योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-25

देशकालतिरोधाने मूढोऽपि मरणे नरः ।
किं बिभेति महाबाहो नेह पश्यति कश्चन ॥ २५ ॥

deśakālatirodhāne mūḍho'pi maraṇe naraḥ ,
kiṃ bibheti mahābāho neha paśyati kaścana 25

25. deśakālatirodhāne mūḍhaḥ api maraṇe naraḥ
kim bibheti mahābāho na iha paśyati kaścana

25. mahābāho,
deśakālatirodhāne (sati) mūḍhaḥ api naraḥ maraṇe kim bibheti? na iha kaścana paśyati.

25. O mighty-armed one, why does even a deluded person fear death, given the concealment by space and time? For no one perceives anything (beyond) here.

Words meanings summery:

• देशकालतिरोधाने (deśakālatirodhāne) - in the state where the true nature (of the self or reality) is concealed by the limitations of space and time (in the concealment by space and time)

• मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a deluded person (foolish, deluded, bewildered)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• मरणे (maraṇe) - at the phenomenon of death (in death, at the time of death)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person, an individual (man, person, human being)

• किम् (kim) - why? (rhetorical question) (why? what?)

• बिभेति (bibheti) - fears (fears, is afraid)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (an epithet for Rama) (O mighty-armed one)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here (in this embodied state or world) (here, in this world)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives, understands (sees, perceives)

• कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (in conjunction with na, forming 'no one') (anyone, someone (when na is not present); combined with na, means no one)

Words meanings and morphology

देशकालतिरोधाने (deśakālatirodhāne) - in the state where the true nature (of the self or reality) is concealed by the limitations of space and time (in the concealment by space and time)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of deśakālatirodhāna

deśakālatirodhāna - concealment/obscuration by space and time

compound of deśakāla and tirodhāna

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (deśakāla+tirodhāna)

• deśakāla – space and time
  noun (masculine)
• tirodhāna – concealment, obscuration, disappearance
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  from root dhā (to place, put) with prefix tiras (across, beyond, out of sight)
  Prefix: tiras
  Root: dhā (class 3)

मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a deluded person (foolish, deluded, bewildered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, stupid, bewildered, deluded, ignorant

Past Passive Participle

from root muh (to be perplexed, deluded)

Root: muh (class 4)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

particle

मरणे (maraṇe) - at the phenomenon of death (in death, at the time of death)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

verbal noun

from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - a person, an individual (man, person, human being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

किम् (kim) - why? (rhetorical question) (why? what?)

(indeclinable)

used adverbially here for 'why'

बिभेति (bibheti) - fears (fears, is afraid)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present active indicative, reduplicated root

Root: bhī (class 3)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (an epithet for Rama) (O mighty-armed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

इह (iha) - here (in this embodied state or world) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

adverb of place

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives, understands (sees, perceives)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present active indicative, from root dṛś (class 1, often takes paśya stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (in conjunction with na, forming 'no one') (anyone, someone (when na is not present); combined with na, means no one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone, some (indefinite pronoun)

from kim (what) + cana (indefinite particle)

Note: In na kaścana, it functions as 'no one'.

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