योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-29

अनुशासनमेतद्यदसतो नश्यतोऽथ वा ।
क्रियते तन्नभोवारिपवनाहननैः समम् ॥ २९ ॥

anuśāsanametadyadasato naśyato'tha vā ,
kriyate tannabhovāripavanāhananaiḥ samam 29

29. anuśāsanam etat yat asataḥ naśyataḥ atha vā
kriyate tat nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ samam

29. etat anuśāsanam yat asataḥ vā naśyataḥ kriyate,
tat nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ samam.

29. Any instruction given to what is unreal or perishing is comparable to striking the sky, water, or wind.

29. כל הדרכה הניתנת למה שאינו קיים או למה שנעלם, שקולה להכאת השמים, המים או הרוח.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, teaching, discipline, precept

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• असतः (asataḥ) - of the unreal, of the non-existent

• नश्यतः (naśyataḥ) - of the perishing, of the destroying

• अथ (atha) - and, now, then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or, either

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made

• तत् (tat) - that (refers to the instruction)

• नभः-वारि-पवन-आहननैः (nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ) - by strikings of sky, water, and wind

• समम् (samam) - equal to, like, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, teaching, discipline, precept

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuśāsana

anuśāsana - instruction, teaching, discipline, precept, rule

From 'anu-' + root 'śās' (to teach, rule)

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

Relative pronoun.

असतः (asataḥ) - of the unreal, of the non-existent

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

Present Active Participle of 'as' (to be) with 'a-' negative prefix

From 'a-' (negative) + root 'as' (to be)

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The ending '-as' can be ablative/genitive singular. Here implies 'to' or 'for'.

नश्यतः (naśyataḥ) - of the perishing, of the destroying

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of naśyat

naśyat - perishing, disappearing, destroying

Present Active Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Paired with 'asataḥ', also implying 'to' or 'for'.

अथ (atha) - and, now, then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Tense, Passive Voice, 3rd Person Singular

Root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is 'anuśāsanam'.

तत् (tat) - that (refers to the instruction)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Used as predicate with 'samam'.

नभः-वारि-पवन-आहननैः (nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ) - by strikings of sky, water, and wind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhanana

nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhanana - act of striking the sky, water, and wind

Compound type : dvandva (nabhas+vāri+pavana+āhanana)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• pavana – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pū' (to purify) or 'vā' (to blow)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• āhanana – striking, hitting, beating
  noun (neuter)
  From 'ā-' + root 'han' (to strike, kill)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

समम् (samam) - equal to, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

Note: Here, it means 'is equal to' or 'is like'.

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