योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-6, verse-12

पौरुषेणान्नमाक्रम्य यथा दन्तेन चूर्ण्यते ।
अन्यः पौरुषमाश्रित्य तथा शूरेण चूर्ण्यते ॥ १२ ॥

pauruṣeṇānnamākramya yathā dantena cūrṇyate ,
anyaḥ pauruṣamāśritya tathā śūreṇa cūrṇyate 12

12. pauruṣeṇa annam ākramya yathā dantena cūrṇyate
anyaḥ pauruṣam āśritya tathā śūreṇa cūrṇyate

12. yathā pauruṣeṇa annam ākramya dantena cūrṇyate,
tathā anyaḥ pauruṣam āśritya śūreṇa cūrṇyate.

12. Just as food is crushed by a tooth after being seized through effort (pauruṣa), similarly, another person is crushed by a hero who relies on his own valor (pauruṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• पौरुषेण (pauruṣeṇa) - by manliness, by effort, by valor, by strength

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

• आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having attacked, having seized, having overpowered

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• दन्तेन (dantena) - by a tooth

• चूर्ण्यते (cūrṇyate) - is crushed, is powdered

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, a different one

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - strength, valor, manliness, effort

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having depended on

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• शूरेण (śūreṇa) - by a hero, by a brave person

• चूर्ण्यते (cūrṇyate) - is crushed, is powdered

Words meanings and morphology

पौरुषेण (pauruṣeṇa) - by manliness, by effort, by valor, by strength

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manliness, valor, effort, strength, virility, human endeavor

अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, sustenance

आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having attacked, having seized, having overpowered

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) formed with prefix ā + root kram + suffix ya.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

दन्तेन (dantena) - by a tooth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of danta

danta - tooth, tusk

चूर्ण्यते (cūrṇyate) - is crushed, is powdered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of cūrṇ

Root: cūrṇ (class 10)

Note: Passive form with ya-stem.

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, a different one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - strength, valor, manliness, effort

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manliness, valor, effort, strength, virility, human endeavor

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having depended on

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) formed with prefix ā + root śri + suffix ya.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

शूरेण (śūreṇa) - by a hero, by a brave person

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - hero, warrior, brave person

चूर्ण्यते (cūrṇyate) - is crushed, is powdered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of cūrṇ

Root: cūrṇ (class 10)

Note: Passive form with ya-stem.

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