योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-28

नोदिता द्वादशादित्या न प्रलीनाः शिलोच्चयाः ।
न जगज्ज्वलितं साधो तनुं त्यजसि किं मुधा ॥ २८ ॥

noditā dvādaśādityā na pralīnāḥ śiloccayāḥ ,
na jagajjvalitaṃ sādho tanuṃ tyajasi kiṃ mudhā 28

28. na uditāḥ dvādaśa ādityāḥ na pralīnāḥ śiloccayāḥ
na jagat jvalitam sādho tanum tyajasi kim mudhā

28. sādho dvādaśa ādityāḥ na uditāḥ na śiloccayāḥ
pralīnāḥ na jagat jvalitam kim mudhā tanum tyajasi

28. The twelve suns have not yet risen, nor have the mountains crumbled. The world is not aflame. O good person, why do you abandon your body in vain?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• उदिताः (uditāḥ) - risen, ascended, appeared

• द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

• आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - suns, Adityas

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रलीनाः (pralīnāḥ) - dissolved, absorbed, disintegrated

• शिलोच्चयाः (śiloccayāḥ) - mountains, heaps of rocks

• न (na) - not, no

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - burnt, ablaze, shining

• साधो (sādho) - O good one, O sage, O virtuous person

• तनुम् (tanum) - body, form, person

• त्यजसि (tyajasi) - you abandon, you forsake, you give up

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, foolishly

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उदिताः (uditāḥ) - risen, ascended, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udita

udita - risen, ascended, appeared, said

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with upasarga 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

(numeral)

आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - suns, Adityas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āditya

āditya - son of Aditi, a deity, sun, the sun god

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्रलीनाः (pralīnāḥ) - dissolved, absorbed, disintegrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pralīna

pralīna - dissolved, absorbed, hidden, disintegrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'lī' (to melt, dissolve) with upasarga 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

शिलोच्चयाः (śiloccayāḥ) - mountains, heaps of rocks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śiloccaya

śiloccaya - mountain, heap of rocks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śila+uccaya)

• śila – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• uccaya – heap, accumulation, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'ci' (to collect) with upasarga 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ci (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with intensive reduplication, meaning 'that which moves'.

Root: gam (class 1)

ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - burnt, ablaze, shining

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jvalita

jvalita - burnt, ablaze, shining, inflamed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jval' (to burn, blaze).

Root: jval (class 1)

साधो (sādho) - O good one, O sage, O virtuous person

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

Root: sādh (class 5)

तनुम् (tanum) - body, form, person

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person, form, skin

Root: tan (class 8)

त्यजसि (tyajasi) - you abandon, you forsake, you give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of tyaj

Present Indicative

Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, foolishly

(indeclinable)

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