योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-24

शरीरे कणशः कृत्ते नास्त्यन्यद्रुधिरादिकात् ।
निर्भिन्ने कदलीस्तम्भे नास्त्यन्यत्पल्लवादृते ॥ २४ ॥

śarīre kaṇaśaḥ kṛtte nāstyanyadrudhirādikāt ,
nirbhinne kadalīstambhe nāstyanyatpallavādṛte 24

24. śarīre kaṇaśaḥ kṛtte na asti anyat rudhirādikāt
nirbhinne kadalīstambhe na asti anyat pallavāt ṛte

24. śarīre kaṇaśaḥ kṛtte rudhirādikāt anyat na asti.
kadalīstambhe nirbhinne pallavāt ṛte anyat na asti.

24. When the body is cut into pieces, nothing is found apart from blood and other such elements. Similarly, when a banana stem is completely split, nothing is found except for its layers of leaves.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरे (śarīre) - when considering the physical body (in the body, on the body)

• कणशः (kaṇaśaḥ) - into small fragments or individual constituents (particle by particle, piece by piece)

• कृत्ते (kṛtte) - when it is cut or dissected (cut, divided, separated)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists, there is

• अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, different, another thing)

• रुधिरादिकात् (rudhirādikāt) - apart from blood and similar bodily fluids/elements (from blood and so on)

• निर्भिन्ने (nirbhinne) - when it is completely split or separated (split, pierced, torn apart)

• कदलीस्तम्भे (kadalīstambhe) - in a banana stem

• पल्लवात् (pallavāt) - other than its layers of leaves (from a sprout, from a young leaf)

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरे (śarīre) - when considering the physical body (in the body, on the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame, form

कणशः (kaṇaśaḥ) - into small fragments or individual constituents (particle by particle, piece by piece)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas to kaṇa

कृत्ते (kṛtte) - when it is cut or dissected (cut, divided, separated)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṛtta

kṛtta - cut, divided, split, wounded

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛt- (to cut)

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: Acts as an adverbial participle here, implying 'when cut'.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists, there is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

Root: as (class 2)

अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, different, another thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Also serves as an adjective here.

रुधिरादिकात् (rudhirādikāt) - apart from blood and similar bodily fluids/elements (from blood and so on)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rudhirādika

rudhirādika - blood etc., beginning with blood

Compound type : tatpurusha (rudhira+ādika)

• rudhira – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• ādika – beginning, and so on
  adjective (neuter)
  From ādi with suffix -ka

Note: The ablative is used with `anyat` to mean "other than".

निर्भिन्ने (nirbhinne) - when it is completely split or separated (split, pierced, torn apart)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nirbhinna

nirbhinna - split asunder, pierced, broken, differentiated

Past Passive Participle

From root bhid- (to break, split) with prefix nir-

Prefix: nir

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Refers to `kadalīstambhe`.

कदलीस्तम्भे (kadalīstambhe) - in a banana stem

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kadalīstambha

kadalīstambha - banana stem

Compound type : tatpurusha (kadalī+stambha)

• kadalī – banana plant, banana fruit
  noun (feminine)
• stambha – stem, trunk, pillar, post
  noun (masculine)

पल्लवात् (pallavāt) - other than its layers of leaves (from a sprout, from a young leaf)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pallava

pallava - sprout, young leaf, blossom

Note: Used with `ṛte`.

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

(indeclinable)

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