योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-18

धर्मराज उवाच ।
आकाशजस्य कर्माणि मृत्यो सन्ति न कानिचित् ।
एष आकाशजो विप्रो जातः खादेव केवलात् ॥ १८ ॥

dharmarāja uvāca ,
ākāśajasya karmāṇi mṛtyo santi na kānicit ,
eṣa ākāśajo vipro jātaḥ khādeva kevalāt 18

18. dharmarājaḥ uvāca ākāśajasya karmāṇi mṛtyo santi na
kānicit eṣaḥ ākāśajaḥ vipraḥ jātaḥ khāt eva kevalāt

18. dharmarājaḥ uvāca - mṛtyo,
ākāśajasya kānicit karmāṇi na santi.
eṣaḥ ākāśajaḥ vipraḥ kevalāt khāt eva jātaḥ.

18. The King of Dharma (dharmarāja) said: "O Death (mṛtyo), Ākāśaja has no deeds (karma) whatsoever. This Ākāśaja, who is a Brahmin, was born solely from space (kha) itself."

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Yama, the King of (natural) law (dharma) (King of Dharma, Yama)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• आकाशजस्य (ākāśajasya) - of Ākāśaja, of the one born from space

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions, works

• मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - O Death

• सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

• न (na) - not, no

• कानिचित् (kānicit) - any (deeds) whatsoever (any, some, whatsoever)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person) (this, he)

• आकाशजः (ākāśajaḥ) - this Ākāśaja (as a proper name or title) (born of space, arisen from ether)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin (Brahmin, inspired, wise)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, arisen

• खात् (khāt) - from space (kha) (from space, from ether, from the sky)

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

• केवलात् (kevalāt) - solely from (from the sole, from the pure, from the mere)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Yama, the King of (natural) law (dharma) (King of Dharma, Yama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - King of Dharma, king of justice, Yama

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – law, duty, righteousness, constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

आकाशजस्य (ākāśajasya) - of Ākāśaja, of the one born from space

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ākāśaja

ākāśaja - born of space, arisen from ether

Derived from ākāśa (space/ether) + ja (born of, from √jan)

Root: jan (class 4)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions, works

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - O Death

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (the god of death)

सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कानिचित् (kānicit) - any (deeds) whatsoever (any, some, whatsoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kañcit

kañcit - any, some, whoever, whatever

Derived from kim (who/what) + cit (an indeclinable suffix indicating indefiniteness)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eṣa

eṣa - this, he

आकाशजः (ākāśajaḥ) - this Ākāśaja (as a proper name or title) (born of space, arisen from ether)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśaja

ākāśaja - born of space, arisen from ether

Derived from ākāśa (space/ether) + ja (born of, from √jan)

Root: jan (class 4)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin (Brahmin, inspired, wise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, learned

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, generated, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √jan (to be born, to produce) + kta suffix

Root: jan (class 4)

खात् (khāt) - from space (kha) (from space, from ether, from the sky)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, air, zero

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

(indeclinable)

केवलात् (kevalāt) - solely from (from the sole, from the pure, from the mere)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, solitary, pure, exclusive, mere, whole

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