योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-8

अज्वलन्नेव काष्ठेषु वह्निरर्थक्रियां यथा ।
करोति मर्कटादीनां शीतापहरणादिकम् ॥ ८ ॥

ajvalanneva kāṣṭheṣu vahnirarthakriyāṃ yathā ,
karoti markaṭādīnāṃ śītāpaharaṇādikam 8

8. ajvalan eva kāṣṭeṣu vahniḥ arthakriyām yathā
| karoti markaṭādīnām śītāpaharaṇādikam

8. yathā vahniḥ kāṣṭeṣu ajvalan eva markaṭādīnām
śītāpaharaṇādikam arthakriyām karoti

8. Just as fire (vahni), even when unlit in logs, performs useful actions such as dispelling cold for monkeys and other creatures.

Words meanings summery:

• अज्वलन् (ajvalan) - unlit (not burning, unlit, not shining)

• एव (eva) - even (indeed, certainly, only, even)

• काष्टेषु (kāṣṭeṣu) - in logs (in logs, in pieces of wood, in firewood)

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (vahni) (fire, god of fire, Agni)

• अर्थक्रियाम् (arthakriyām) - useful actions (useful action, purposeful act, accomplishment of an object)

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

• करोति (karoti) - performs (does, makes, performs)

• मर्कटादीनाम् (markaṭādīnām) - for monkeys and other creatures (of monkeys and others, for monkeys etc.)

• शीतापहरणादिकम् (śītāpaharaṇādikam) - dispelling cold etc. (removal of cold and so on, dispelling of cold etc.)

Words meanings and morphology

अज्वलन् (ajvalan) - unlit (not burning, unlit, not shining)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajvalat

ajvalat - not burning, unlit

Present Active Participle

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'jvalat' (from root 'jval', to burn)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jvalat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jvalat – burning, shining
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'jval' (to burn)
  Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vahniḥ'.

एव (eva) - even (indeed, certainly, only, even)

(indeclinable)

काष्टेषु (kāṣṭeṣu) - in logs (in logs, in pieces of wood, in firewood)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, log, stick, piece of wood

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (vahni) (fire, god of fire, Agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, god of fire, Agni, carrier

From root 'vah' (to carry)

Root: vah (class 1)

अर्थक्रियाम् (arthakriyām) - useful actions (useful action, purposeful act, accomplishment of an object)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of arthakriyā

arthakriyā - useful action, purposeful act, accomplishment of an object

Compound of 'artha' (purpose, meaning) + 'kriyā' (action)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+kriyā)

• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• kriyā – action, deed, ritual
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

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

(indeclinable)

करोति (karoti) - performs (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मर्कटादीनाम् (markaṭādīnām) - for monkeys and other creatures (of monkeys and others, for monkeys etc.)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of markaṭādi

markaṭādi - monkeys and the like, monkeys etc.

Compound of 'markaṭa' (monkey) + 'ādi' (beginning, and so on)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (markaṭa+ādi)

• markaṭa – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Can be interpreted as dative of purpose ('for monkeys etc.').

शीतापहरणादिकम् (śītāpaharaṇādikam) - dispelling cold etc. (removal of cold and so on, dispelling of cold etc.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śītāpaharaṇādika

śītāpaharaṇādika - removal of cold and so on

Compound of 'śīta' (cold) + 'apaharaṇa' (removal) + 'ādika' (etc.)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīta+apaharaṇa+ādika)

• śīta – cold, chill
  noun (neuter)
• apaharaṇa – removal, carrying away
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix 'apa-' + root 'hṛ' (to take, carry)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• ādika – etcetera, and so on
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix '-ka' added to 'ādi'

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

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