योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-66, verse-19

अयथार्थक्रियारम्भैः कदाशावेशपल्लवैः ।
क्षीयते कर्मभिस्तुच्छैरायुराहतकर्मभिः ॥ १९ ॥

ayathārthakriyārambhaiḥ kadāśāveśapallavaiḥ ,
kṣīyate karmabhistucchairāyurāhatakarmabhiḥ 19

19. ayathārthakriyārambhaiḥ kadāśāveśapallavaiḥ
kṣīyate karmabhiḥ tucchaiḥ āyuḥ āhatakarmabhiḥ

19. āyuḥ ayathārthakriyārambhaiḥ kadāśāveśapallavaiḥ
tucchaiḥ āhatakarmabhiḥ karmabhiḥ kṣīyate

19. Life (āyuḥ) is wasted away by worthless actions (karma), by deeds commenced without proper purpose, by actions (karma) that are mere sprouts of ill-fated hopes, and by actions (karma) that are repeatedly performed.

Words meanings summery:

• अयथार्थक्रियारम्भैः (ayathārthakriyārambhaiḥ) - by deeds commenced without proper purpose (by undertakings of actions that are not proper, by actions whose beginnings are futile)

• कदाशावेशपल्लवैः (kadāśāveśapallavaiḥ) - by actions (karma) that are mere sprouts of ill-fated hopes (with sprouts of evil hopes/desires, with shoots of the invasion of bad hopes)

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is wasted away (is wasted, is diminished, is destroyed)

• कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions (karma) (by actions (karma), by deeds)

• तुच्छैः (tucchaiḥ) - by worthless (actions) (by insignificant, by worthless, by empty)

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life (āyuḥ) (life, lifespan, vital power)

• आहतकर्मभिः (āhatakarmabhiḥ) - by repeatedly performed actions (karma) (by repeated actions, by actions that are struck/repeated)

Words meanings and morphology

अयथार्थक्रियारम्भैः (ayathārthakriyārambhaiḥ) - by deeds commenced without proper purpose (by undertakings of actions that are not proper, by actions whose beginnings are futile)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ayathārthakriyārambha

ayathārthakriyārambha - undertaking of unreal/improper actions; having undertakings of actions that are not proper

Compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (a+yathārtha+kriyā+ārambha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• yathārtha – real, proper, true to reality, as it should be
  adjective (masculine)
  yathā (as) + artha (meaning/purpose)
• kriyā – action, deed, performance (kriyā)
  noun (feminine)
  Root kṛ (to do) + yā suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ārambha – beginning, undertaking, enterprise
  noun (masculine)
  ā (prefix) + root rabh (to begin) + a suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'karmabhiḥ'.

कदाशावेशपल्लवैः (kadāśāveśapallavaiḥ) - by actions (karma) that are mere sprouts of ill-fated hopes (with sprouts of evil hopes/desires, with shoots of the invasion of bad hopes)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kadāśāveśapallava

kadāśāveśapallava - having sprouts that are an invasion of bad hopes

Compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kud+āśā+āveśa+pallava)

• kud – bad, evil, contemptible
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'bad' or 'evil'
• āśā – hope, desire, expectation
  noun (feminine)
  Root āś (to obtain) + ā suffix
  Root: āś (class 5)
• āveśa – entrance, obsession, possession, invasion
  noun (masculine)
  ā (prefix) + root viś (to enter) + a suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: viś (class 6)
• pallava – sprout, young shoot, tender leaf
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'karmabhiḥ'.

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is wasted away (is wasted, is diminished, is destroyed)

(verb)

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

Root kṣi, passive voice, present tense

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'āyuḥ'.

कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions (karma) (by actions (karma), by deeds)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, consequence of action (karma)

Root kṛ (to do) + man suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agent of 'kṣīyate'.

तुच्छैः (tucchaiḥ) - by worthless (actions) (by insignificant, by worthless, by empty)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tuccha

tuccha - empty, worthless, insignificant, trivial

Note: Qualifies 'karmabhiḥ'.

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life (āyuḥ) (life, lifespan, vital power)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life, vital power

From root i (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'kṣīyate'.

आहतकर्मभिः (āhatakarmabhiḥ) - by repeatedly performed actions (karma) (by repeated actions, by actions that are struck/repeated)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of āhatakarma

āhatakarma - having actions that are struck/repeated; by repeatedly performed actions

Compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (āhata+karma)

• āhata – struck, hit, repeated, wounded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  ā (prefix) + root han (to strike, kill) + kta suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)
• karma – action, deed, work, consequence of action (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root kṛ (to do) + man suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'karmabhiḥ'.

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