योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-45

लोभमोहमहावर्ता पातोत्पातविवर्तनी ।
हा तप्ता जीविताख्येयं नदी नदनशीतला ॥ ४५ ॥

lobhamohamahāvartā pātotpātavivartanī ,
hā taptā jīvitākhyeyaṃ nadī nadanaśītalā 45

45. lobha moha mahā vartā pāta utpāta vivartanī hā
taptā jīvita ākhyeyam nadī na nadana śītalā

45. lobha moha mahā vartā pāta utpāta vivartanī hā
iyam nadī jīvita ākhyeyam taptā na nadana śītalā

45. This river (of life) has great whirlpools of greed and delusion, causing falls and upheavals. Alas! This river named life is heated (distressed) and not at all cooling or refreshing.

Words meanings summery:

• लोभ (lobha) - greed, avarice, covetousness

• मोह (moha) - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance

• महा (mahā) - great, large, mighty

• वर्ता (vartā) - whirlpools (of greed and delusion) (whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolution)

• पात (pāta) - fall, downfall (fall, falling down, descent, downfall)

• उत्पात (utpāta) - calamity, upheaval (calamity, disaster, upheaval, omen)

• विवर्तनी (vivartanī) - causing falls and upheavals (turning, causing to turn, causing changes, revolving)

• हा (hā) - alas! (expressing sorrow or regret) (alas!, oh!)

• तप्ता (taptā) - heated, distressed (heated, tormented, distressed, suffering)

• जीवित (jīvita) - life (jīvita) (life, existence, livelihood)

• आख्येयम् (ākhyeyam) - to be named, to be called (life) (to be told, to be named, to be declared)

• नदी (nadī) - river (river, stream)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• नदन (nadana) - river-like, pertaining to a river's natural coolness or flow (roaring, sounding, a stream, river)

• शीतला (śītalā) - cool, refreshing (cool, cold, refreshing)

Words meanings and morphology

लोभ (lobha) - greed, avarice, covetousness

(noun)

masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - greed, avarice, covetousness, desire

From root 'lubh' (to covet).

Root: lubh (class 4)

Note: Part of a compound.

मोह (moha) - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance

(noun)

masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance, bewilderment

From root 'muh' (to be bewildered, faint).

Root: muh (class 4)

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 'mahāvartā'.

वर्ता (vartā) - whirlpools (of greed and delusion) (whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolution)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varta

varta - turning, rolling, whirlpool, eddy, livelihood

From root 'vṛt' (to turn).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Feminine nominative singular, closing the Bahuvrihi compound 'lobhamohamahāvartā' (having great whirlpools of greed and delusion).

पात (pāta) - fall, downfall (fall, falling down, descent, downfall)

(noun)

masculine, singular of pāta

pāta - fall, falling, descent, downfall, flight

From root 'pat' (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound.

उत्पात (utpāta) - calamity, upheaval (calamity, disaster, upheaval, omen)

(noun)

masculine, singular of utpāta

utpāta - calamity, disaster, portent, upheaval, flight

From root 'pat' with prefix 'ut'.

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound.

विवर्तनी (vivartanī) - causing falls and upheavals (turning, causing to turn, causing changes, revolving)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vivartanī

vivartanī - causing to turn, revolving, changing, causing transformation

Agent noun / Adjective

Feminine of 'vivartin', from root 'vṛt' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Feminine nominative singular, closing the Bahuvrihi compound 'pātotpātavivartanī' (causing falls and upheavals).

हा (hā) - alas! (expressing sorrow or regret) (alas!, oh!)

(indeclinable)

तप्ता (taptā) - heated, distressed (heated, tormented, distressed, suffering)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapta

tapta - heated, warm, tormented, distressed, suffered

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tap' (to heat, suffer).

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nadī'.

जीवित (jīvita) - life (jīvita) (life, existence, livelihood)

(noun)

neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood, living

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'jīvitākhyeyam'.

आख्येयम् (ākhyeyam) - to be named, to be called (life) (to be told, to be named, to be declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyeya

ākhyeya - to be told, to be named, to be declared, to be explained

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

From root 'khyā' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Neuter nominative singular, completing the compound 'jīvitākhyeyam' (that which is to be called life), referring to 'nadī'.

नदी (nadī) - river (river, stream)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

नदन (nadana) - river-like, pertaining to a river's natural coolness or flow (roaring, sounding, a stream, river)

(noun)

neuter, singular of nadana

nadana - roaring, sounding, a stream, river (poetic or by extension)

From root 'nad' (to roar, sound). Can denote a river or its characteristic sound/flow.

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'nadanaśītalā'.

शीतला (śītalā) - cool, refreshing (cool, cold, refreshing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śītala

śītala - cool, cold, refreshing, calm

From 'śīta' (cold).

Note: Feminine nominative singular, agreeing with 'nadī'. In the phrase 'na nadana śītalā', it means 'not cool and refreshing (as a river should be)'.