योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-90, verse-3

पापानुरूपमस्याशु शापं देहि महामुने ।
यदवध्यवधात्पापं वध्यत्यागात्तदेव हि ॥ ३ ॥

pāpānurūpamasyāśu śāpaṃ dehi mahāmune ,
yadavadhyavadhātpāpaṃ vadhyatyāgāttadeva hi 3

3. pāpa-anurūpam asya āśu śāpam dehi mahāmune | yat
avadhya-vadhāt pāpam vadhya-tyāgāt tat eva hi || 3 ||

3. mahāmune,
asya pāpa-anurūpam śāpam āśu dehi yat avadhya-vadhāt pāpam (bhavati),
tat eva hi vadhya-tyāgāt (bhavati) 3

3. "O great sage, quickly bestow upon him a curse befitting his transgression. For indeed, the sin incurred by killing one who ought not to be killed is precisely the same as the sin incurred by abandoning one who ought to be killed."

Words meanings summery:

• पाप-अनुरूपम् (pāpa-anurūpam) - appropriate to the sin, according to the sin

• अस्य (asya) - to him, for him

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• शापम् (śāpam) - curse

• देहि (dehi) - give, grant

• महामुने (mahāmune) - Addressing the sage Bharata. (O great sage)

• यत् (yat) - which, what (that which)

• अवध्य-वधात् (avadhya-vadhāt) - from killing the unkillable, from slaying one who should not be slain

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed

• वध्य-त्यागात् (vadhya-tyāgāt) - from abandoning the killable, from forsaking one who should be slain

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the "sin". (that, that one)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

Words meanings and morphology

पाप-अनुरूपम् (pāpa-anurūpam) - appropriate to the sin, according to the sin

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+anurūpa)

• pāpa – sin, evil, wicked
  noun (neuter)
• anurūpa – suitable, appropriate, corresponding
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: anu

Note: Adverbial usage, agreeing with śāpam.

अस्य (asya) - to him, for him

(pronoun)

masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Dative sense: "to him".

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

शापम् (śāpam) - curse

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation

Note: Object of dehi.

देहि (dehi) - give, grant

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Imperative Active

Root √dā, 3rd class, imperative second person singular.

Root: dā (class 3)

महामुने (mahāmune) - Addressing the sage Bharata. (O great sage)

(compound)

Compound type : karmaśīla (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• muni – sage, ascetic, silent one
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - which, what (that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to pāpam.

अवध्य-वधात् (avadhya-vadhāt) - from killing the unkillable, from slaying one who should not be slain

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avadhya+vadha)

• avadhya – not to be killed, inviolable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Negative particle 'a-' + √vadh (to strike, kill) + -ya (gerundive suffix)
  Root: vadh (class 1)
• vadha – killing, slaying, slaughter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √vadh (to strike, kill)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause/source.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness, wrong deed

Note: Subject of an implied 'bhavati' (is).

वध्य-त्यागात् (vadhya-tyāgāt) - from abandoning the killable, from forsaking one who should be slain

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadhya+tyāga)

• vadhya – to be killed, killable, liable to be killed
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from √vadh (to strike, kill) + -ya (gerundive suffix)
  Root: vadh (class 1)
• tyāga – abandonment, renunciation, forsaking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √tyaj (to abandon)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause/source.

तत् (tat) - Refers to the "sin". (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Predicate nominative for pāpam.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)