योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-39, verse-26

अपरीक्ष्य च यः शिष्यं प्रशास्त्यतिविमूढधीः ।
स एव नरकं याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ॥ २६ ॥

aparīkṣya ca yaḥ śiṣyaṃ praśāstyativimūḍhadhīḥ ,
sa eva narakaṃ yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam 26

26. aparīkṣya ca yaḥ śiṣyam praśāsti ativimūḍhadhīḥ
| sa eva narakam yāti yāvat ābhūtasaṃplavam ||

26. yaḥ ativimūḍhadhīḥ ca śiṣyam aparīkṣya praśāsti,
sa eva yāvat ābhūtasaṃplavam narakam yāti.

26. And whoever, with an exceedingly deluded intellect, instructs a student without examining them, that very person goes to hell until the great dissolution of all beings.

26. ומורה כסיל המלמד תלמיד מבלי לבחון אותו תחילה, יגיע בעצמו לגיהנום עד לקץ הבריאה.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरीक्ष्य (aparīkṣya) - without examining, without testing

• च (ca) - and, also

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• शिष्यम् (śiṣyam) - student, disciple

• प्रशास्ति (praśāsti) - instructs, teaches, governs

• अतिविमूढधीः (ativimūḍhadhīḥ) - whose intellect is exceedingly deluded

• स (sa) - refers to the one who instructs the student (he, that (person))

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'he' (sa eva - that very one) (indeed, only, certainly)

• नरकम् (narakam) - hell

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

• यावत् (yāvat) - until (the dissolution) (as long as, until, as much as)

• आभूतसंप्लवम् (ābhūtasaṁplavam) - until the dissolution of beings / end of the universe

Words meanings and morphology

अपरीक्ष्य (aparīkṣya) - without examining, without testing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from a + pari + īkṣ + ya (absolutive suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+parīkṣya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• parīkṣya – having examined, having tested
  indeclinable
  absolutive
  from pari + īkṣ + ya (absolutive suffix)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

शिष्यम् (śiṣyam) - student, disciple

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śiṣya

śiṣya - student, disciple, pupil

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from śiṣ (to teach) + ya suffix; literally 'one to be taught'

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

प्रशास्ति (praśāsti) - instructs, teaches, governs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of praśās

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'to teach'.

अतिविमूढधीः (ativimūḍhadhīḥ) - whose intellect is exceedingly deluded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ativimūḍhadhī

ativimūḍhadhī - having an exceedingly deluded intellect

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ati+vimūḍha+dhī)

• ati – excessively, beyond, very
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating excess
• vimūḍha – deluded, bewildered, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from vi + muh + kta suffix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muh (class 4)
• dhī – intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'yaḥ'.

स (sa) - refers to the one who instructs the student (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'he' (sa eva - that very one) (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

नरकम् (narakam) - hell

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, infernal region, perdition

Note: Can also be masculine. Often neuter when used as a place.

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

यावत् (yāvat) - until (the dissolution) (as long as, until, as much as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as a temporal conjunction here.

आभूतसंप्लवम् (ābhūtasaṁplavam) - until the dissolution of beings / end of the universe

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ābhūtasaṃplava

ābhūtasaṁplava - dissolution of all beings, universal destruction, end of a world cycle

Compound type : tatpurusha (ā+bhūta+saṃplava)

• ā – up to, until, towards
  indeclinable
  prefix/preposition
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from bhū + kta suffix
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• saṃplava – flood, deluge, dissolution, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + plu
  Prefix: sam
  Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Governed by 'yāvat'.

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