योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-9, verse-11

इक्ष्वाकुवंशजातोऽपि स्वयं दशरथोऽपि सन् ।
न पालयसि चेद्वाक्यं कोऽपरः पालयिष्यति ॥ ११ ॥

ikṣvākuvaṃśajāto'pi svayaṃ daśaratho'pi san ,
na pālayasi cedvākyaṃ ko'paraḥ pālayiṣyati 11

11. ikṣvākuvaṃśajātaḥ api svayam daśarathaḥ api san
na pālayasi cet vākyam kaḥ aparaḥ pālayiṣyati

11. Even if you are Daśaratha himself, born in the Ikṣvāku lineage, if you do not uphold your promise, who else will?

Words meanings summery:

• इक्ष्वाकुवंशजातः (ikṣvākuvaṁśajātaḥ) - born in the Ikṣvāku lineage

• अपि (api) - even though (also, even, although)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (oneself, personally, by oneself)

• दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (name of the king)

• अपि (api) - even though (also, even, although)

• सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

• न (na) - not, no

• पालयसि (pālayasi) - you uphold (you protect, you uphold, you guard)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - promise (word, speech, promise, sentence)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अपरः (aparaḥ) - else (other, another, different)

• पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will uphold (will protect, will uphold, will guard)

Words meanings and morphology

इक्ष्वाकुवंशजातः (ikṣvākuvaṁśajātaḥ) - born in the Ikṣvāku lineage

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ikṣvākuvaṃśajāta

ikṣvākuvaṁśajāta - born in the Ikṣvāku lineage/dynasty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ikṣvākuvaṃśa+jāta)

• ikṣvākuvaṃśa – Ikṣvāku lineage/dynasty
  noun (masculine)
• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jan (to be born) + -ta
  Root: jan (class 4)

अपि (api) - even though (also, even, although)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (oneself, personally, by oneself)

(indeclinable)

दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (name of the king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Daśaratha, a proper name

अपि (api) - even though (also, even, although)

(indeclinable)

सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पालयसि (pālayasi) - you uphold (you protect, you uphold, you guard)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pāl

Present Tense, 2nd Person Singular

Root: pāl (class 10)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - promise (word, speech, promise, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, promise

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अपरः (aparaḥ) - else (other, another, different)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, different, later

पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will uphold (will protect, will uphold, will guard)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pāl

Future Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Root: pāl (class 10)

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