योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-6, verse-9

मानावमानपरया दुरहंकारकान्तया ।
न रमे वामया तात हतविद्याधरश्रिया ॥ ९ ॥

mānāvamānaparayā durahaṃkārakāntayā ,
na rame vāmayā tāta hatavidyādharaśriyā 9

9. mānāvamānaparayā durahaṅkārakāntayā na
rame vāmayā tāta hatavidyādharaśriyā

9. tāta na rame vāmayā mānāvamānaparayā
durahaṅkārakāntayā hatavidyādharaśriyā

9. O dear one, I do not delight in that disagreeable woman, whose charm is rooted in her excessive ego (ahaṅkāra), who is obsessed with honor and dishonor, and whose splendor as a Vidyādhara (celestial being) has been ruined.

Words meanings summery:

• मानावमानपरया (mānāvamānaparayā) - by one intent on honor and dishonor, by one focused on praise and insult

• दुरहङ्कारकान्तया (durahaṅkārakāntayā) - by one whose beauty/charm is due to her bad ego (ahaṅkāra), by one charming with a faulty ego (ahaṅkāra)

• न (na) - not, no

• रमे (rame) - I delight, I enjoy, I sport

• वामया (vāmayā) - by the disagreeable, by the contrary, by the left

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father

• हतविद्याधरश्रिया (hatavidyādharaśriyā) - by one whose Vidyādhara splendor is destroyed, by one whose glory as a Vidyādhara is ruined

Words meanings and morphology

मानावमानपरया (mānāvamānaparayā) - by one intent on honor and dishonor, by one focused on praise and insult

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mānāvamānaparā

mānāvamānaparā - intent on honor and dishonor, focused on praise and insult

compound of māna (honor), avamāna (dishonor) and parā (intent on)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māna+avamāna+parā)

• māna – honor, respect, pride
  noun (masculine)
  from root man- 'to think'
  Root: man (class 4)
• avamāna – dishonor, disrespect, insult
  noun (masculine)
  from root man- 'to think' with prefix ava-
  Prefix: ava
  Root: man (class 4)
• parā – intent on, devoted to, absorbed in, supreme
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of para

Note: Adjective modifying 'vāmayā' and 'hatavidyādharaśriyā'

दुरहङ्कारकान्तया (durahaṅkārakāntayā) - by one whose beauty/charm is due to her bad ego (ahaṅkāra), by one charming with a faulty ego (ahaṅkāra)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of durahaṅkārakāntā

durahaṅkārakāntā - charming due to bad ego, having beauty from a faulty ego

compound of 'dus' (bad), 'ahaṅkāra' (ego), and 'kāntā' (charming, beautiful)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+ahaṅkāra+kāntā)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill-
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, false sense of self (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (masculine)
  from aham (I) + kṛ (to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāntā – charming, beloved, beautiful woman
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of kānta (from root kam- 'to desire')
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vāmayā'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'rame'

रमे (rame) - I delight, I enjoy, I sport

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ram

Present tense, first person, singular, middle voice

From root 'ram' (div. 1, Ā.)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject 'I' is implied

वामया (vāmayā) - by the disagreeable, by the contrary, by the left

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāmā

vāmā - disagreeable, adverse, contrary, beautiful woman, left

feminine form of vāma

Note: Main noun/adjective describing the woman being referred to

तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, sir (vocative)

Note: Direct address

हतविद्याधरश्रिया (hatavidyādharaśriyā) - by one whose Vidyādhara splendor is destroyed, by one whose glory as a Vidyādhara is ruined

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of hatavidyādharaśrī

hatavidyādharaśrī - having ruined Vidyādhara splendor

bahuvrihi compound 'hata' (destroyed) + 'vidyādharaśrī' (Vidyādhara splendor)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+vidyādharaśrī)

• hata – destroyed, killed, struck
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root han 'to strike, kill'
  Root: han (class 2)
• vidyādharaśrī – Vidyādhara splendor/beauty/glory
  noun (feminine)
  compound of Vidyādhara (celestial being) and śrī (splendor)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vāmayā'

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