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.

20. הכסיל חי רק למען סבל ואבדן בעולם הזה ובעולם הבא. יש להתאמץ ולהכרית רעה כזו, ולא לשמרה.

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)

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