योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-32

न ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राख्यत्रयीशेषमिदं स्थितम् ।
जगज्जरठजीमूतं तनुं त्यजसि किं मुधा ॥ ३२ ॥

na brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayīśeṣamidaṃ sthitam ,
jagajjaraṭhajīmūtaṃ tanuṃ tyajasi kiṃ mudhā 32

32. na brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayīśeṣam idam sthitam
jagat jaraṭhajīmūtam tanum tyajasi kim mudhā

32. idam jagat brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayīśeṣam na
sthitam jaraṭhajīmūtam tanum kim mudhā tyajasi

32. This world does not exist merely as a remnant of the triad named Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra. Why do you foolishly abandon your body, which is like an old, weathered cloud?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राख्यत्रयीशेषम् (brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayīśeṣam) - remainder of the triad named Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, existing, situated

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• जरठजीमूतम् (jaraṭhajīmūtam) - like an old cloud, weathered cloud

• तनुम् (tanum) - body, form

• त्यजसि (tyajasi) - you abandon, you forsake

• किम् (kim) - why? what?

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

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राख्यत्रयीशेषम् (brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayīśeṣam) - remainder of the triad named Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayīśeṣa

brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayīśeṣa - remainder of the triad named Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayī+śeṣa)

• brahmaviṣṇurudrākhyatrayī – the triad named Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra
  noun (feminine)
• śeṣa – remainder, residue, balance
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'śiṣ' (to leave, remain).
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Could also be accusative singular neuter, serving as a predicate to 'idam jagat'.

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, existing, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, stayed, existing, situated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living, the world, the universe

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with reduplication (ja-g-at).

Root: gam (class 1)

जरठजीमूतम् (jaraṭhajīmūtam) - like an old cloud, weathered cloud

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaraṭhajīmūta

jaraṭhajīmūta - old cloud, weathered cloud

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jaraṭha+jīmūta)

• jaraṭha – old, aged, decrepit
  adjective
• jīmūta – cloud
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'tanum' (body), which is feminine. The compound here is used adjectivally and takes the gender/number/case of the qualified noun. However, `jaraṭhajīmūtam` is neuter, which implies `tanum` is also implicitly neuter here or it's a simile using a neuter adjective.

तनुम् (tanum) - body, form

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, person, self

त्यजसि (tyajasi) - you abandon, you forsake

(verb)

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

Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - why? what?

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, foolishly

(indeclinable)

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