योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-18

योऽसावात्मा महाप्राज्ञ न नश्यति न गच्छति ।
न नश्यति कदाचिच्च किं मुधा परितप्यसे ॥ १८ ॥

yo'sāvātmā mahāprājña na naśyati na gacchati ,
na naśyati kadācicca kiṃ mudhā paritapyase 18

18. yaḥ asau ātmā mahāprājña na naśyati na gacchati
na naśyati kadācit ca kim mudhā paritapyase

18. mahāprājña yaḥ asau ātmā na naśyati na gacchati
na ca kadācit naśyati kim mudhā paritapyase

18. O greatly wise one, that self (ātman) neither perishes nor departs. Why do you needlessly grieve, since it never perishes at any time?

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• असौ (asau) - that (demonstrative)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit (ātman)

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

• न (na) - not

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• न (na) - not

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, departs

• न (na) - not

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time

• च (ca) - and, also, even

• किम् (kim) - why? for what?

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• परितप्यसे (paritapyase) - you grieve, you suffer

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

असौ (asau) - that (demonstrative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (referring to something distant or known)

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman)

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - very wise, greatly intelligent

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, departs

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, even

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - why? for what?

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

परितप्यसे (paritapyase) - you grieve, you suffer

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of paritap

Prefix: pari

Root: tap (class 1)

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