योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-50

ईदृशः स्यान्महासत्त्वः क इवास्मिन्महीतले ।
प्रकृते व्यवहारे तं यो निवेशयितुं क्षमः ॥ ५० ॥

īdṛśaḥ syānmahāsattvaḥ ka ivāsminmahītale ,
prakṛte vyavahāre taṃ yo niveśayituṃ kṣamaḥ 50

50. īdṛśaḥ syāt mahāsattvaḥ kaḥ iva asmin mahītale |
prakṛte vyavahāre tam yaḥ niveśayitum kṣamaḥ ||

50. Who on this earth could be such a great being (mahāsattva) who is capable of engaging that person in their natural (prakṛta) conduct and affairs?

50. מי אדם אציל נפש שכזה על פני האדמה, אשר יהיה מסוגל להשיב אותו אל אורח החיים והעשייה היומיומית הרגילה?

Words meanings summery:

• ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be, should be

• महासत्त्वः (mahāsattvaḥ) - a great being, a person of great courage, a great soul

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, indeed

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the earth, on the surface of the earth

• प्रकृते (prakṛte) - in their natural or proper (prakṛta) (in the natural, in the appropriate, in the regular, in the original)

• व्यवहारे (vyavahāre) - in conduct, in affair, in business, in practice

• तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• निवेशयितुम् (niveśayitum) - to cause to enter, to engage, to settle, to employ

• क्षमः (kṣamaḥ) - able, capable, competent

Words meanings and morphology

ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind

From idam + dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies mahāsattvaḥ.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate for kaḥ mahāsattvaḥ.

महासत्त्वः (mahāsattvaḥ) - a great being, a person of great courage, a great soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāsattva

mahāsattva - great being (mahāsattva), person of great courage/essence

Compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+sattva)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  mahā is the stem form of mahat
• sattva – being, existence, essence, spirit, courage, goodness
  noun (neuter)
  From root as
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of the subject kaḥ īdṛśaḥ mahāsattvaḥ.

कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Interrogative pronoun, acting as the primary subject.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, indeed

(indeclinable)

Particle

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Modifies mahītale.

महीतले (mahītale) - on the earth, on the surface of the earth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tal (class 10)

प्रकृते (prakṛte) - in their natural or proper (prakṛta) (in the natural, in the appropriate, in the regular, in the original)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prakṛta

prakṛta - natural (prakṛta), original, done, prepared

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ with pra. Related to prakṛti

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies vyavahāre.

व्यवहारे (vyavahāre) - in conduct, in affair, in business, in practice

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyavahāra

vyavahāra - conduct, transaction, affair, practice, usage

From root hṛ with vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of niveśayitum.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun

Note: Subject of kṣamaḥ.

निवेशयितुम् (niveśayitum) - to cause to enter, to engage, to settle, to employ

(verb)

active, infinitive of ni-viś

Infinitive (causative)

Causative infinitive of root viś with ni

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Governs tam (him) and vyavahāre (in conduct).

क्षमः (kṣamaḥ) - able, capable, competent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣama

kṣama - able, capable, patient

From root kṣam

Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for yaḥ.

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