योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-1, verse-24

कच्चिद्गृहीतो भवता मद्गिरामर्थ ईदृशः ।
त्यक्त्वा दुर्बोधमक्षीणो हंसेनेवाम्भसः पयः ॥ २४ ॥

kaccidgṛhīto bhavatā madgirāmartha īdṛśaḥ ,
tyaktvā durbodhamakṣīṇo haṃsenevāmbhasaḥ payaḥ 24

24. kaccit gṛhītaḥ bhavatā mat-girām arthaḥ īdṛśaḥ
tyaktvā durbodham akṣīṇaḥ haṃsena iva ambhasaḥ payaḥ

24. kaccit bhavatā mat-girām īdṛśaḥ arthaḥ gṛhītaḥ,
durbodham tyaktvā,
akṣīṇaḥ ambhasaḥ payaḥ haṃsena iva.

24. I hope you have understood the meaning of my words in this manner, just as a swan separates milk from water, abandoning the obscure and taking the unimpaired essence.

24. האם תפסת את תמצית דברי, כפי שהברבור מפריד את החלב מן המים ומותיר מאחור את הבלתי נחוץ?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, surely

• गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - grasped, understood, taken

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

• मत्-गिराम् (mat-girām) - of my words

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning, purpose, object

• ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

• दुर्बोधम् (durbodham) - the difficult to understand, the obscure, the unintelligible

• अक्षीणः (akṣīṇaḥ) - undiminished, unimpaired, uninjured

• हंसेन (haṁsena) - by a swan

• इव (iva) - like, as if, just as

• अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - from water

• पयः (payaḥ) - milk, essence, water

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, surely

(indeclinable)

गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - grasped, understood, taken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - grasped, understood, taken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root grah

Root: grah

Note: Agrees with arthaḥ

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific)

मत्-गिराम् (mat-girām) - of my words

(compound noun)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mat+girā)

• mat – my, mine
  pronoun
• girā – speech, word
  noun (feminine)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning, purpose, object

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object

ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, similar

Note: Agrees with arthaḥ

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed with suffix -ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

दुर्बोधम् (durbodham) - the difficult to understand, the obscure, the unintelligible

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durbodha

durbodha - difficult to understand, obscure, unintelligible

Compound type : Prādi-samāsa (dur+bodha)

• dur – bad, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
• bodha – understanding, perception, knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'tyaktvā' (having abandoned)

अक्षीणः (akṣīṇaḥ) - undiminished, unimpaired, uninjured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣīṇa

akṣīṇa - undiminished, unimpaired, uninjured

Past Passive Participle (with negative prefix)

Derived from root kṣi (to diminish) with 'a' (negative)

Prefix: a

Root: kṣi

Note: Modifies 'arthaḥ' (meaning)

हंसेन (haṁsena) - by a swan

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose

इव (iva) - like, as if, just as

(indeclinable)

अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - from water

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Note: Indicates separation from water

पयः (payaḥ) - milk, essence, water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - milk, essence, water

Note: In the analogy, the 'milk' or 'essence' that is extracted.

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