योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-12, verse-19

यस्योज्ज्वलति तीक्ष्णाग्रा पूर्वापरविचारिणी ।
प्रज्ञादीपशिखा जातु जाड्यान्ध्यं तं न बाधते ॥ १९ ॥

yasyojjvalati tīkṣṇāgrā pūrvāparavicāriṇī ,
prajñādīpaśikhā jātu jāḍyāndhyaṃ taṃ na bādhate 19

19. yasya ujjvalati tīkṣṇāgrā pūrva-apara-vicāriṇī |
prajñā-dīpa-śikhā jātu jāḍya-andhyam tam na bādhate

19. yasya tīkṣṇāgrā pūrva-apara-vicāriṇī prajñā-dīpa-śikhā ujjvalati,
tam jāḍya-andhyam jātu na bādhate

19. The blindness of dullness (jāḍya) never troubles the person whose sharp-pointed flame of the lamp of wisdom (prajñā), discerning both what has come before and what is to come, shines brightly.

19. מי שבקרבו יוקדת להבת נר התבונה, השוקלת עבר ועתיד, לעולם לא ייפגע מעיוורון הבורות.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

• उज्ज्वलति (ujjvalati) - shines brightly (shines brightly, blazes, glows)

• तीक्ष्णाग्रा (tīkṣṇāgrā) - sharp-pointed (sharp-pointed, sharp-edged)

• पूर्व-अपर-विचारिणी (pūrva-apara-vicāriṇī) - discerning both what has come before and what is to come (discerning what is before and after, considering past and future)

• प्रज्ञा-दीप-शिखा (prajñā-dīpa-śikhā) - flame of the lamp of wisdom (prajñā) (flame of the lamp of wisdom)

• जातु (jātu) - never (in conjunction with na) (ever, at any time, indeed)

• जाड्य-अन्ध्यम् (jāḍya-andhyam) - the blindness of dullness (jāḍya) (blindness of dullness, dull blindness)

• तम् (tam) - him (the person) (him, that)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बाधते (bādhate) - troubles (afflicts, troubles, obstructs, oppresses)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

उज्ज्वलति (ujjvalati) - shines brightly (shines brightly, blazes, glows)

(verb)

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

Root `jval` with upasarga `ud`.

Prefix: ud

Root: jval (class 1)

तीक्ष्णाग्रा (tīkṣṇāgrā) - sharp-pointed (sharp-pointed, sharp-edged)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tīkṣṇāgra

tīkṣṇāgra - sharp-pointed, having a sharp edge

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tīkṣṇa+agra)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, pungent, severe
  adjective (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, front, summit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to prajñādīpaśikhā.

पूर्व-अपर-विचारिणी (pūrva-apara-vicāriṇī) - discerning both what has come before and what is to come (discerning what is before and after, considering past and future)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūrvāparavicāriṇī

pūrvāparavicāriṇī - one who considers or discerns prior and posterior, past and future

Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrva+apara+vicāriṇī)

• pūrva – former, prior, eastern, earlier
  adjective (masculine)
• apara – latter, posterior, western, other
  adjective (masculine)
• vicāriṇī – one who discerns, reflects, considers (feminine)
  noun (feminine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root `car` with `vi` and `ā` prefixes, and `ṇin` suffix.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to prajñādīpaśikhā.

प्रज्ञा-दीप-शिखा (prajñā-dīpa-śikhā) - flame of the lamp of wisdom (prajñā) (flame of the lamp of wisdom)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prajñādīpaśikhā

prajñādīpaśikhā - flame of the lamp of wisdom

Compound type : tatpurusha (prajñā+dīpa+śikhā)

• prajñā – wisdom, insight, intelligence, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• dīpa – lamp, light, lantern
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• śikhā – flame, crest, tuft, peak
  noun (feminine)

जातु (jātu) - never (in conjunction with na) (ever, at any time, indeed)

(indeclinable)

जाड्य-अन्ध्यम् (jāḍya-andhyam) - the blindness of dullness (jāḍya) (blindness of dullness, dull blindness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāḍyāndhya

jāḍyāndhya - blindness of dullness, mental blindness

Compound type : tatpurusha (jāḍya+andhya)

• jāḍya – dullness, stupidity, inertia, coldness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jaḍa
• andhya – blindness, obscurity
  noun (neuter)

तम् (tam) - him (the person) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the person whose lamp of wisdom shines.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बाधते (bādhate) - troubles (afflicts, troubles, obstructs, oppresses)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bādh

Root: bādh (class 1)

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