योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-29, verse-17

क्रकचाग्रविनिष्पेषं सोढुं शक्नोम्यहं मुने ।
संसारव्यवहारोत्थं नाशाविषयवैशसम् ॥ १७ ॥

krakacāgraviniṣpeṣaṃ soḍhuṃ śaknomyahaṃ mune ,
saṃsāravyavahārotthaṃ nāśāviṣayavaiśasam 17

17. krakacāgraviniṣpeṣam soḍhum śaknomi aham mune
saṃsāravyavahārottham nāśāviṣayavaiśasam

17. mune,
aham krakacāgraviniṣpeṣam soḍhum śaknomi; saṃsāravyavahārottham nāśāviṣayavaiśasam (api soḍhum śaknomi)

17. O sage, I am able to endure the intense grinding by the edge of a saw. (Similarly), I am also able to bear the misfortune (vaiśasa) concerning the loss of desired objects, which arises from the interactions of worldly existence (saṃsāra).

17. הו פרוש, מסוגל אני לשאת את הניסור בשיני משור, אך איני יכול לשאת את החורבן שיוצרת התשוקה לאובייקטי החושים הנובעת מסבך הקיום התופעתי.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रकचाग्रविनिष्पेषम् (krakacāgraviniṣpeṣam) - the intense grinding by the edge of a saw

• सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to endure, to bear, to suffer

• शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मुने (mune) - Addressing Vasiṣṭha (the speaker in Yoga Vasistha is usually Rāma, addressing Vasiṣṭha) (O sage, O ascetic)

• संसारव्यवहारोत्थम् (saṁsāravyavahārottham) - arising from the interactions of worldly existence (saṃsāra)

• नाशाविषयवैशसम् (nāśāviṣayavaiśasam) - the misfortune/suffering concerning the loss of objects (of desire)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रकचाग्रविनिष्पेषम् (krakacāgraviniṣpeṣam) - the intense grinding by the edge of a saw

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krakacāgraviniṣpeṣa

krakacāgraviniṣpeṣa - the grinding/crushing by the edge of a saw

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krakaca+agra+viniṣpeṣa)

• krakaca – saw
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, edge
  noun (neuter)
• viniṣpeṣa – grinding, crushing, friction
  noun (masculine)
  From root piṣ (to grind) with prefixes vi and ni.
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: piṣ (class 7)

Note: Object of `soḍhum`.

सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to endure, to bear, to suffer

(verb)

active, infinitive of sah

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root sah.

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Used with `śaknomi`.

शक्नोमि (śaknomi) - I am able, I can

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śak

Present active indicative 1st person singular

From root śak (to be able), class 5.

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Expresses capability.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Subject of `śaknomi`.

मुने (mune) - Addressing Vasiṣṭha (the speaker in Yoga Vasistha is usually Rāma, addressing Vasiṣṭha) (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, recluse

Root: man (class 4)

संसारव्यवहारोत्थम् (saṁsāravyavahārottham) - arising from the interactions of worldly existence (saṃsāra)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsāravyavahārottha

saṁsāravyavahārottha - born/arising from the interactions of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vyavahāra+uttha)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛ (to flow) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vyavahāra – transaction, dealing, interaction, worldly conduct
  noun (masculine)
  From root hṛ (to carry) with prefixes vi and ava.
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• uttha – arisen, born from
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ut.
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agreement with `vaiśasam`.

नाशाविषयवैशसम् (nāśāviṣayavaiśasam) - the misfortune/suffering concerning the loss of objects (of desire)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāśāviṣayavaiśasa

nāśāviṣayavaiśasa - misfortune related to objects of loss/destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāśa+viṣaya+vaiśasa)

• nāśa – loss, destruction, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  From root naś (to perish).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• viṣaya – object (of sense), sphere, domain
  noun (masculine)
• vaiśasa – slaughter, calamity, misfortune, grievous suffering
  noun (neuter)
  From viśasa (slaughter).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śas (class 2)

Note: Object of `soḍhum`.

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