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.

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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