योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-50

वेधनं कर्मसंश्लिष्टा कठिनापि न साकरोत् ।
न हि तीक्ष्णो बहिः कार्यो निजत्वं विजहाति चेत् ॥ ५० ॥

vedhanaṃ karmasaṃśliṣṭā kaṭhināpi na sākarot ,
na hi tīkṣṇo bahiḥ kāryo nijatvaṃ vijahāti cet 50

50. vedhanam karma-saṃśliṣṭā kaṭhinā api na sā akarot
na hi tīkṣṇaḥ bahiḥ kāryaḥ nijatvam vijahāti cet

50. sā karma-saṃśliṣṭā kaṭhinā api vedhanam na akarot.
hi tīkṣṇaḥ nijatvam vijahāti cet,
bahiḥ na kāryaḥ.

50. Though entwined with its task (karma) and unyielding, she did not inflict injury by piercing. For, a sharp object should not be employed externally if it abandons its intrinsic nature.

Words meanings summery:

• वेधनम् (vedhanam) - (unnecessary or harmful) piercing, injury (piercing, striking, injury)

• कर्म-संश्लिष्टा (karma-saṁśliṣṭā) - deeply engaged in its task/work (karma) (entwined with action, attached to duty)

• कठिना (kaṭhinā) - hard, difficult, unyielding, harsh

• अपि (api) - also, even, though

• न (na) - not

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• अकरोत् (akarot) - did, made, caused

• न (na) - not

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• तीक्ष्णः (tīkṣṇaḥ) - a sharp instrument/object (sharp, keen, pungent)

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - to be employed, to be applied, to be brought forth (to be done, to be made, to be performed, duty, action)

• निजत्वम् (nijatvam) - own nature, intrinsic quality, individuality

• विजहाति (vijahāti) - abandons, gives up, forsakes, leaves

• चेत् (cet) - if

Words meanings and morphology

वेधनम् (vedhanam) - (unnecessary or harmful) piercing, injury (piercing, striking, injury)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vedhana

vedhana - piercing, striking, wounding, injury

Verbal noun

From root vidh (to pierce, strike) with ana suffix.

Root: vidh (class 6)

कर्म-संश्लिष्टा (karma-saṁśliṣṭā) - deeply engaged in its task/work (karma) (entwined with action, attached to duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karmasaṃśliṣṭa

karmasaṁśliṣṭa - entwined with action/duty

Compound ending in a Past Passive Participle.

Compound type : tṛtīyā tatpuruṣa (karma+saṃśliṣṭa)

• karma – action, deed, work, destiny (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do) + man suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• saṃśliṣṭa – joined, united, entwined, adhered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śliṣ (to cling, embrace) with sam prefix + kta suffix.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śliṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies sā.

कठिना (kaṭhinā) - hard, difficult, unyielding, harsh

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaṭhina

kaṭhina - hard, firm, difficult, harsh

Note: Modifies sā.

अपि (api) - also, even, though

(indeclinable)

Particle.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb akarot.

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the verb akarot.

अकरोत् (akarot) - did, made, caused

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Past imperfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular.

a-kar-ot. augment a + root kṛ + t ending.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Forms an emphatic negation with hi.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Particle.

तीक्ष्णः (tīkṣṇaḥ) - a sharp instrument/object (sharp, keen, pungent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, acute, hot, pungent

From root tij (to sharpen) + kṣṇa suffix.

Root: tij (class 6)

Note: Subject of the implied verb (asti/bhūyate) or kāryaḥ.

बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable.

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - to be employed, to be applied, to be brought forth (to be done, to be made, to be performed, duty, action)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, duty, work, effect

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From root kṛ (to do) + ṇyat suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Implies 'should be done/applied'.

निजत्वम् (nijatvam) - own nature, intrinsic quality, individuality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nijatva

nijatva - own nature, self-identity, intrinsic quality

Abstract noun from nija (own) + tva suffix.

विजहाति (vijahāti) - abandons, gives up, forsakes, leaves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vihā

Present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular.

Root hā with vi prefix, reduplicated (jahāti is the present stem).

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Particle.

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