योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-71, verse-12

पांसुप्रमन्दनीहारधूलिधूसरसूर्यका ।
द्वन्द्विमूर्खमहादुःखिव्यसनिव्याधिताकुला ॥ १२ ॥

pāṃsupramandanīhāradhūlidhūsarasūryakā ,
dvandvimūrkhamahāduḥkhivyasanivyādhitākulā 12

12. paṃsupramandanīhāradhūlidhūsarasūryakā
dvandvimūrkhamahāduḥkhivyasanivyādhitākulā

12. paṃsupramandanīhāradhūlidhūsarasūryakā
dvandvimūrkhamahāduḥkhivyasanivyādhitākulā

12. This age is characterized by a sun dimmed and greyed by dust, faint mist, and fog; and it is overwhelmed by quarrelsome, foolish, greatly suffering, addicted, and diseased people.

12. השמש בה עומעמה באבק ובערפל, והיא סערה מאנשים כסילים העסוקים במחלוקות, בסבל רב, בהתמכרויות ובמחלות.

Words meanings summery:

• पंसुप्रमन्दनीहारधूलिधूसरसूर्यका (paṁsupramandanīhāradhūlidhūsarasūryakā) - describing an age or land with a sun obscured by various atmospheric elements (whose sun is obscured/greyed by dust, very dim mist, and fog)

• द्वन्द्विमूर्खमहादुःखिव्यसनिव्याधिताकुला (dvandvimūrkhamahāduḥkhivyasanivyādhitākulā) - describing an age or land populated by various types of distressed and problematic individuals (overwhelmed by quarrelsome, foolish, greatly suffering, addicted/unfortunate, and diseased people)

Words meanings and morphology

पंसुप्रमन्दनीहारधूलिधूसरसूर्यका (paṁsupramandanīhāradhūlidhūsarasūryakā) - describing an age or land with a sun obscured by various atmospheric elements (whose sun is obscured/greyed by dust, very dim mist, and fog)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paṃsupramandanīhāradhūlidhūsarasūryaka

paṁsupramandanīhāradhūlidhūsarasūryaka - having its sun greyed by dust, very dim mist, and fog

Bahuvrihi compound describing a feminine entity

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (paṃsu+pramanda+nīhāra+dhūli+dhūsara+sūryaka)

• paṃsu – dust, powder, pollen
  noun (masculine)
• pramanda – very slow, very dull, very faint, very dim
  adjective
  Compound of 'pra' (prefix) and 'manda' (slow, dull)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mand (class 1)
• nīhāra – fog, mist, dew, frost
  noun (masculine)
• dhūli – dust, powder
  noun (feminine)
• dhūsara – dust-colored, grey, dun-colored
  adjective
• sūryaka – sun, sunlight, sunstone
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'sūrya' with the suffix 'ka'

Note: Adjective modifying an implied feminine noun (e.g., 'age' or 'world').

द्वन्द्विमूर्खमहादुःखिव्यसनिव्याधिताकुला (dvandvimūrkhamahāduḥkhivyasanivyādhitākulā) - describing an age or land populated by various types of distressed and problematic individuals (overwhelmed by quarrelsome, foolish, greatly suffering, addicted/unfortunate, and diseased people)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvandvimūrkhamahāduḥkhivyasanivyādhitākula

dvandvimūrkhamahāduḥkhivyasanivyādhitākula - overwhelmed by quarrelsome, foolish, greatly suffering, addicted, and diseased people

Bahuvrihi compound describing a feminine entity

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvandvin+mūrkha+mahāduḥkhin+vyasanin+vyādhita+ākula)

• dvandvin – quarrelsome person, adversary, litigant
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'dvandva' (pair, conflict) with suffix 'in'
• mūrkha – foolish, ignorant; a fool, an ignorant person
  adjective (masculine)
• mahāduḥkhin – greatly suffering, very miserable; a greatly suffering person
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'duḥkhin' (suffering)
• vyasanin – addicted, unfortunate, distressed; an addicted or unfortunate person
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'vyasana' (addiction, misfortune) with suffix 'in'
• vyādhita – afflicted by disease, sick, diseased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root 'vyadh' with prefix 'vi-ā' and suffix 'kta'
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: vyadh (class 4)
• ākula – disturbed, agitated, overwhelmed, filled with
  adjective
  From root 'kul' with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kul (class 10)

Note: Adjective modifying an implied feminine noun (e.g., 'age' or 'world').

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