योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-41

अतः परं महोग्रं च तपः कृत्वा कलेवरम् ।
त्यक्ष्याम्यहमशुद्धं हि जीर्णां त्वचमिवोरगः ॥ ४१ ॥

ataḥ paraṃ mahograṃ ca tapaḥ kṛtvā kalevaram ,
tyakṣyāmyahamaśuddhaṃ hi jīrṇāṃ tvacamivoragaḥ 41

41. ataḥ param mahogram ca tapaḥ kṛtvā kalevaram
tyakṣyāmi aham aśuddham hi jīrṇām tvacam iva uragaḥ

41. Hereafter, having performed great and severe penance (tapas), I will indeed abandon this impure body, just like a snake sheds its worn-out skin.

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, therefore, hence

• परम् (param) - after, further, next

• महोग्रम् (mahogram) - great and severe, very fierce

• च (ca) - and, also

• तपः (tapaḥ) - penance (tapas) (penance, austerity)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• कलेवरम् (kalevaram) - body, physical frame

• त्यक्ष्यामि (tyakṣyāmi) - I will abandon, I will cast off

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अशुद्धम् (aśuddham) - impure, unholy, defiled

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• जीर्णाम् (jīrṇām) - worn out, old, decayed

• त्वचम् (tvacam) - skin, hide, bark

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उरगः (uragaḥ) - snake, serpent

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, therefore, hence

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas

परम् (param) - after, further, next

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, different, subsequent, supreme, superior

Note: Used adverbially here

महोग्रम् (mahogram) - great and severe, very fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahogra

mahogra - great and severe, very fierce, dreadful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ugra)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• ugra – fierce, severe, terrible, cruel
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'tapaḥ'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तपः (tapaḥ) - penance (tapas) (penance, austerity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - penance, austerity, heat, spiritual power

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root kṛ with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कलेवरम् (kalevaram) - body, physical frame

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalevara

kalevara - body, physical frame, corpse

त्यक्ष्यामि (tyakṣyāmi) - I will abandon, I will cast off

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Future (lṛṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

अशुद्धम् (aśuddham) - impure, unholy, defiled

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśuddha

aśuddha - impure, unholy, defiled

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śuddha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śuddha – pure, clean, purified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śudh with suffix -ta
  Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'kalevaram'

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

जीर्णाम् (jīrṇām) - worn out, old, decayed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - worn out, old, decayed, digested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jṝ with suffix -na

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'tvacam'

त्वचम् (tvacam) - skin, hide, bark

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide, bark, rind

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उरगः (uragaḥ) - snake, serpent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uraga

uraga - snake, serpent (literally 'chest-goer')