योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-17

किं मन्दया मया तादृक्संत्यक्तं तन्महावपुः ।
यथा नाशेन वा भाव्यं तथोदेत्यशुभा मतिः ॥ १७ ॥

kiṃ mandayā mayā tādṛksaṃtyaktaṃ tanmahāvapuḥ ,
yathā nāśena vā bhāvyaṃ tathodetyaśubhā matiḥ 17

17. kim mandayā mayā tādṛk saṃtyaktam tat mahāvapuḥ |
yathā nāśena vā bhāvyam tathā uda eti aśubhā matiḥ ||

17. किम् मन्दया मया तादृक् तत् महावपुः संत्यक्तम् यथा नाशेन वा भाव्यम् तथा अशुभा मतिः उद एति ।

17. Why was that grand body (mahāvapus) abandoned by me, so dull-witted? My inauspicious thought (mati) arises, suggesting that ruin (nāśa) is inevitable.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, how)

• मन्दया (mandayā) - by me, who is dull-witted (by the dull, slow, sluggish one)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तादृक् (tādṛk) - so greatly (adverbial use) (such, of that kind)

• संत्यक्तम् (saṁtyaktam) - abandoned, completely forsaken

• तत् (tat) - that

• महावपुः (mahāvapuḥ) - great body, magnificent form

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• नाशेन (nāśena) - by destruction, by ruin

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भाव्यम् (bhāvyam) - is inevitable (to be, ought to be, inevitable)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• उद (uda) - up, forth

• एति (eti) - arises (when combined with 'uda') (comes, goes)

• अशुभा (aśubhā) - inauspicious, unlucky

• मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, how)

(indeclinable)

मन्दया (mandayā) - by me, who is dull-witted (by the dull, slow, sluggish one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mandā

manda - dull, slow, sluggish, foolish

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

तादृक् (tādṛk) - so greatly (adverbial use) (such, of that kind)

(indeclinable)

संत्यक्तम् (saṁtyaktam) - abandoned, completely forsaken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃtyakta

saṁtyakta - completely abandoned, forsaken, relinquished

Past Passive Participle

From root tyaj- (to abandon) with upasarga sam- (completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

महावपुः (mahāvapuḥ) - great body, magnificent form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahāvapus

mahāvapus - great body, magnificent form

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vapus)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

नाशेन (nāśena) - by destruction, by ruin

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, loss, ruin

From root naś- (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भाव्यम् (bhāvyam) - is inevitable (to be, ought to be, inevitable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvya

bhāvya - to be, that which is to be, inevitable, future

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root bhū- (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

उद (uda) - up, forth

(indeclinable)

Prefix to verb eti (from i-)

एति (eti) - arises (when combined with 'uda') (comes, goes)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Combines with 'ud' to mean 'arises' or 'comes forth'.

अशुभा (aśubhā) - inauspicious, unlucky

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aśubha

aśubha - inauspicious, evil, unlucky

Negation of śubha

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)

मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion, understanding

From root man- (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

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