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.

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.