योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-20

इहामुत्र च नाशाय मूढो दुःखाय जीवति ।
यत्नाद्विनाशनीयोऽसौ नानर्थः परिपाल्यते ॥ २० ॥

ihāmutra ca nāśāya mūḍho duḥkhāya jīvati ,
yatnādvināśanīyo'sau nānarthaḥ paripālyate 20

20. iha amutra ca nāśāya mūḍhaḥ duḥkhāya jīvati |
yatnāt vināśanīyaḥ asau na anarthaḥ paripālyate ||

20. mūḍhaḥ iha amutra ca nāśāya duḥkhāya jīvati asau yatnāt vināśanīyaḥ,
anarthaḥ na paripālyate

20. A foolish person lives a life that brings about ruin and suffering, both in this world and the next. Such a person should be diligently eliminated, for one does not preserve something that is harmful.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अमुत्र (amutra) - in the other world, hereafter

• च (ca) - and, also

• नाशाय (nāśāya) - for destruction, for ruin, for perishing

• मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a fool, an ignorant person, deluded

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for misery, for pain

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists

• यत्नात् (yatnāt) - with effort, diligently, carefully, from effort

• विनाशनीयः (vināśanīyaḥ) - should be destroyed, deserving destruction

• असौ (asau) - that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular), this one

• न (na) - not, no

• अनर्थः (anarthaḥ) - a misfortune, a calamity, a useless thing, harm

• परिपाल्यते (paripālyate) - is protected, is preserved, is guarded

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अमुत्र (amutra) - in the other world, hereafter

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नाशाय (nāśāya) - for destruction, for ruin, for perishing

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, perishing, disappearance

from √naś

Root: naś (class 4)

मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a fool, an ignorant person, deluded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, ignorant, deluded, a fool

Past Passive Participle

from √muh

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for misery, for pain

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, misery, pain, sorrow

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Root: jīv (class 1)

यत्नात् (yatnāt) - with effort, diligently, carefully, from effort

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, diligence

from √yat

Root: yat (class 1)

विनाशनीयः (vināśanīyaḥ) - should be destroyed, deserving destruction

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vināśanīya

vināśanīya - to be destroyed, destructible

Gerundive

from √naś with vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Used predicatively: 'he is to be destroyed'.

असौ (asau) - that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular), this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (far-off)

Note: Irregular declension.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनर्थः (anarthaḥ) - a misfortune, a calamity, a useless thing, harm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anartha

anartha - useless, meaningless, disadvantage, calamity

compound of 'a' (negation) and 'artha'

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+artha)

• a – not, negation
  indeclinable
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, advantage, object
  noun (masculine)

परिपाल्यते (paripālyate) - is protected, is preserved, is guarded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of paripāl

Present passive indicative

from √pāl with pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)