योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-100, verse-14

हस्तावुत्क्षिप्य यो ब्रूते शद्रोऽस्मीति भृशं गिरा ।
कथं स विप्रो भवति विप्रत्वं त्वस्य कीदृशम् ॥ १४ ॥

hastāvutkṣipya yo brūte śadro'smīti bhṛśaṃ girā ,
kathaṃ sa vipro bhavati vipratvaṃ tvasya kīdṛśam 14

14. hastau utkṣipya yaḥ brūte śūdraḥ asmi iti bhṛśam girā
katham saḥ vipraḥ bhavati vipratvam tu asya kīdṛśam

14. yaḥ hastau utkṣipya bhṛśam girā 'śūdraḥ asmi' iti brūte,
saḥ katham vipraḥ bhavati? tu asya vipratvam kīdṛśam?

14. How can he who raises his hands and loudly declares with his voice, 'I am a śūdra,' become a brahmin? And what sort of brahminhood would that be for him?

Words meanings summery:

• हस्तौ (hastau) - two hands

• उत्क्षिप्य (utkṣipya) - having raised, lifting up

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• ब्रूते (brūte) - he says, he speaks

• शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (member of the lowest social class)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - loudly, vehemently, greatly

• गिरा (girā) - with voice, by speech

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a brahmin, a priest

• भवति (bhavati) - he becomes, he is

• विप्रत्वम् (vipratvam) - brahminhood, the state of being a brahmin

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

Words meanings and morphology

हस्तौ (hastau) - two hands

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of hasta

hasta - hand

उत्क्षिप्य (utkṣipya) - having raised, lifting up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root kṣip with prefix ut, followed by -ya suffix

Prefix: ut

Root: kṣip (class 6)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

ब्रूते (brūte) - he says, he speaks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (member of the lowest social class)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūdra

śūdra - a member of the fourth (lowest) social class

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - loudly, vehemently, greatly

(indeclinable)

गिरा (girā) - with voice, by speech

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gir

gir - voice, speech, word

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a brahmin, a priest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - a brahmin, priest, inspired

भवति (bhavati) - he becomes, he is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

विप्रत्वम् (vipratvam) - brahminhood, the state of being a brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vipratva

vipratva - brahminhood, the state or quality of being a brahmin

derived from vipra with -tva suffix

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, how