योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-32

सनितम्बस्तनी चित्रे न स्त्री स्त्रीधर्मिणी यथा ।
तथैवाकारचिन्तेयं कर्तुं योग्या न किंचन ॥ ३२ ॥

sanitambastanī citre na strī strīdharmiṇī yathā ,
tathaivākāracinteyaṃ kartuṃ yogyā na kiṃcana 32

32. sa-nitamba-stanī citre na strī strī-dharmiṇī yathā
tathā eva ākāra-cintā iyam kartum yogyā na kiṃcana

32. yathā citre sa-nitamba-stanī strī strī-dharmiṇī na,
tathā eva iyam ākāra-cintā kiṃcana kartum yogyā na.

32. Just as a woman depicted in a painting, even though she has hips and breasts, is not a real woman possessing the characteristics of a woman (strī-dharma), similarly, this thought of a form (or mental construct) is not capable of achieving anything whatsoever.

32. כמו שאשה המצוירת בתמונה אינה יכולה לפעול כאשה חיה, כך גם מחשבה זו על צורה ודמות אינה מסוגלת לעשות דבר במציאות.

Words meanings summery:

• स-नितम्ब-स्तनी (sa-nitamba-stanī) - having hips and breasts

• चित्रे (citre) - in a picture, in a painting, in a drawing

• न (na) - not, no

• स्त्री (strī) - a woman

• स्त्री-धर्मिणी (strī-dharmiṇī) - possessing the characteristics (dharma) of a woman

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

• आकार-चिन्ता (ākāra-cintā) - thought of form, conception of shape, mental construct of a form

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• योग्या (yogyā) - capable, fit, worthy

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing whatsoever (due to preceding 'na') (anything whatsoever)

Words meanings and morphology

स-नितम्ब-स्तनी (sa-nitamba-stanī) - having hips and breasts

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sa-nitamba-stana

sa-nitamba-stana - having hips and breasts

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sa+nitamba+stana)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• nitamba – buttocks, hips, prominent part
  noun (masculine)
• stana – breast
  noun (masculine)

चित्रे (citre) - in a picture, in a painting, in a drawing

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - picture, painting, drawing, variegated

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्त्री (strī) - a woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

स्त्री-धर्मिणी (strī-dharmiṇī) - possessing the characteristics (dharma) of a woman

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī-dharmin

strī-dharmin - possessing the qualities of a woman

Derived from 'strī-dharma' (nature/characteristic of a woman) with the suffix '-in' meaning 'possessing'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (strī+dharma)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• dharmin – possessing qualities, having a characteristic
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'dharma' with suffix '-in'.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

(indeclinable)

आकार-चिन्ता (ākāra-cintā) - thought of form, conception of shape, mental construct of a form

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ākāra-cintā

ākāra-cintā - thought of form, contemplation of shape

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ākāra+cintā)

• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• cintā – thought, thinking, contemplation, concern
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 10)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

योग्या (yogyā) - capable, fit, worthy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yogya

yogya - suitable, fit, proper, capable, worthy

Gerundive

Root 'yuj' with suffix '-ya'

Root: yuj (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing whatsoever (due to preceding 'na') (anything whatsoever)

(indeclinable)

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