योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-41

स्वकर्मफलपाकोत्थामविचार्य दशां मुने ।
किं मूर्ख इव सर्वज्ञ मुधा मां शप्तुमिच्छसि ॥ ४१ ॥

svakarmaphalapākotthāmavicārya daśāṃ mune ,
kiṃ mūrkha iva sarvajña mudhā māṃ śaptumicchasi 41

41. svakarmaphalapākotthām avicārya daśām mune kim
mūrkha iva sarvajña mudhā mām śaptum icchasi

41. mune sarvajña svakarmaphalapākotthām daśām
avicārya kim mūrkha iva mudhā mām śaptum icchasi

41. O sage, without considering the state (daśā) that has arisen from the ripening of the fruit of one's own actions (karma), why, O omniscient one, do you wish to curse me uselessly, like a fool?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वकर्मफलपाकोत्थाम् (svakarmaphalapākotthām) - that which has arisen from the ripening of the fruit of one's own actions

• अविचार्य (avicārya) - without considering, not having reflected

• दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition, plight

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• किम् (kim) - why (why? what?)

• मूर्ख (mūrkha) - fool, ignorant person

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सर्वज्ञ (sarvajña) - O omniscient one, O all-knower

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• माम् (mām) - me

• शप्तुम् (śaptum) - to curse

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

Words meanings and morphology

स्वकर्मफलपाकोत्थाम् (svakarmaphalapākotthām) - that which has arisen from the ripening of the fruit of one's own actions

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svakarmaphalapākottha

svakarmaphalapākottha - arisen from the ripening of the fruit of one's own actions

Compound formed from 'sva-karma-phala-pāka' and 'uttha' (risen).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karma+phala+pāka+uttha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• karma – action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• pāka – cooking, ripening, maturity
  noun (masculine)
  From root `pac` (to cook, ripen).
  Root: pac (class 1)
• uttha – risen, produced from, sprung from
  adjective (masculine)
  From `ud` (up) + root `sthā` (to stand).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अविचार्य (avicārya) - without considering, not having reflected

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From `a-` (negation) + `vi-cārya` (absolutive of `vi-car`).

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition, plight

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of daśā

daśā - state, condition, plight, period, phase

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, silent one

किम् (kim) - why (why? what?)

(indeclinable)

मूर्ख (mūrkha) - fool, ignorant person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūrkha

mūrkha - foolish, ignorant; a fool

Note: Used with `iva` (like) to form a simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सर्वज्ञ (sarvajña) - O omniscient one, O all-knower

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarvajña

sarvajña - omniscient, all-knowing; an omniscient being

Compound of `sarva` (all) + `jña` (knowing, from root `jñā`).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+jña)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knowing of, acquainted with
  adjective (masculine)
  nominal derivative
  From root `jñā` (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

शप्तुम् (śaptum) - to curse

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of root `śap`.

Root: śap (class 1)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

Present active indicative, 2nd person singular. Root `iṣ` (to wish) forms `icchati` in the present stem.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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