योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-13

देहः पततु वोदेतु का नः क्षतिरुपस्थिता ।
को नष्टः प्रक्षते पुष्पे आमोदो व्योमसंश्रयः ॥ १३ ॥

dehaḥ patatu vodetu kā naḥ kṣatirupasthitā ,
ko naṣṭaḥ prakṣate puṣpe āmodo vyomasaṃśrayaḥ 13

13. dehaḥ patatu vā udetu kā naḥ kṣatiḥ upasthitā
kaḥ naṣṭaḥ prakṣate puṣpe āmodaḥ vyomasaṃśrayaḥ

13. dehaḥ patatu vā udetu,
naḥ kā kṣatiḥ upasthitā? puṣpe prakṣate,
kaḥ naṣṭaḥ (bhavati)? vyomasaṃśrayaḥ āmodaḥ.

13. Let the body fall or rise; what harm (kṣati) comes to us? When a flower is destroyed, who is destroyed? (Certainly not) the fragrance (āmoda), which has its abode in space.

Words meanings summery:

• देहः (dehaḥ) - the body (body, form, person)

• पततु (patatu) - let it fall

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• उदेतु (udetu) - or rise (let it rise, come forth)

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

• नः (naḥ) - to us (to us, our, of us)

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

• उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - comes, arises (stood near, present, come forth, happened)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• नष्टः (naṣṭaḥ) - destroyed (destroyed, lost, perished)

• प्रक्षते (prakṣate) - when destroyed (destroyed, injured)

• पुष्पे (puṣpe) - when a flower (is destroyed) (in a flower, on a flower)

• आमोदः (āmodaḥ) - the fragrance (fragrance, delight, strong smell)

• व्योमसंश्रयः (vyomasaṁśrayaḥ) - which resides in space (dwelling in the sky/space, supported by the sky/space)

Words meanings and morphology

देहः (dehaḥ) - the body (body, form, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 4)

पततु (patatu) - let it fall

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pat

imperative

3rd person singular, imperative active

Root: pat (class 1)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

उदेतु (udetu) - or rise (let it rise, come forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ud-i

imperative

3rd person singular, imperative active. Root 'i' with upasarga 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

नः (naḥ) - to us (to us, our, of us)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form for genitive/dative/accusative plural of asmad

Note: Also functions as genitive or accusative plural.

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - harm, loss, injury, destruction, damage

Root: kṣi (class 1)

उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - comes, arises (stood near, present, come forth, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, approached, arrived, happened, imminent

Past Passive Participle

From upa-√sthā (to stand near, be present)

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

नष्टः (naṣṭaḥ) - destroyed (destroyed, lost, perished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, lost, perished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

From √naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

प्रक्षते (prakṣate) - when destroyed (destroyed, injured)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of prakṣata

prakṣata - destroyed, injured, damaged, broken

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√kṣi (to destroy, injure)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṣi (class 1)

पुष्पे (puṣpe) - when a flower (is destroyed) (in a flower, on a flower)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom

Root: puṣ (class 4)

आमोदः (āmodaḥ) - the fragrance (fragrance, delight, strong smell)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āmoda

āmoda - fragrance, perfume, delight, joy, strong smell

Root: mud (class 1)

व्योमसंश्रयः (vyomasaṁśrayaḥ) - which resides in space (dwelling in the sky/space, supported by the sky/space)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyomasaṃśraya

vyomasaṁśraya - taking refuge in the sky/space, dwelling in the sky/space

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (vyoma+saṃśraya)

• vyoma – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• saṃśraya – residing in, dependent on, refuge, asylum
  noun (masculine)
  From saṃ-√śri (to rely on, depend on)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Agrees with āmodaḥ.

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