योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-15

तान्याकाशजकर्माणि लब्धवान्मृत्युरुद्यतः ।
वन्ध्यापुत्रमिव प्राज्ञः संकल्पाद्रिमिवापरः ॥ १५ ॥

tānyākāśajakarmāṇi labdhavānmṛtyurudyataḥ ,
vandhyāputramiva prājñaḥ saṃkalpādrimivāparaḥ 15

15. tāni ākāśajakarmāṇi labdhavān mṛtyuḥ udyataḥ
vandhyāputram iva prājñaḥ saṅkalpādrim iva aparaḥ

15. mṛtyuḥ udyataḥ tāni ākāśajakarmāṇi labdhavān
prājñaḥ vandhyāputram iva aparaḥ saṅkalpādrim iva

15. Death, though eager, sought to grasp those deeds (karma) of Ākāśaja. Yet, for him, they were as non-existent as the son of a barren woman is to a wise person, or as intangible as a mountain formed of mere intention is to another.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those

• आकाशजकर्माणि (ākāśajakarmāṇi) - deeds of Ākāśaja, actions of Ākāśaja

• लब्धवान् (labdhavān) - obtained, grasped (obtained, received)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the deity Death (death)

• उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - eager (to grasp) (eager, ready, prepared, undertaken)

• वन्ध्यापुत्रम् (vandhyāputram) - son of a barren woman

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person (wise, discerning, intelligent person)

• सङ्कल्पाद्रिम् (saṅkalpādrim) - a mountain formed of mere intention (mountain of intention/resolve)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, other

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

आकाशजकर्माणि (ākāśajakarmāṇi) - deeds of Ākāśaja, actions of Ākāśaja

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of ākāśajakarman

ākāśajakarman - the deeds of one born from space/ether

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśaja+karman)

• ākāśaja – born of space, arisen from ether
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ākāśa (space/ether) + ja (born of, from √jan)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

लब्धवान् (labdhavān) - obtained, grasped (obtained, received)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of labdhavat

labdhavat - one who has obtained/received

Past Active Participle

Derived from √labh (to obtain) + ktavat suffix

Root: labh (class 1)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the deity Death (death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (the god of death)

उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - eager (to grasp) (eager, ready, prepared, undertaken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - prepared, ready, undertaken, active, eager

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ud-√yam (to raise, to be ready)

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

वन्ध्यापुत्रम् (vandhyāputram) - son of a barren woman

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vandhyāputra

vandhyāputra - son of a barren woman (a common example of something impossible or non-existent)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+putra)

• vandhyā – barren woman, sterile
  noun (feminine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person (wise, discerning, intelligent person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, knowing, intelligent, a wise person

सङ्कल्पाद्रिम् (saṅkalpādrim) - a mountain formed of mere intention (mountain of intention/resolve)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpādri

saṅkalpādri - a mountain made of thought/intention

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+adri)

• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, volition, mental formation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-√kḷp (to conceive, to intend)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, later, inferior

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