योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-44

व्यवहारमहावाहलेखाजडरवाकुला ।
रागद्वेषघनोल्लासा भूतलालोलदेहिका ॥ ४४ ॥

vyavahāramahāvāhalekhājaḍaravākulā ,
rāgadveṣaghanollāsā bhūtalāloladehikā 44

44. vyavahāra mahā vāha lekhā jaḍa rava ākulā
rāga dveṣa ghana ullāsā bhūtala ā lola dehikā

44. vyavahāra mahā vāha lekhā jaḍa rava ākulā
rāga dveṣa ghana ullāsā bhūtala ā lola dehikā

44. This river (of life) is agitated by the dull, roaring sound of the great current of worldly activities. It has a dense exuberance of attachment and aversion, and its body (or form) constantly trembles on the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यवहार (vyavahāra) - worldly activities, transactional duties (conduct, business, worldly activity, transaction, usage)

• महा (mahā) - great, large, mighty

• वाह (vāha) - current (flow, current, stream, carrying)

• लेखा (lekhā) - line of flow, current (line, streak, trace, drawing)

• जड (jaḍa) - dull (sound) (dull, inert, cold, sluggish, stupid)

• रव (rava) - roar (of the current) (sound, roar, cry, noise)

• आकुला (ākulā) - agitated, perturbed, distressed, confused

• राग (rāga) - attachment (attachment, passion, love, color)

• द्वेष (dveṣa) - aversion (hatred, aversion, enmity)

• घन (ghana) - dense, abundant (dense, thick, solid, abundant, cloud)

• उल्लासा (ullāsā) - exuberance (joy, delight, exuberance, manifestation)

• भूतल (bhūtala) - surface of the earth (earth's surface, ground)

• आ (ā) - completely, very (up to, until, all around, very, completely)

• लोल (lola) - unsteady, trembling (shaking, trembling, unsteady, moving, fickle)

• देहिका (dehikā) - body (referring to the physical form of life or the implied river itself) (small body, body)

Words meanings and morphology

व्यवहार (vyavahāra) - worldly activities, transactional duties (conduct, business, worldly activity, transaction, usage)

(noun)

masculine, singular of vyavahāra

vyavahāra - conduct, transaction, worldly activity, usage, business, judicial procedure

From root 'hṛ' with prefixes 'vi-ava'.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound.

महा (mahā) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Strong stem form of 'mahat'.

Note: Used as the first part of a compound 'mahāvāha'.

वाह (vāha) - current (flow, current, stream, carrying)

(noun)

masculine, singular of vāha

vāha - flow, current, carrying, vehicle, stream

From root 'vah' (to carry, flow).

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'mahāvāha' (great current).

लेखा (lekhā) - line of flow, current (line, streak, trace, drawing)

(noun)

feminine, singular of lekhā

lekhā - line, streak, trace, drawing, writing

From root 'likh' (to scratch, draw).

Root: likh (class 6)

Note: Used in a compound, like a 'line' or 'course' of the current.

जड (jaḍa) - dull (sound) (dull, inert, cold, sluggish, stupid)

(adjective)

masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - dull, inert, cold, sluggish, stupid, senseless

Root: jaḍ (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound.

रव (rava) - roar (of the current) (sound, roar, cry, noise)

(noun)

masculine, singular of rava

rava - sound, roar, cry, noise

From root 'ru' (to sound).

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound 'jaḍarava' (dull sound).

आकुला (ākulā) - agitated, perturbed, distressed, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ākula

ākula - agitated, perturbed, full of, distressed, confused

Note: Feminine nominative singular, closing the Bahuvrihi compound 'vyavahāramahāvāhalekhājaḍaravākulā' (agitated by the dull roaring sound of the great current of worldly activities).

राग (rāga) - attachment (attachment, passion, love, color)

(noun)

masculine, singular of rāga

rāga - color, hue, passion, love, attachment, desire

From root 'rañj' (to color, dye, please).

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound.

द्वेष (dveṣa) - aversion (hatred, aversion, enmity)

(noun)

masculine, singular of dveṣa

dveṣa - hatred, aversion, dislike, enmity

From root 'dviṣ' (to hate).

Root: dviṣ (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound.

घन (ghana) - dense, abundant (dense, thick, solid, abundant, cloud)

(adjective)

masculine, singular of ghana

ghana - dense, thick, solid, abundant, cloud, mass

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound.

उल्लासा (ullāsā) - exuberance (joy, delight, exuberance, manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ullāsa

ullāsa - joy, delight, exhilaration, sport, manifestation

From root 'las' with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: las (class 1)

Note: Feminine nominative singular, closing the Bahuvrihi compound 'rāgadveṣaghanollāsā' (having dense exuberance of attachment and aversion).

भूतल (bhūtala) - surface of the earth (earth's surface, ground)

(noun)

neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - surface of the earth, ground, land

Compound of 'bhū' (earth) and 'tala' (surface).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, ground, world
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of a compound.

आ (ā) - completely, very (up to, until, all around, very, completely)

(indeclinable)

A prefix or particle.

Note: Prepended to 'lola' to intensify its meaning to 'very unsteady' or 'constantly unsteady'.

लोल (lola) - unsteady, trembling (shaking, trembling, unsteady, moving, fickle)

(adjective)

masculine, singular of lola

lola - shaking, trembling, unsteady, moving, fickle, restless

From root 'lol' (to shake, tremble).

Root: lol (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'ālolā'.

देहिका (dehikā) - body (referring to the physical form of life or the implied river itself) (small body, body)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dehikā

dehikā - small body, body, an individual

From 'deha' (body) with feminine suffix '-ikā'.

Note: Feminine nominative singular, closing the Bahuvrihi compound 'bhūtalāloladehikā' (having an unsteady body on the earth's surface).