योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-97, verse-33
भृशं पिशाचाः पश्यन्ति भूतभोजनचिन्तया ।
धूमान्धकारानिलया ज्वालयाहुतयो यथा ॥ ३३ ॥
धूमान्धकारानिलया ज्वालयाहुतयो यथा ॥ ३३ ॥
bhṛśaṃ piśācāḥ paśyanti bhūtabhojanacintayā ,
dhūmāndhakārānilayā jvālayāhutayo yathā 33
dhūmāndhakārānilayā jvālayāhutayo yathā 33
33.
bhṛśam piśācāḥ paśyanti bhūtabhojanacintayā
dhūmāndhakārānilayāḥ jvālayā āhutayaḥ yathā
dhūmāndhakārānilayāḥ jvālayā āhutayaḥ yathā
33.
dhūmāndhakārānilayāḥ piśācāḥ bhṛśam
bhūtabhojanacintayā paśyanti yathā jvālayā āhutayaḥ
bhūtabhojanacintayā paśyanti yathā jvālayā āhutayaḥ
33.
The Piśācas, whose abodes are smoke and darkness, intensely search for food for (other) beings, with an urgency akin to how a flame (jvālā) consumes oblations (āhutaya).
Words meanings summery:
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- भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, excessively
- पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - Piśācas (a class of malevolent spirits or demons)
- पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they look, they perceive
- भूतभोजनचिन्तया (bhūtabhojanacintayā) - with the thought of food for beings/ghosts
- धूमान्धकारानिलयाः (dhūmāndhakārānilayāḥ) - whose abodes are smoke and darkness, dwelling in smoke and darkness
- ज्वालया (jvālayā) - by the flame, with fire
- आहुतयः (āhutayaḥ) - oblations, offerings
- यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that
Words meanings and morphology
भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, excessively
(indeclinable)
पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - Piśācas (a class of malevolent spirits or demons)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of piśāca
piśāca - Piśāca, goblin, demon
पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they look, they perceive
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś
Root: dṛś (class 1)
भूतभोजनचिन्तया (bhūtabhojanacintayā) - with the thought of food for beings/ghosts
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhūtabhojanacintā
bhūtabhojanacintā - thought/anxiety about food for spirits/beings
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+bhojana+cintā)
- bhūta – being, creature, ghost, element
noun (neuter) - bhojana – food, eating
noun (neuter)
derived from root bhuj (to eat)
Root: bhuj (class 7) - cintā – thought, anxiety, preoccupation
noun (feminine)
धूमान्धकारानिलयाः (dhūmāndhakārānilayāḥ) - whose abodes are smoke and darkness, dwelling in smoke and darkness
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of dhūmāndhakārānilaya
dhūmāndhakārānilaya - one whose abode is smoke and darkness
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhūma+andhakāra+anilaya)
- dhūma – smoke
noun (masculine) - andhakāra – darkness
noun (masculine) - anilaya – abode, dwelling
noun (masculine)
Prefix: ā
ज्वालया (jvālayā) - by the flame, with fire
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of jvālā
jvālā - flame, blaze, fire
आहुतयः (āhutayaḥ) - oblations, offerings
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of āhuti
āhuti - oblation, offering, sacrifice
Prefix: ā
Root: hu (class 3)
यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that
(indeclinable)