गतरले (tṛṣṇātaraṅgatarale) - Describes the turbulent condition (of saṃsāra or the mind). (in the restlessness (or one made restless) by craving's waves)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tṛṣṇātaraṅgatara

tṛṣṇātaraṅgatara - made restless by waves of craving

Compound: 'tṛṣṇā' (craving) + 'taraṅga' (wave) + 'tarala' (restless, trembling).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+taraṅga+tarala)

• tṛṣṇā – craving, thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• taraṅga – wave, ripple
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• tarala – restless, agitated, trembling, unstable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Describes a state or location.

स्वमनस् (svamanas) - one's own mind (manas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svamanas

svamanas - one's own mind (manas)

Compound of 'sva' (own) and 'manas' (mind).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+manas)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought (manas)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implied sentence.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction particle.

चण्डमारुते (caṇḍamārute) - Describes the turbulent state of the mind. (in the fierce wind, as a fierce wind)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of caṇḍamāruta

caṇḍamāruta - fierce wind, violent storm

Compound: 'caṇḍa' (fierce) + 'māruta' (wind).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (caṇḍa+māruta)

• caṇḍa – fierce, violent, passionate, wrathful
  adjective (masculine)
• māruta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: The locative implies 'in the state of a fierce wind' or 'like a fierce wind'.

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