योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-6, verse-8

आपातमधुरारम्भा भङ्गुरा भवहेतवः ।
अचिरेण विकारिण्यो भीषणा भोगभूमयः ॥ ८ ॥

āpātamadhurārambhā bhaṅgurā bhavahetavaḥ ,
acireṇa vikāriṇyo bhīṣaṇā bhogabhūmayaḥ 8

8. āpātamadhurārambhāḥ bhaṅgurāḥ bhavahetavaḥ
acireṇa vikāriṇyaḥ bhīṣaṇāḥ bhogabhūmayaḥ

8. bhogabhūmayaḥ āpātamadhurārambhāḥ,
bhaṅgurāḥ,
bhavahetavaḥ,
acireṇa vikāriṇyaḥ (ca),
bhīṣaṇāḥ (ca bhavanti).

8. The realms of enjoyment (bhogabhūmi) are sweet only at their inception, but they are fragile, lead to further existence (saṃsāra), quickly deteriorate, and are ultimately dreadful.

Words meanings summery:

• आपातमधुरारम्भाः (āpātamadhurārambhāḥ) - whose beginnings are sweet only at first glance, pleasant only initially

• भङ्गुराः (bhaṅgurāḥ) - fragile, perishable, prone to breaking

• भवहेतवः (bhavahetavaḥ) - causes of existence, causes of saṃsāra

• अचिरेण (acireṇa) - quickly, soon, in a short time

• विकारिण्यः (vikāriṇyaḥ) - changing, deteriorating, becoming corrupt, modifying

• भीषणाः (bhīṣaṇāḥ) - dreadful, terrible, frightful

• भोगभूमयः (bhogabhūmayaḥ) - realms of enjoyment, fields of experience

Words meanings and morphology

आपातमधुरारम्भाः (āpātamadhurārambhāḥ) - whose beginnings are sweet only at first glance, pleasant only initially

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āpātamadhurārambha

āpātamadhurārambha - having beginnings sweet at first glance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āpāta+madhura+ārambha)

• āpāta – first glance, sudden appearance, incidence
  noun (masculine)
• madhura – sweet, pleasant, charming, delightful
  adjective (masculine)
• ārambha – beginning, commencement, undertaking
  noun (masculine)

भङ्गुराः (bhaṅgurāḥ) - fragile, perishable, prone to breaking

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhaṅgura

bhaṅgura - fragile, perishable, brittle, breaking easily

भवहेतवः (bhavahetavaḥ) - causes of existence, causes of saṃsāra

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavahetu

bhavahetu - cause of existence/birth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+hetu)

• bhava – existence, birth, becoming, the world (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)

अचिरेण (acireṇa) - quickly, soon, in a short time

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+cira)

• a – not, non-, without
  indeclinable
  Privative prefix
• cira – long (of time), lasting, old
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Instrumental case of 'acira' used adverbially.

विकारिण्यः (vikāriṇyaḥ) - changing, deteriorating, becoming corrupt, modifying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vikāriṇī

vikāriṇ - changing, modifying, deteriorating, corruptible

Derived from vikāra (change, alteration)

भीषणाः (bhīṣaṇāḥ) - dreadful, terrible, frightful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhīṣaṇa

bhīṣaṇa - frightening, terrible, dreadful, awful

Derived from root bhīṣ (to frighten)

Root: bhīṣ (class 10)

भोगभूमयः (bhogabhūmayaḥ) - realms of enjoyment, fields of experience

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhogabhūmi

bhogabhūmi - land/realm of enjoyment, field of experience

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhoga+bhūmi)

• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, experience, possession
  noun (masculine)
• bhūmi – earth, land, ground, region
  noun (feminine)

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