योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-39

महाजडलवाधारे संसारविषमार्णवे ।
इन्द्रियग्रामगहने विवेकः पोतको महान् ॥ ३९ ॥

mahājaḍalavādhāre saṃsāraviṣamārṇave ,
indriyagrāmagahane vivekaḥ potako mahān 39

39. mahājaḍalavādhāre saṃsāraviṣamārṇave
indriyagrāmagahane vivekaḥ potakaḥ mahān

39. vivekaḥ mahān potakaḥ mahājaḍalavādhāre
saṃsāraviṣamārṇave indriyagrāmagahane

39. Discrimination (viveka) is a great boat navigating the basis of great inertness, the formidable ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra), and the dense thicket of the senses.

39. באוקיינוס המסוכן של סבך הקיום התופעתי (סַמְסָארָה), הסוער ומלא בורות נבערות, ובסבך הסבוך של החושים – האבחנה הבהירה (וִיוֵקָה) היא הספינה הגדולה.

Words meanings summery:

• महाजडलवाधारे (mahājaḍalavādhāre) - Describes the challenging environment of material existence and ignorance. (in the basis of great inertness, in the foundation of great ignorant fragments)

• संसारविषमार्णवे (saṁsāraviṣamārṇave) - Describes the challenging environment of saṃsāra. (in the formidable ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra))

• इन्द्रियग्रामगहने (indriyagrāmagahane) - Describes the confusing and entangled nature of the senses. (in the dense thicket of the senses)

• विवेकः (vivekaḥ) - discrimination, discernment, judgment

• पोतकः (potakaḥ) - a boat (metaphor for spiritual aid) (a boat, a vessel, a young animal)

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

Words meanings and morphology

महाजडलवाधारे (mahājaḍalavādhāre) - Describes the challenging environment of material existence and ignorance. (in the basis of great inertness, in the foundation of great ignorant fragments)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahājaḍalavādhāra

mahājaḍalavādhāra - basis of great inertness, support of great ignorant particles

Compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'jaḍa' (inert, ignorant) + 'lava' (fragment, particle) + 'ādhāra' (basis, support).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+jaḍa+lava+ādhāra)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine stem form of 'mahat' used as first member in compound.
• jaḍa – inert, dull, ignorant, stupid
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jaḍ (class 1)
• lava – fragment, particle, atom, moment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lū (class 9)
• ādhāra – support, basis, receptacle, substratum
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

संसारविषमार्णवे (saṁsāraviṣamārṇave) - Describes the challenging environment of saṃsāra. (in the formidable ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāraviṣamārṇava

saṁsāraviṣamārṇava - difficult ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra)

Compound: 'saṃsāra' + 'viṣama' (difficult) + 'arṇava' (ocean).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+viṣama+arṇava)

• saṃsāra – worldly existence, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• viṣama – difficult, uneven, terrible, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, wave
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

इन्द्रियग्रामगहने (indriyagrāmagahane) - Describes the confusing and entangled nature of the senses. (in the dense thicket of the senses)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of indriyagrāmagahana

indriyagrāmagahana - dense thicket of the multitude of senses

Compound: 'indriya' (sense) + 'grāma' (multitude) + 'gahana' (thicket, dense place).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indriya+grāma+gahana)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• grāma – multitude, group, village
  noun (masculine)
• gahana – dense, deep, impenetrable, thicket
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Root: gah (class 1)

विवेकः (vivekaḥ) - discrimination, discernment, judgment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viveka

viveka - discrimination, discernment, judgment, analysis

From 'vi-vic' (to separate, discern).

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

पोतकः (potakaḥ) - a boat (metaphor for spiritual aid) (a boat, a vessel, a young animal)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of potaka

potaka - a boat, a ship, a cub, a young animal

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Adjective, nominative singular masculine form.

Note: 'mahat' is the stem, 'mahān' is the masculine nominative singular.

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