योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-6, verse-48

दुरतिक्रमणीयानि नीहारगहनानि च ।
जनितातङ्कजालानि जङ्गलानीन्द्रियाणि च ॥ ४८ ॥

duratikramaṇīyāni nīhāragahanāni ca ,
janitātaṅkajālāni jaṅgalānīndriyāṇi ca 48

48. duratikramaṇīyāni nīhāragahanāni ca
janitātaṅkajālāni jaṅgalāni indriyāṇi ca

48. duratikramaṇīyāni nīhāragahanāni ca
janitātaṅkajālāni jaṅgalāni indriyāṇi ca

48. The senses (indriya) are like dense jungles (jaṅgala) that are difficult to traverse, obscured by fog, and which generate webs of terror.

Words meanings summery:

• दुरतिक्रमणीयानि (duratikramaṇīyāni) - difficult to traverse, hard to overcome

• नीहारगहनानि (nīhāragahanāni) - dense with fog, obscured by mist

• च (ca) - and, also

• जनितातङ्कजालानि (janitātaṅkajālāni) - creating webs of terror, generating networks of fear

• जङ्गलानि (jaṅgalāni) - dense thickets, jungles, wildernesses

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the senses

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

दुरतिक्रमणीयानि (duratikramaṇīyāni) - difficult to traverse, hard to overcome

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of duratikramaṇīya

duratikramaṇīya - difficult to be crossed or overcome, impassable

Gerundive

Formed from the root kram (to step, to go) with prefixes dur- and ati- and suffix -anīya.

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (dur+ati+kramaṇīya)

• dur – difficult, bad, ill-
  prefix
• ati – over, beyond, exceeding
  prefix
• kramaṇīya – to be traversed, to be stepped over
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root kram with suffix -anīya.
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jaṅgalāni' and 'indriyāṇi'.

नीहारगहनानि (nīhāragahanāni) - dense with fog, obscured by mist

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nīhāragahana

nīhāragahana - dense with mist, impenetrable fog

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nīhāra+gahana)

• nīhāra – fog, mist, dew
  noun (masculine)
• gahana – dense, thick, deep, impenetrable, thicket, depth
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'jaṅgalāni' and 'indriyāṇi'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जनितातङ्कजालानि (janitātaṅkajālāni) - creating webs of terror, generating networks of fear

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of janitātaṅkajāla

janitātaṅkajāla - producing a net of terror/fear

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janita+ātaṅkajāla)

• janita – produced, generated, caused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jan (to be born, to produce).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• ātaṅkajāla – net of terror, web of fear
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'jaṅgalāni' and 'indriyāṇi'.

जङ्गलानि (jaṅgalāni) - dense thickets, jungles, wildernesses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jaṅgala

jaṅgala - wilderness, jungle, thicket, uncultivated land

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the senses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense-organ, faculty of sense

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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