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.

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)