योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-89, verse-38

वीरं मनो भेदयितुं मनागपि न शक्यते ।
का नाम ता महाराज कीदृश्यः कस्य शक्तयः ॥ ३८ ॥

vīraṃ mano bhedayituṃ manāgapi na śakyate ,
kā nāma tā mahārāja kīdṛśyaḥ kasya śaktayaḥ 38

38. vīram manaḥ bhedayitum manāk api na śakyate
| kā nāma tā mahārāja kīdṛśyaḥ kasya śaktayaḥ

38. vīram manaḥ manāk api bhedayitum na śakyate mahārāja,
tāḥ śaktayaḥ kāḥ nāma? kīdṛśyaḥ? kasya?

38. The heroic mind cannot be broken even slightly. O great King, what indeed are those powers (śakti), of what nature are they, and to whom do they belong?

Words meanings summery:

• वीरम् (vīram) - heroic (heroic, brave, powerful)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

• भेदयितुम् (bhedayitum) - to break (to split, to divide, to break, to cause to pierce)

• मनाक् (manāk) - a little bit, slightly (a little, slightly, for a moment)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शक्यते (śakyate) - is possible, can be done

• का (kā) - what (what (feminine))

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic interrogative) (indeed, by name, what (an interrogative particle))

• ता (tā) - those (those (feminine))

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• कीदृश्यः (kīdṛśyaḥ) - of what kind, of what nature (of what kind, of what nature (feminine))

• कस्य (kasya) - whose (whose, of what, to whom)

• शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers (powers, capabilities, energies)

Words meanings and morphology

वीरम् (vīram) - heroic (heroic, brave, powerful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vīra

vīra - heroic, brave, powerful, a hero

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ' as the object of 'bhedayitum'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

Note: Object of the infinitive 'bhedayitum'.

भेदयितुम् (bhedayitum) - to break (to split, to divide, to break, to cause to pierce)

(verb)

causative, infinitive of bhid

infinitive

Infinitive form of the causative of root √bhid (to break, class 7). Causative stem 'bheday-'.

Root: bhid (class 7)

मनाक् (manāk) - a little bit, slightly (a little, slightly, for a moment)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies the infinitive 'bhedayitum'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'manāk'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'śakyate'.

शक्यते (śakyate) - is possible, can be done

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (lat) of śak

present indicative

From root √śak (class 5). Passive construction used impersonally to mean 'it is possible'. Middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Used impersonally, 'it is not possible'.

का (kā) - what (what (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Agrees with 'śaktayaḥ'.

नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic interrogative) (indeed, by name, what (an interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

ता (tā) - those (those (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'śaktayaḥ'.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

कीदृश्यः (kīdṛśyaḥ) - of what kind, of what nature (of what kind, of what nature (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what nature, what sort of

Note: Agrees with 'śaktayaḥ'.

कस्य (kasya) - whose (whose, of what, to whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Refers to the owner of the powers.

शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers (powers, capabilities, energies)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakti

śakti - power, capability, energy, faculty, divine feminine energy

From root √śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'are'.

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