योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-33

त्यजत्याशु मृदित्यज्ञः प्राप्यापि कनकाङ्गदम् ।
मया सूचित्वलोभेन संत्यक्तं भासुरं वपुः ॥ ३३ ॥

tyajatyāśu mṛdityajñaḥ prāpyāpi kanakāṅgadam ,
mayā sūcitvalobhena saṃtyaktaṃ bhāsuraṃ vapuḥ 33

33. tyajati āśu mṛt iti ajñaḥ prāpya api kanaka-aṅgadam
mayā sūcitva-lobhena saṃtyaktam bhāsuram vapuḥ

33. ajñaḥ iti mṛt prāpya api kanaka-aṅgadam āśu tyajati
mayā sūcitva-lobhena bhāsuram vapuḥ saṃtyaktam

33. An ignorant person (ajñaḥ) quickly abandons clay (mṛt) even after obtaining a golden armlet. By me, out of greed for minuteness (sūcitvalobhena), a lustrous body (bhāsuraṃ vapuḥ) was abandoned.

33. כמו כסיל המשליך מידו צמיד זהב בחשבו שהוא גוש עפר, כך גם אני, מתוך תשוקה עיוורת להיות מחט, נטשתי את גופי המזהיר!

Words meanings summery:

• त्यजति (tyajati) - abandons, gives up, leaves

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• मृत् (mṛt) - clay, earth

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (often marks quoted speech or thought)

• अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant person, fool

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, after attaining

• अपि (api) - also, even, although

• कनक-अङ्गदम् (kanaka-aṅgadam) - golden armlet/bracelet

• मया (mayā) - by me

• सूचित्व-लोभेन (sūcitva-lobhena) - by the greed for being a needle (i.e., for minuteness)

• संत्यक्तम् (saṁtyaktam) - abandoned, given up completely

• भासुरम् (bhāsuram) - lustrous, splendid, shining

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

Words meanings and morphology

त्यजति (tyajati) - abandons, gives up, leaves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

मृत् (mṛt) - clay, earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛd

mṛd - clay, earth, soil

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (often marks quoted speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant person, fool

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, foolish, unaware; an ignorant person

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, after attaining

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root āp with prefix pra and suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

अपि (api) - also, even, although

(indeclinable)

कनक-अङ्गदम् (kanaka-aṅgadam) - golden armlet/bracelet

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kanakāṅgada

kanakāṅgada - golden armlet

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kanaka+aṅgada)

• kanaka – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• aṅgada – armlet, bracelet, bangle
  noun (neuter)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

सूचित्व-लोभेन (sūcitva-lobhena) - by the greed for being a needle (i.e., for minuteness)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sūcitvalobha

sūcitvalobha - greed for minuteness (being like a needle)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sūcitva+lobha)

• sūcitva – state of being a needle, minuteness
  noun (neuter)
• lobha – greed, covetousness, desire
  noun (masculine)

संत्यक्तम् (saṁtyaktam) - abandoned, given up completely

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃtyakta

saṁtyakta - completely abandoned, forsaken, given up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tyaj with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

भासुरम् (bhāsuram) - lustrous, splendid, shining

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāsura

bhāsura - lustrous, shining, splendid, brilliant

Derived from root bhās (to shine)

Root: bhās (class 1)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, personal appearance

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