योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-87

एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य कष्टया यत्नचेष्टया ।
तर दुःखाम्बुधेः पारमपारगुणसागर ॥ ८७ ॥

etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya kaṣṭayā yatnaceṣṭayā ,
tara duḥkhāmbudheḥ pāramapāraguṇasāgara 87

87. etām dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya kaṣṭayā yatnaceṣṭayā
tara duḥkha-ambudheḥ pāram apāra-guṇa-sāgara

87. apāra-guṇa-sāgara etām dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya
kaṣṭayā yatnaceṣṭayā duḥkha-ambudheḥ pāram tara

87. O ocean of boundless qualities, by firmly adopting this perspective and with strenuous, difficult effort, cross over to the far shore of the ocean of sorrow.

87. אחוז בהשקפה זו, ובמאמץ שקוד חצה את ים הסבל אל החוף האחר, אתה, אוקיינוס של מעלות אינסופיות!

Words meanings summery:

• एताम् (etām) - this specific view or perspective (this, this one)

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - this particular spiritual or philosophical view (view, sight, perspective, vision)

• अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having firmly adopted (this view or perspective) (having grasped, having relied upon, having adopted)

• कष्टया (kaṣṭayā) - by strenuous and difficult (effort) (by difficult, by painful, by strenuous)

• यत्नचेष्टया (yatnaceṣṭayā) - by strenuous effort (combined with `kaṣṭayā`) (by effort and endeavor, by exertion)

• तर (tara) - cross over (the ocean of sorrow) (cross, overcome, traverse)

• दुःख-अम्बुधेः (duḥkha-ambudheḥ) - from the ocean of sorrow (indicating the source from which one crosses) (from the ocean of sorrow, of the ocean of sorrow)

• पारम् (pāram) - the far shore (of the ocean of sorrow, to reach it) (the other side, the far shore, end, limit)

• अपार-गुण-सागर (apāra-guṇa-sāgara) - An address to a revered teacher or person of great wisdom and boundless virtues (O ocean of boundless qualities, O one with infinite virtues)

Words meanings and morphology

एताम् (etām) - this specific view or perspective (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that which is near

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - this particular spiritual or philosophical view (view, sight, perspective, vision)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, vision, view, perspective, intelligence

Derived from the root √dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having firmly adopted (this view or perspective) (having grasped, having relied upon, having adopted)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from the verbal root √stambh with the preverb 'ava', creating a gerund (absolutive) indicating a completed action.

Prefix: ava

Root: stambh (class 9)

कष्टया (kaṣṭayā) - by strenuous and difficult (effort) (by difficult, by painful, by strenuous)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaṣṭa

kaṣṭa - difficult, painful, troublesome, strenuous, bad

यत्नचेष्टया (yatnaceṣṭayā) - by strenuous effort (combined with `kaṣṭayā`) (by effort and endeavor, by exertion)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yatnaceṣṭā

yatnaceṣṭā - effort, exertion, endeavor

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpurusha (yatna+ceṣṭā)

• yatna – effort, exertion, attempt, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
• ceṣṭā – endeavor, action, movement, activity
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root √ceṣṭ (to move, to endeavor).
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

तर (tara) - cross over (the ocean of sorrow) (cross, overcome, traverse)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √tṛ

Imperative, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: tṛ (class 1)

दुःख-अम्बुधेः (duḥkha-ambudheḥ) - from the ocean of sorrow (indicating the source from which one crosses) (from the ocean of sorrow, of the ocean of sorrow)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of duḥkhāmbudhi

duḥkhāmbudhi - ocean of sorrow, sea of suffering

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpurusha (duḥkha+ambudhi)

• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• ambudhi – ocean, sea (literally: receptacle of water)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Could also be genitive singular. Ablative provides the sense of 'from which to cross'.

पारम् (pāram) - the far shore (of the ocean of sorrow, to reach it) (the other side, the far shore, end, limit)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāra

pāra - the other side, far bank, end, limit, completion

अपार-गुण-सागर (apāra-guṇa-sāgara) - An address to a revered teacher or person of great wisdom and boundless virtues (O ocean of boundless qualities, O one with infinite virtues)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of apārguṇasāgara

apārguṇasāgara - ocean of boundless qualities, one possessing infinite virtues

Compound noun, often used as an honorific or epithet.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+pāra+guṇa+sāgara)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• pāra – limit, end, boundary
  noun (neuter)
• guṇa – quality, virtue, attribute
  noun (masculine)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

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