योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-12

देहे नष्टे क्षते क्षीणे कात्मनः क्षतिरागता ।
भस्त्रायां परिदग्धायां भस्त्रापूरो न नश्यति ॥ १२ ॥

dehe naṣṭe kṣate kṣīṇe kātmanaḥ kṣatirāgatā ,
bhastrāyāṃ paridagdhāyāṃ bhastrāpūro na naśyati 12

12. dehe naṣṭe kṣate kṣīṇe kā ātmanaḥ kṣatiḥ āgatā
bhastrāyām paridagdhāyām bhastrāpūraḥ na naśyati

12. dehe naṣṭe kṣate kṣīṇe sati,
ātmanaḥ kā kṣatiḥ āgatā? bhastrāyām paridagdhāyām (satyām),
bhastrāpūraḥ na naśyati.

12. When the body is destroyed, wounded, or wasted away, what harm (kṣati) comes to the self (ātman)? When a bellows is completely burnt, the air contained within it does not perish.

Words meanings summery:

• देहे (dehe) - when the body (is destroyed) (in the body)

• नष्टे (naṣṭe) - when destroyed (destroyed, lost, perished)

• क्षते (kṣate) - (when) wounded (wounded, injured, harmed)

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - (when) wasted away (wasted, diminished, emaciated)

• का (kā) - what (what (feminine nominative singular))

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - to the self (ātman) (of the self, to the self)

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - harm (harm, loss, injury, destruction)

• आगता (āgatā) - comes, arises (come, arrived, happened)

• भस्त्रायाम् (bhastrāyām) - when a bellows (is burnt) (in a bellows)

• परिदग्धायाम् (paridagdhāyām) - when completely burnt (completely burnt, consumed by fire)

• भस्त्रापूरः (bhastrāpūraḥ) - the air (filling) the bellows (the filling of a bellows, the air in a bellows)

• न (na) - not

• नश्यति (naśyati) - does not perish (perishes, is lost, disappears)

Words meanings and morphology

देहे (dehe) - when the body (is destroyed) (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 4)

नष्टे (naṣṭe) - when destroyed (destroyed, lost, perished)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, lost, perished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

From √naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

क्षते (kṣate) - (when) wounded (wounded, injured, harmed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣata

kṣata - wounded, injured, harmed

Past Passive Participle

From √kṣaṇ (to wound, injure)

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - (when) wasted away (wasted, diminished, emaciated)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - wasted, diminished, emaciated, weak, worn out

Past Passive Participle

From √kṣi (to waste, perish, diminish)

Root: kṣi (class 1)

का (kā) - what (what (feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - to the self (ātman) (of the self, to the self)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Also used as dative.

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - harm (harm, loss, injury, destruction)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - harm, loss, injury, destruction, damage

Root: kṣi (class 1)

आगता (āgatā) - comes, arises (come, arrived, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√gam (to come)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

भस्त्रायाम् (bhastrāyām) - when a bellows (is burnt) (in a bellows)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhastrā

bhastrā - bellows, leather bag

परिदग्धायाम् (paridagdhāyām) - when completely burnt (completely burnt, consumed by fire)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of paridagdha

paridagdha - completely burnt, consumed by fire

Past Passive Participle

From pari-√dah (to burn completely)

Prefix: pari

Root: dah (class 1)

भस्त्रापूरः (bhastrāpūraḥ) - the air (filling) the bellows (the filling of a bellows, the air in a bellows)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhastrāpūra

bhastrāpūra - the filling of a bellows; the air in a bellows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhastrā+pūra)

• bhastrā – bellows, leather bag
  noun (feminine)
• pūra – filling, flowing, flood, air
  noun (masculine)
  From √pṛ (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - does not perish (perishes, is lost, disappears)

(verb)

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

present indicative

3rd person singular, present active

Root: naś (class 4)

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