योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-26, verse-16

राजन्यावदयं देहस्तावन्मुक्तधियामपि ।
यथाप्राप्तक्रियात्यागो रोचते न स्वभावतः ॥ १६ ॥

rājanyāvadayaṃ dehastāvanmuktadhiyāmapi ,
yathāprāptakriyātyāgo rocate na svabhāvataḥ 16

16. rājan yāvat ayam dehaḥ tāvat muktadhiyām api
yathāprāptakriyātyāgaḥ rocate na svabhāvataḥ

16. rājan yāvat ayam dehaḥ tāvat muktadhiyām api
yathāprāptakriyātyāgaḥ svabhāvataḥ na rocate

16. O King, as long as this body (deha) exists, even for those with liberated minds (mukta-dhī), the abandonment of actions that come to them as a matter of course is not agreeable by nature.

16. מלך, כל עוד גוף זה קיים, אפילו בעלי תודעה משוחררת אינם נוטים לפי טבעם לנטוש את הפעולות המזדמנות לדרכם.

Words meanings summery:

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, so far

• मुक्तधियाम् (muktadhiyām) - of those whose minds are liberated

• अपि (api) - even, also

• यथाप्राप्तक्रियात्यागः (yathāprāptakriyātyāgaḥ) - the abandonment of actions that have naturally arisen or come as a matter of course

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, shines, is agreeable

• न (na) - not, no

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, naturally, intrinsically

Words meanings and morphology

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (near)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical frame

Root: dih (class 4)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, so far

(indeclinable)

मुक्तधियाम् (muktadhiyām) - of those whose minds are liberated

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of muktadhī

muktadhī - having a liberated mind, one whose intellect is freed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mukta+dhī)

• mukta – liberated, released, freed
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root muc + kta suffix
  Root: muc (class 6)
• dhī – intellect, mind, understanding
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used substantively, referring to persons with liberated minds.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

यथाप्राप्तक्रियात्यागः (yathāprāptakriyātyāgaḥ) - the abandonment of actions that have naturally arisen or come as a matter of course

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yathāprāptakriyātyāga

yathāprāptakriyātyāga - abandonment of actions as they are received or arise naturally

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yathāprāpta+kriyā+tyāga)

• yathāprāpta – as obtained, as arrived, as arisen
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root āp with prefix pra and indeclinable yathā
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)
• kriyā – action, activity, performance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tyāga – abandonment, renunciation, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, shines, is agreeable

(verb)

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

Root: ruc (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, naturally, intrinsically

(indeclinable)

Note: Formed with the ablative suffix -tas

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