योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-48

दीर्घदौरात्म्यवलया निपातफलपातया ।
न देहलतया कार्यं किंचिदस्ति विवेकिनः ॥ ४८ ॥

dīrghadaurātmyavalayā nipātaphalapātayā ,
na dehalatayā kāryaṃ kiṃcidasti vivekinaḥ 48

48. dīrghadaurātmyavalayā nipātaphalapātayā na
dehalatayā kāryam kiṃcit asti vivekinaḥ

48. For a discerning person (vivekin), there is no purpose (kārya) whatsoever to be achieved from the body-creeper, which is encircled by prolonged wickedness (daurātmya) and whose fruits are merely its own downfall and ruin.

Words meanings summery:

• दीर्घदौरात्म्यवलया (dīrghadaurātmyavalayā) - encircled by prolonged wickedness (by that which has a long circle of wickedness)

• निपातफलपातया (nipātaphalapātayā) - whose fruits are merely its own downfall and ruin (by that whose fruit-fall is downfall, whose fruits are ruin)

• न (na) - not, no

• देहलतया (dehalatayā) - from the body, metaphorically a creeper (by the body-creeper)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose (work, action, duty, purpose, what is to be done)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - whatsoever, any (anything, something)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• विवेकिनः (vivekinaḥ) - for a discerning person (for the discerning one, of the discerning one)

Words meanings and morphology

दीर्घदौरात्म्यवलया (dīrghadaurātmyavalayā) - encircled by prolonged wickedness (by that which has a long circle of wickedness)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dīrghadaurātmyavalaya

dīrghadaurātmyavalaya - having a long circle of wickedness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dīrgha+daurātmya+valaya)

• dīrgha – long, extensive, prolonged
  adjective (masculine)
• daurātmya – wickedness, depravity, evil nature
  noun (neuter)
  abstract noun from durātman
• valaya – circle, ring, bracelet, enclosure
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: val (class 1)

Note: Refers to dehalatayā.

निपातफलपातया (nipātaphalapātayā) - whose fruits are merely its own downfall and ruin (by that whose fruit-fall is downfall, whose fruits are ruin)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nipātaphalapāta

nipātaphalapāta - having the fall of fruit as its fall (or fall-fruit-fall)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nipāta+phala+pāta)

• nipāta – fall, downfall, destruction, dropping
  noun (masculine)
  from root pat with ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pat (class 1)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: phal (class 1)
• pāta – fall, falling, descent
  noun (masculine)
  from root pat
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Refers to dehalatayā.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

Note: Negates the existence of kāryam.

देहलतया (dehalatayā) - from the body, metaphorically a creeper (by the body-creeper)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dehalatā

dehalatā - body-creeper, the body compared to a creeper

Compound type : karmadhāraya (deha+latā)

• deha – body, corporeal form
  noun (masculine)
  from root dih (to smear, heap up)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• latā – creeper, vine, tendril
  noun (feminine)

Note: Denotes the means or source.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose (work, action, duty, purpose, what is to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be performed, work, action, purpose

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of asti.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - whatsoever, any (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kimcid

kimcid - anything, something, a certain

`kim` + `cid`

Note: Agrees with kāryam.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

विवेकिनः (vivekinaḥ) - for a discerning person (for the discerning one, of the discerning one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vivekin

vivekin - discerning, discriminate, wise, person of discernment

from root vic (to discern)

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

Note: Used in a dative sense here (for whom).

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