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7,71

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-71, verse-21

दस्यूत्सन्नपुरग्रामदेवद्विजसमाश्रया ।
आपातमधुरारम्भदुःखदोदरभङ्गुरा ॥ २१ ॥
dasyūtsannapuragrāmadevadvijasamāśrayā ,
āpātamadhurārambhaduḥkhadodarabhaṅgurā 21
21. dasyu utsannapuragrāmadevadvijasamāśrayā
āpātamadhurārambha-duḥkhadodarabhaṅgurā
21. dasyu utsannapuragrāmadevadvijasamāśrayā
āpātamadhurārambha-duḥkhadodarabhaṅgurā
21. She whose cities, villages, gods, and Brahmins, her very shelters, are destroyed by bandits, and whose beginnings are sweet only at first glance, leading to sorrowful, fragile outcomes.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • दस्यु (dasyu) - bandits (robber, bandit, enemy)
  • उत्सन्नपुरग्रामदेवद्विजसमाश्रया (utsannapuragrāmadevadvijasamāśrayā) - whose cities, villages, gods, and Brahmins, her very shelters, are destroyed (having cities, villages, gods, and Brahmins, who are her shelters, destroyed)
  • आपातमधुरारम्भ-दुःखदोदरभङ्गुरा (āpātamadhurārambha-duḥkhadodarabhaṅgurā) - whose beginnings are sweet only at first glance, leading to sorrowful, fragile outcomes (having beginnings sweet at first glance, but sorrowful and fragile in consequence)

Words meanings and morphology

दस्यु (dasyu) - bandits (robber, bandit, enemy)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dasyu
dasyu - robber, bandit, enemy, demon
Note: Here functions as the agent of destruction within the bahuvrihi.
उत्सन्नपुरग्रामदेवद्विजसमाश्रया (utsannapuragrāmadevadvijasamāśrayā) - whose cities, villages, gods, and Brahmins, her very shelters, are destroyed (having cities, villages, gods, and Brahmins, who are her shelters, destroyed)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of utsannapuragrāmadevadvijasamāśraya
utsannapuragrāmadevadvijasamāśraya - having cities, villages, gods, and Brahmins as shelters destroyed
Bahuvrihi compound
Compound type : bahuvrihi (utsanna+pura+grāma+deva+dvija+samāśraya)
  • utsanna – destroyed, annihilated, disappeared, ruined
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root `sad` (to sit, perish) with upasarga `ut`
    Prefix: ut
    Root: sad (class 1)
  • pura – city, town, fortress
    noun (neuter)
  • grāma – village, hamlet, community
    noun (masculine)
  • deva – god, deity, divine being
    noun (masculine)
  • dvija – twice-born, Brahmin, bird, snake
    noun (masculine)
  • samāśraya – refuge, shelter, support, asylum
    noun (masculine)
    From root `śrī` (to resort to) with upasargas `sam` and `ā`
    Prefixes: sam+ā
    Root: śrī (class 1)
Note: Feminine form of the bahuvrihi compound.
आपातमधुरारम्भ-दुःखदोदरभङ्गुरा (āpātamadhurārambha-duḥkhadodarabhaṅgurā) - whose beginnings are sweet only at first glance, leading to sorrowful, fragile outcomes (having beginnings sweet at first glance, but sorrowful and fragile in consequence)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of āpātamadhurārambha-duḥkhadodarabhaṅgura
āpātamadhurārambha-duḥkhadodarabhaṅgura - having beginnings sweet at first glance, but sorrowful and fragile in consequence
Bahuvrihi compound
Compound type : bahuvrihi (āpātamadhurārambha+duḥkhadodarabhaṅgura)
  • āpātamadhurārambha – beginning sweet at first glance
    adjective (masculine)
    Tatpurusha compound of `āpāta` and `madhurārambha`
  • āpāta – at first glance, momentary, immediate
    indeclinable
    Prefix: ā
  • madhurārambha – sweet beginning
    noun (masculine)
    Karmadhāraya compound
  • madhura – sweet, pleasant, charming
    adjective (masculine)
  • ārambha – beginning, commencement, enterprise
    noun (masculine)
    From root `rabh` (to begin) with upasarga `ā`
    Prefix: ā
    Root: rabh (class 1)
  • duḥkhadodarabhaṅgura – causing sorrow in its interior and fragile
    adjective (masculine)
    Tatpurusha compound
  • duḥkhada – causing pain/sorrow, painful
    adjective (masculine)
    Compound of `duḥkha` (sorrow) and `da` (giving)
  • duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering, misery
    noun (neuter)
  • da – giver, causing
    adjective (masculine)
    agent noun
    from root `dā` (to give)
    Root: dā (class 1)
  • udara – belly, interior, womb, consequence
    noun (neuter)
  • bhaṅgura – fragile, perishable, easily broken, transient
    adjective (masculine)
    From root `bhañj` (to break)
    Root: bhañj (class 7)
Note: Feminine form of the bahuvrihi compound.