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).

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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