योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-33

न चेहाद्रिदलश्रेणिमात्रैकानुमितान्तराः ।
दिशो जर्जरतां यातास्तनुं त्यजसि किं मुधा ॥ ३३ ॥

na cehādridalaśreṇimātraikānumitāntarāḥ ,
diśo jarjaratāṃ yātāstanuṃ tyajasi kiṃ mudhā 33

33. na ca iha adridalaśreṇimātraikānumitāntarāḥ
diśaḥ jarjaratām yātāḥ tanum tyajasi kim mudhā

33. iha ca diśaḥ adridalaśreṇimātraikānumitāntarāḥ
jarjaratām na yātāḥ tanum kim mudhā tyajasi

33. And here, the directions (space), whose vastness is only measurable by lines of mountain fragments, have not become decrepit. Why then do you foolishly abandon your body?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अद्रिदलश्रेणिमात्रैकानुमितान्तराः (adridalaśreṇimātraikānumitāntarāḥ) - describing the vastness of the directions/space (whose intervals are estimated only by single rows of mountain fragments)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of space

• जर्जरताम् (jarjaratām) - to decrepitude, to a state of decay

• याताः (yātāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

• 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)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अद्रिदलश्रेणिमात्रैकानुमितान्तराः (adridalaśreṇimātraikānumitāntarāḥ) - describing the vastness of the directions/space (whose intervals are estimated only by single rows of mountain fragments)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of adridalaśreṇimātraikānumitāntara

adridalaśreṇimātraikānumitāntara - whose intervals are estimated solely by rows of mountain fragments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adri+dala+śreṇi+mātra+eka+anumita+antara)

• adri – mountain, stone
  noun (masculine)
• dala – fragment, piece, leaf, part
  noun (neuter)
• śreṇi – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, a measure of
  indeclinable
• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral
• anumita – estimated, inferred, measured
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'mā' (to measure) with prefix 'anu'.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: mā (class 2)
• antara – interval, space, difference, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'diśaḥ'.

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of space

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region, space

जर्जरताम् (jarjaratām) - to decrepitude, to a state of decay

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarjaratā

jarjaratā - decrepitude, decay, withered state

Derived from 'jarjara' (decrepit, old) with suffix '-tā' (state of being).

याताः (yātāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, moved, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yā' (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used here with 'jarjaratām' to mean 'reached the state of decrepitude'.

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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