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.

44. הוא רוגש מההמולה העמומה של זרם הבלי העולם, רוחש התפרצויות של תשוקה ואיבה, ומטלטל גופים על פני האדמה.

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).

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