योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-41

हरो यद्युपदेष्टा ते हरिः कमलजोऽपि वा ।
अत्यन्तकरुणाक्रान्तो लोकनाथोऽथवा यतिः ॥ ४१ ॥

haro yadyupadeṣṭā te hariḥ kamalajo'pi vā ,
atyantakaruṇākrānto lokanātho'thavā yatiḥ 41

41. haraḥ yadi upadeṣṭā te hariḥ kamalajaḥ api vā
atyantakaruṇākrāntaḥ lokanāthaḥ athavā yatiḥ

41. yadi haraḥ te upadeṣṭā [asti] [yadi vā] hariḥ
[upadeṣṭā asti] api vā kamalajaḥ [upadeṣṭā
asti] athavā atyantakaruṇākrāntaḥ lokanāthaḥ
[upadeṣṭā asti] [athavā] yatiḥ [upadeṣṭā asti]

41. Even if Hara (Śiva) himself is your instructor, or Hari (Viṣṇu), or Kamalaja (Brahmā), or a lord of the worlds overwhelmed with extreme compassion, or an ascetic (yati)...

41. גם אם מורך יהיה הַרַה (שִׁיוָוה), הַרִי (וִישְׁנוּ) או בורא העולם הבוקע מן הלוטוס, או שליט עולם מלא חמלה או פרוש רוחני;

Words meanings summery:

• हरः (haraḥ) - Shiva (the remover)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• उपदेष्टा (upadeṣṭā) - instructor, teacher

• ते (te) - your, to you

• हरिः (hariḥ) - Lord Vishnu (Vishnu, yellow/green)

• कमलजः (kamalajaḥ) - Brahma (born from a lotus)

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• वा (vā) - or

• अत्यन्तकरुणाक्रान्तः (atyantakaruṇākrāntaḥ) - overwhelmed with extreme compassion

• लोकनाथः (lokanāthaḥ) - lord of the worlds

• अथवा (athavā) - or

• यतिः (yatiḥ) - ascetic, renunciant

Words meanings and morphology

हरः (haraḥ) - Shiva (the remover)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hara

hara - Shiva, remover, seizing

from root hṛ (to seize, carry, remove)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: refers to Lord Shiva

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

उपदेष्टा (upadeṣṭā) - instructor, teacher

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upadeṣṭṛ

upadeṣṭṛ - instructor, teacher, preceptor

agent noun from upadiś

agent noun from upasarga upa- and root diś

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: also genitive singular

हरिः (hariḥ) - Lord Vishnu (Vishnu, yellow/green)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hari

hari - Vishnu, Indra, sun, horse, lion, yellow, greenish

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: refers to Lord Vishnu

कमलजः (kamalajaḥ) - Brahma (born from a lotus)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kamalaja

kamalaja - Brahma (born from a lotus), lotus-born

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kamala+ja)

• kamala – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: refers to Lord Brahma

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अत्यन्तकरुणाक्रान्तः (atyantakaruṇākrāntaḥ) - overwhelmed with extreme compassion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atyantakaruṇākrānta

atyantakaruṇākrānta - overwhelmed by extreme compassion, intensely compassionate

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (atyanta+karuṇā+ākrānta)

• atyanta – extreme, excessive
  adjective (masculine)
  from ati-anta
  Prefix: ati
• karuṇā – compassion, pity
  noun (feminine)
• ākrānta – overwhelmed, afflicted, assailed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of ākram (ā-kram)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: modifies lokanāthaḥ or yatiḥ

लोकनाथः (lokanāthaḥ) - lord of the worlds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokanātha

lokanātha - lord of the world, protector of the people

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+nātha)

• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
• nātha – lord, master, protector
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nāth (class 1)

अथवा (athavā) - or

(indeclinable)

यतिः (yatiḥ) - ascetic, renunciant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yati

yati - ascetic, renunciant, one who has controlled his senses

from yam (to restrain)

Root: yam (class 1)

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