योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-68, verse-12

मेघेन मृगतृष्णेव तन्मे क्षुदुपशाम्यति ।
अविरुद्धैव सा युक्तिर्ययापदि हि जीव्यते ॥ १२ ॥

meghena mṛgatṛṣṇeva tanme kṣudupaśāmyati ,
aviruddhaiva sā yuktiryayāpadi hi jīvyate 12

12. meghena mṛgatṛṣṇā iva tat me kṣut upaśāmyati |
aviruddhā eva sā yuktiḥ yayā āpadi hi jīvyate ||

12. meghena mṛgatṛṣṇā iva tat me kṣut upaśāmyati yayā āpadi hi jīvyate,
sā yuktiḥ eva aviruddhā

12. Then my hunger will be appeased, just as a mirage is dispelled by a cloud. That approach (yukti) is certainly not contradictory, for by it one indeed survives in distress.

12. ...אז יבוא רעבוני על תיקונו, כשם שפאטה מורגנה נעלמת בענן. שהרי תחבולה המאפשרת לאדם לשרוד בעת צרה אינה פסולה כלל.

Words meanings summery:

• मेघेन (meghena) - by a cloud

• मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage, deer's thirst

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore, that

• मे (me) - my, to me

• क्षुत् (kṣut) - hunger

• उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - is appeased, is calmed, ceases

• अविरुद्धा (aviruddhā) - not contradictory, unopposed, valid

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

• युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - approach, method, reasoning, logic

• यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

• आपदि (āpadi) - in distress, in calamity, in misfortune

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• जीव्यते (jīvyate) - one lives, is lived

Words meanings and morphology

मेघेन (meghena) - by a cloud

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud

मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage, deer's thirst

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇā

mṛgatṛṣṇā - mirage, deer's thirst

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇā)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore, that

(indeclinable)

Note: adverbial usage 'then'

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: 'my' in this context

क्षुत् (kṣut) - hunger

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣudh

kṣudh - hunger

उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - is appeased, is calmed, ceases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of √śam

Prefix: upa

Root: √śam (class 4)

Note: Intransitive verb

अविरुद्धा (aviruddhā) - not contradictory, unopposed, valid

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aviruddha

aviruddha - not opposed, unopposed, unhindered

Past Passive Participle

derived from √rudh (to obstruct) with prefixes vi (apart) and a (not)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (a+viruddha)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• viruddha – opposed, obstructed, contradicted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √rudh (class 7)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - approach, method, reasoning, logic

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - approach, method, reasoning, logic

यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

आपदि (āpadi) - in distress, in calamity, in misfortune

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - distress, calamity, misfortune

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

जीव्यते (jīvyate) - one lives, is lived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, Present (Laṭ) of √jīv

Root: √jīv (class 1)

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