योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-89, verse-43

श्रृणु युक्त्या कया योगी तनुच्छेदादिविभ्रमैः ।
नाक्रम्यते महाबाहो बहुवर्षशतैरपि ॥ ४३ ॥

śrṛṇu yuktyā kayā yogī tanucchedādivibhramaiḥ ,
nākramyate mahābāho bahuvarṣaśatairapi 43

43. śṛṇu yuktyā kayā yogī tanucchedādivibhramaiḥ
na ākramyate mahābāho bahuvarṣaśataiḥ api

43. mahābāho śṛṇu kayā yuktyā yogī tanucchedādivibhramaiḥ
bahuvarṣaśataiḥ api na ākramyate

43. Listen, O mighty-armed one, to the reasoning by which a yogi (yoga practitioner) is not affected by the illusions of bodily harm and the like, even over many hundreds of years.

43. שמע, גיבור חיל, באיזו דרך הַיוֹגִי אינו נפגע מתהפוכות כגון הריסת הגוף, אף במשך מאות בשנים.

Words meanings summery:

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means of reason, by what logic, by a device or method

• कया (kayā) - by which (feminine)

• योगी (yogī) - a yogi, one who practices yoga

• तनुच्छेदादिविभ्रमैः (tanucchedādivibhramaiḥ) - by illusions like the cutting of the body and so on

• न (na) - not, no

• आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is overcome, is affected

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - an epithet, addressing the recipient of the teaching (presumably Rāma) (O mighty-armed one)

• बहुवर्षशतैः (bahuvarṣaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of many years

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means of reason, by what logic, by a device or method

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - reason, logic, argument, method, contrivance

Derived from root 'yuj' (to join, connect).

Root: yuj (class 7)

कया (kayā) - by which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

योगी (yogī) - a yogi, one who practices yoga

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yogin

yogin - a yogi, one who practices yoga (yoga), an ascetic, a meditator

Derived from 'yoga' with suffix '-in'.

तनुच्छेदादिविभ्रमैः (tanucchedādivibhramaiḥ) - by illusions like the cutting of the body and so on

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tanucchedādivibhrama

tanucchedādivibhrama - illusions like the cutting of the body and so on

A complex Tatpuruṣa compound: 'tanuccheda' (body-cutting) + 'ādi' (etc.) + 'vibhrama' (illusion).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tanu+cheda+ādi+vibhrama)

• tanu – body, limb, form
  noun (feminine)
• cheda – cutting, severing, destruction, division
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, sever).
  Root: chid (class 7)
• ādi – beginning; and so on, etc.
  indeclinable (masculine)
• vibhrama – illusion, error, confusion, delusion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhram' (to wander, be confused) with prefix 'vi-'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is overcome, is affected

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - an epithet, addressing the recipient of the teaching (presumably Rāma) (O mighty-armed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with great arms

A Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'he whose arms are great'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Stem form of 'mahat'.
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

बहुवर्षशतैः (bahuvarṣaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of many years

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bahuvarṣaśata

bahuvarṣaśata - hundreds of many years

A Tatpuruṣa compound of 'bahuvarṣa' (many years) and 'śata' (hundred).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bahu+varṣa+śata)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

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