योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-87

भोगाभोगातिगहने सर्वस्मिन्कायकानने ।
परमुल्लासमायाति तृष्णैका विषमञ्जरी ॥ ८७ ॥

bhogābhogātigahane sarvasminkāyakānane ,
paramullāsamāyāti tṛṣṇaikā viṣamañjarī 87

87. bhoga-abhoga-atigahane sarvasmin kāya-kānane
param ullāsam āyāti tṛṣṇā ekā viṣa-mañjarī

87. sarvasmin kāya-kānane bhoga-abhoga-atigahane tṛṣṇā ekā viṣa-mañjarī param ullāsam āyāti.

87. Within the entirety of the body (kāya), a profoundly dense jungle of pleasures (bhoga) and their opposites, only the singular poisonous creeper of craving (tṛṣṇā) finds supreme joy.

87. ביער גוף זה, המלא בהנאות ומכאובים, רק התשוקה משגשגת ופורחת כמו פרח רעיל.

Words meanings summery:

• भोग-अभोग-अतिगहने (bhoga-abhoga-atigahane) - in the profound and intricate jungle of pleasures and their opposites (in the exceedingly dense (place) of enjoyments and non-enjoyments; in the very profound (place) of experiences and their lack)

• सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in the entire (forest) (in all, in the entire)

• काय-कानने (kāya-kānane) - in the forest that is the body (kāya) (in the body-forest)

• परम् (param) - supreme (delight) (supreme, highest, excellent; ultimately)

• उल्लासम् (ullāsam) - supreme delight (delight, joy, blossoming, outburst)

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains, flourishes with (comes, approaches, attains, enters)

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, thirst, desire)

• एका (ekā) - single (one, single, alone)

• विष-मञ्जरी (viṣa-mañjarī) - poisonous creeper (poisonous tendril/sprout/creeper)

Words meanings and morphology

भोग-अभोग-अतिगहने (bhoga-abhoga-atigahane) - in the profound and intricate jungle of pleasures and their opposites (in the exceedingly dense (place) of enjoyments and non-enjoyments; in the very profound (place) of experiences and their lack)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhoga-abhoga-atigahana

bhoga-abhoga-atigahana - exceedingly dense with enjoyment and non-enjoyment; very profound with experiences and their lack

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhoga+abhoga+atigahana)

• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, experience, possession
  noun (masculine)
  from root `bhuj` (to enjoy, eat)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• abhoga – non-enjoyment, lack of experience, absence of pleasure, struggle
  noun (masculine)
  `na` + `bhoga`
  Prefix: a
• atigahana – exceedingly dense, very deep, profound, impenetrable
  adjective (neuter)
  `ati` (prefix) + `gahana` (dense)
  Prefix: ati

Note: Adjective agreeing with `kāya-kānane`.

सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in the entire (forest) (in all, in the entire)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

Note: Adjective pronoun agreeing with `kāya-kānane`.

काय-कानने (kāya-kānane) - in the forest that is the body (kāya) (in the body-forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāya-kānana

kāya-kānana - body-forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāya+kānana)

• kāya – body
  noun (masculine)
  from root `ci` (to pile up, collect)
  Root: ci (class 5)
• kānana – forest, grove, jungle
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kān (class 1)

परम् (param) - supreme (delight) (supreme, highest, excellent; ultimately)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other

Note: Adjective modifying `ullāsam`.

उल्लासम् (ullāsam) - supreme delight (delight, joy, blossoming, outburst)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ullāsa

ullāsa - delight, joy, blossoming, shining forth, outburst

from root `las` with prefix `ud`

Prefix: ud

Root: las (class 1)

Note: Object of `āyāti`.

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, flourishes with (comes, approaches, attains, enters)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Present active indicative

from root `yā` with prefix `ā`

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Verb for `tṛṣṇā`.

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, thirst, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - craving, thirst, desire, longing

from root `tṛṣ` (to thirst)

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

एका (ekā) - single (one, single, alone)

(numeral)

Note: Adjective modifying `tṛṣṇā`.

विष-मञ्जरी (viṣa-mañjarī) - poisonous creeper (poisonous tendril/sprout/creeper)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣa-mañjarī

viṣa-mañjarī - poisonous tendril/sprout; poisonous creeper

Compound type : karmadhāraya (viṣa+mañjarī)

• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: viṣ (class 3)
• mañjarī – tendril, sprout, shoot, cluster of blossoms, creeper
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mañj (class 1)

Note: Noun in apposition to `tṛṣṇā`.

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