योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-26

मा तपःक्षपयाऽबुद्धे कल्पकालमहानलैः ।
यो न दग्धोऽस्मि मे तस्य किं त्वं शापेन धक्ष्यसि ॥ २६ ॥

mā tapaḥkṣapayā'buddhe kalpakālamahānalaiḥ ,
yo na dagdho'smi me tasya kiṃ tvaṃ śāpena dhakṣyasi 26

26. mā tapaḥ-kṣapayā abuddhe kalpakāla-mahā-analaiḥ yaḥ
na dagdhaḥ asmi me tasya kim tvam śāpena dhakṣyasi

26. abuddhe mā tapaḥ-kṣapayā kalpakāla-mahā-analaiḥ yaḥ
na dagdhaḥ asmi tasya me tvam śāpena kim dhakṣyasi

26. O foolish one, do not waste your austerities. How will you burn me with your curse when I was not consumed even by the great fires at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa)?

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• तपः-क्षपया (tapaḥ-kṣapayā) - by the wasting/destruction of austerities

• अबुद्धे (abuddhe) - O foolish one, O unwise one

• कल्पकाल-महा-अनलैः (kalpakāla-mahā-analaiḥ) - by the great fires of the kalpa-ending time

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• न (na) - not, no

• दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burnt, consumed

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• मे (me) - by me, to me, for me, my

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, of that

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• शापेन (śāpena) - by a curse

• धक्ष्यसि (dhakṣyasi) - will you burn

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

तपः-क्षपया (tapaḥ-kṣapayā) - by the wasting/destruction of austerities

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tapaḥ-kṣapā

tapaḥ-kṣapā - destruction of penance/austerities

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+kṣapā)

• tapas – austerity, penance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• kṣapā – destruction, wasting, night
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'kṣi' (to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Prohibits the action of wasting austerities.

अबुद्धे (abuddhe) - O foolish one, O unwise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of abuddhi

abuddhi - foolishness, unwise, senseless

From 'buddhi' (intellect) with negative prefix 'a-'

Note: Refers to the person being addressed.

कल्पकाल-महा-अनलैः (kalpakāla-mahā-analaiḥ) - by the great fires of the kalpa-ending time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kalpakāla-mahā-anala

kalpakāla-mahā-anala - great fires of the time of a kalpa's end

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpakāla+mahā-anala)

• kalpa – a cosmic cycle, aeon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kāl
• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• anala – fire
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: an
  Root: al

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, that

Note: Refers to the speaker.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burnt, consumed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burnt, consumed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dah' (to burn) with suffix '-kta'

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - by me, to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Here, indicating possession or relation, effectively 'when I (who was not burnt by them)...'

तस्य (tasya) - of him, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Corresponds to 'yaḥ', referring to the speaker.

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

शापेन (śāpena) - by a curse

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation

From root 'śap' (to curse)

Root: śap (class 1)

धक्ष्यसि (dhakṣyasi) - will you burn

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

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