योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-98, verse-12

पुंस्कोकिलसमालापा माधवा इव साधवः ।
कल्लोलबहुलावर्तं व्यामोहमकरालयम् ॥ १२ ॥

puṃskokilasamālāpā mādhavā iva sādhavaḥ ,
kallolabahulāvartaṃ vyāmohamakarālayam 12

12. puṃskokila-samālāpāḥ mādhavāḥ iva sādhavaḥ
kallola-bahula-āvartam vyāmoha-makara-ālayam

12. sādhavaḥ puṃskokila-samālāpāḥ mādhavāḥ iva
kallola-bahula-āvartam vyāmoha-makara-ālayam

12. Virtuous persons (sādhavaḥ) have speech as pleasant as that of male cuckoos, and they are like the spring season (mādhava). (There is also) this (great ocean of others' minds) which is full of countless waves and whirlpools, and is an abode for the crocodiles of delusion (vyāmoha).

Words meanings summery:

• पुंस्कोकिल-समालापाः (puṁskokila-samālāpāḥ) - having conversations like male cuckoos, whose speech is like that of male cuckoos

• माधवाः (mādhavāḥ) - the spring season, known for its pleasantness (spring season, Lord Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, a descendant of Madhu)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous people, good people, sages, ascetics

• कल्लोल-बहुल-आवर्तम् (kallola-bahula-āvartam) - describing a great ocean (of others' minds) (full of many waves and whirlpools)

• व्यामोह-मकर-आलयम् (vyāmoha-makara-ālayam) - describing a great ocean (of others' minds) (an abode of the crocodiles of delusion/infatuation)

Words meanings and morphology

पुंस्कोकिल-समालापाः (puṁskokila-samālāpāḥ) - having conversations like male cuckoos, whose speech is like that of male cuckoos

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṃskokila-samālāpa

puṁskokila-samālāpa - one whose pleasant discourse resembles a male cuckoo's call

Compound type : bahuvrihi (puṃskokila+samālāpa)

• puṃskokila – male cuckoo
  noun (masculine)
• samālāpa – conversation, discourse, pleasant talk
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Refers to the pleasant speech of virtuous persons.

माधवाः (mādhavāḥ) - the spring season, known for its pleasantness (spring season, Lord Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, a descendant of Madhu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mādhava

mādhava - spring, Lord Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa, honey-sweet, descendant of Madhu

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous people, good people, sages, ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Used as a noun here.

कल्लोल-बहुल-आवर्तम् (kallola-bahula-āvartam) - describing a great ocean (of others' minds) (full of many waves and whirlpools)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kallola-bahula-āvarta

kallola-bahula-āvarta - having many waves and whirlpools

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kallola+bahula+āvarta)

• kallola – large wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• bahula – abundant, numerous, plentiful
  adjective
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, convolution
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective for 'paracittamahārṇavam' in the following verse.

व्यामोह-मकर-आलयम् (vyāmoha-makara-ālayam) - describing a great ocean (of others' minds) (an abode of the crocodiles of delusion/infatuation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāmoha-makara-ālaya

vyāmoha-makara-ālaya - abode of the crocodiles of delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyāmoha+makara+ālaya)

• vyāmoha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: muh (class 4)
• makara – sea-monster, crocodile
  noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Adjective for 'paracittamahārṇavam' in the following verse.