योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-92, verse-20

सममुद्योगमानीताः सन्त एते हि धीमता ।
संसाराब्धिं निकृन्तन्ति जलान्यद्रितटानिव ॥ २० ॥

samamudyogamānītāḥ santa ete hi dhīmatā ,
saṃsārābdhiṃ nikṛntanti jalānyadritaṭāniva 20

20. samam udyogam ānītāḥ santaḥ ete hi dhīmatā
saṃsāra-abdhim nikṛntanti jalāni adri-taṭān iva

20. dhīmatā ete santa (trayaḥ) samam udyogam ānītāḥ hi saṃsārābdhim nikṛntanti,
jalāni adri-taṭān iva (nikṛntanti).

20. Indeed, when these (three practices) are brought into action simultaneously by a discerning person, they surely cut down the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra), just as waters erode mountain slopes.

20. אך כאשר החכם מפעיל את שלושתם יחד במאמץ משותף, הם כורתים את אוקיינוס סבך הקיום התופעתי (סַמְסָארָה), כמו מים הממוטטים את מורדות ההרים.

Words meanings summery:

• समम् (samam) - simultaneously, together, equally

• उद्योगम् (udyogam) - exertion, effort, undertaking

• आनीताः (ānītāḥ) - brought into action, implemented (brought, led, introduced)

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - these (three practices) that are, or that are good/proper (being, existing, good, virtuous)

• एते (ete) - these (three practices mentioned in the previous verse) (these)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• धीमता (dhīmatā) - by a wise person, by an intelligent one

• संसाराब्धिम् (saṁsārābdhim) - the vast, cyclical process of birth, death, and rebirth (saṃsāra) (the ocean of transmigration)

• निकृन्तन्ति (nikṛntanti) - they cut down, they destroy, they sever

• जलानि (jalāni) - waters

• अद्रि-तटान् (adri-taṭān) - mountain slopes/banks

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

समम् (samam) - simultaneously, together, equally

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of sama (same, equal).

उद्योगम् (udyogam) - exertion, effort, undertaking

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udyoga

udyoga - exertion, effort, industry, enterprise, undertaking

From root 'yuj' (to join) with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: yuj (class 7)

आनीताः (ānītāḥ) - brought into action, implemented (brought, led, introduced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ānīta

ānīta - brought, led, obtained, introduced

Past Passive Participle

From root 'nī' (to lead) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

सन्तः (santaḥ) - these (three practices) that are, or that are good/proper (being, existing, good, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, real, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Present participle of root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

एते (ete) - these (three practices mentioned in the previous verse) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

धीमता (dhīmatā) - by a wise person, by an intelligent one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, discerning, clever

Derived from dhī (intellect) with the suffix -mat (possessing).

संसाराब्धिम् (saṁsārābdhim) - the vast, cyclical process of birth, death, and rebirth (saṃsāra) (the ocean of transmigration)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsārābdhi

saṁsārābdhi - ocean of transmigration

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+abdhi)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• abdhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

निकृन्तन्ति (nikṛntanti) - they cut down, they destroy, they sever

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nikṛnt

Present Active

From root 'kṛnt' (to cut) with prefix 'ni'. 6th conjugation, Parasmaipada, present indicative.

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

जलानि (jalāni) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jala

jala - water

Note: Can also be accusative plural depending on context, but here it is the subject.

अद्रि-तटान् (adri-taṭān) - mountain slopes/banks

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of adri-taṭa

adri-taṭa - mountain bank, mountain slope, river bank (of a mountain)

Compound type : tatpurusha (adri+taṭa)

• adri – mountain, hill, rock
  noun (masculine)
• taṭa – bank, shore, slope, edge
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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