योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-85, verse-14

तावदेनमुपारुह्य किंचित्प्रविहराम्यहम् ।
पिङ्गलेन शरीरं स्वमुद्धर्तुं तापनं वपुः ॥ १४ ॥

tāvadenamupāruhya kiṃcitpraviharāmyaham ,
piṅgalena śarīraṃ svamuddhartuṃ tāpanaṃ vapuḥ 14

14. tāvat enam upāruhya kiñcit praviharāmi aham
piṅgalena śarīram svam uddhartum tāpanam vapuḥ

14. tāvat aham enam upāruhya kiñcit praviharāmi
piṅgalena svam tāpanam vapuḥ śarīram uddhartum

14. Up until that point, I shall indeed engage with this (body) for a while, just as Piṅgalā sustained her own body, which was a source of suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत् (tāvat) - up until that point. (up to that point, so much, so long.)

• एनम् (enam) - this (body). (this, him, it.)

• उपारुह्य (upāruhya) - having made use of, having engaged with. (having ascended, having mounted, having taken recourse to.)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - for a while, a little. (a little, somewhat, anything.)

• प्रविहरामि (praviharāmi) - I shall engage (with detachment). (I sport, I roam, I recreate, I pass time.)

• अहम् (aham) - I.

• पिङ्गलेन (piṅgalena) - (just as) by Piṅgalā. (by Piṅgalā.)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body. (body, frame, physical form.)

• स्वम् (svam) - her own. (one's own.)

• उद्धर्तुम् (uddhartum) - to sustain. (to lift up, to raise, to save, to sustain.)

• तापनम् (tāpanam) - a source of suffering, tormenting. (causing heat, tormenting, causing suffering.)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body. (body, form, figure.)

Words meanings and morphology

तावत् (tāvat) - up until that point. (up to that point, so much, so long.)

(indeclinable)

Correlative to yāvat.

एनम् (enam) - this (body). (this, him, it.)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, here.

Accusative singular masculine form.

Note: Object of upāruhya.

उपारुह्य (upāruhya) - having made use of, having engaged with. (having ascended, having mounted, having taken recourse to.)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root √ruh (to grow, ascend) with prefixes upa- and ā-.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: √ruh (class 1)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - for a while, a little. (a little, somewhat, anything.)

(indeclinable)

Derived from kim (what) + cid (an indefinite particle).

प्रविहरामि (praviharāmi) - I shall engage (with detachment). (I sport, I roam, I recreate, I pass time.)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pra√vihṛ

Present Active Indicative

From root √hṛ (to carry) with prefixes pra- and vi-. 1st class, Parasmaipada.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the speaker's (Vītahavya's) action.

अहम् (aham) - I.

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we.

Nominative singular of the 1st person pronoun.

पिङ्गलेन (piṅgalena) - (just as) by Piṅgalā. (by Piṅgalā.)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of piṅgalā

piṅgalā - a golden-colored woman, name of a courtesan/ascetic in Indian mythology (e.g., Bhāgavata Purāṇa).

Feminine noun.

Note: Instrumental of agent, implying "as if by Piṅgalā's example" or "by Piṅgalā's action".

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body. (body, frame, physical form.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, frame, physical form.

From √śṝ (to break, decay).

Root: √śṝ (class 9)

Note: Object of uddhartum.

स्वम् (svam) - her own. (one's own.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, belonging to oneself, proper, natural.

Note: Accusative singular neuter, modifying śarīram.

उद्धर्तुम् (uddhartum) - to sustain. (to lift up, to raise, to save, to sustain.)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root √dhṛ (to hold, support) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: √dhṛ (class 1)

तापनम् (tāpanam) - a source of suffering, tormenting. (causing heat, tormenting, causing suffering.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tāpana

tāpana - heating, tormenting, causing suffering, afflicting.

Agent noun / Adjective

From root √tap (to heat, suffer) with suffix -ana.

Root: √tap (class 1)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body. (body, form, figure.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, astonishing appearance.

s-stem noun. From √vap (to sow, strew).

Root: √vap (class 1)

Note: In apposition to śarīram.

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