योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-6, verse-49
पङ्कजानि सरन्ध्राणि सुदुर्लक्ष्यगुणानि च ।
ग्रन्थिमन्ति जडाङ्गानि मृणालानीन्द्रियाणि च ॥ ४९ ॥
ग्रन्थिमन्ति जडाङ्गानि मृणालानीन्द्रियाणि च ॥ ४९ ॥
paṅkajāni sarandhrāṇi sudurlakṣyaguṇāni ca ,
granthimanti jaḍāṅgāni mṛṇālānīndriyāṇi ca 49
granthimanti jaḍāṅgāni mṛṇālānīndriyāṇi ca 49
49.
paṅkajāni sarandhrāṇi sudurlakṣyaguṇāni ca
granthimanti jaḍāṅgāni mṛṇālāni indriyāṇi ca
granthimanti jaḍāṅgāni mṛṇālāni indriyāṇi ca
49.
indriyāṇi ca paṅkajāni sarandhrāṇi sudurlakṣyaguṇāni
ca mṛṇālāni granthimanti jaḍāṅgāni ca
ca mṛṇālāni granthimanti jaḍāṅgāni ca
49.
The senses are like lotuses (paṅkajāni) and lotus stalks (mṛṇālāni). Like lotuses, they are porous and possess qualities that are very difficult to perceive. And like lotus stalks, they are knotty and have dull parts.
Words meanings summery:
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- पङ्कजानि (paṅkajāni) - lotuses
- सरन्ध्राणि (sarandhrāṇi) - porous, having holes
- सुदुर्लक्ष्यगुणानि (sudurlakṣyaguṇāni) - whose qualities are very difficult to perceive
- च (ca) - and
- ग्रन्थिमन्ति (granthimanti) - knotty, full of knots
- जडाङ्गानि (jaḍāṅgāni) - having inert parts, having dull limbs
- मृणालानि (mṛṇālāni) - lotus stalks
- इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs
- च (ca) - and
Words meanings and morphology
पङ्कजानि (paṅkajāni) - lotuses
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of paṅkaja
paṅkaja - lotus (born in mud)
Compound type : tatpurusha (paṅka+ja)
- paṅka – mud, mire
noun (masculine) - ja – born, produced from
adjective (masculine)
From root jan- (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4)
सरन्ध्राणि (sarandhrāṇi) - porous, having holes
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of sarandhra
sarandhra - having holes, porous
Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+randhra)
- sa – with, together with
indeclinable - randhra – hole, opening, fault
noun (neuter)
सुदुर्लक्ष्यगुणानि (sudurlakṣyaguṇāni) - whose qualities are very difficult to perceive
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of sudurlakṣyaguṇa
sudurlakṣyaguṇa - having qualities that are very difficult to perceive
Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+dur+lakṣya+guṇa)
- su – good, well, very
indeclinable
Prefix: su - dur – bad, difficult
indeclinable
Prefix: dur - lakṣya – to be perceived, perceivable
adjective (neuter)
Gerundive
Derived from root lakṣ- (to perceive) with suffix -ya
Root: lakṣ (class 1) - guṇa – quality, attribute, characteristic
noun (masculine)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
ग्रन्थिमन्ति (granthimanti) - knotty, full of knots
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of granthimat
granthimat - having knots, knotty, gnarled
Derived from granthi (knot) with matup suffix (possessive)
जडाङ्गानि (jaḍāṅgāni) - having inert parts, having dull limbs
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of jaḍāṅga
jaḍāṅga - having dull or inert limbs/parts
Compound type : bahuvrihi (jaḍa+aṅga)
- jaḍa – dull, inert, senseless, cold
adjective (neuter) - aṅga – limb, body part, constituent
noun (neuter)
मृणालानि (mṛṇālāni) - lotus stalks
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of mṛṇāla
mṛṇāla - lotus stalk, lotus root
इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense, belonging to Indra
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)