योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-104, verse-42

यावत्तिलं यथा तैलं यावद्देहं तथा दशा ।
यो न देहदशामेति स च्छिनत्त्यसिनाम्बरम् ॥ ४२ ॥

yāvattilaṃ yathā tailaṃ yāvaddehaṃ tathā daśā ,
yo na dehadaśāmeti sa cchinattyasināmbaram 42

42. yāvat tilam yathā tailam yāvat deham tathā daśā
yaḥ na dehadaśām eti saḥ chinatti asinā ambaram

42. yathā yāvat tilam tailam yāvat deham daśā yaḥ
na dehadaśām eti saḥ asinā ambaram chinatti

42. As long as there is a sesame seed, there is oil; similarly, as long as there is a body, there are its inherent conditions or states (daśā). He who fails to grasp the conditions linked to the body is like someone trying to cut the sky with a sword.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, while

• तिलम् (tilam) - sesame seed

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• तैलम् (tailam) - oil

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, while

• देहम् (deham) - body

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• दशा (daśā) - state, condition, circumstance

• यः (yaḥ) - he who, which

• न (na) - not, no

• देहदशाम् (dehadaśām) - the state/condition of the body

• एति (eti) - he goes, approaches, attains, reaches

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• छिनत्ति (chinatti) - he cuts, severs

• असिना (asinā) - with a sword

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere, clothing

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, while

(indeclinable)

तिलम् (tilam) - sesame seed

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tila

tila - sesame seed, sesame plant

Note: Used adverbially or as object of implied verb 'is'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

तैलम् (tailam) - oil

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of taila

taila - oil, especially sesame oil

from tila (sesame) + aṇ (suffix for 'product of')

Note: Subject of implied 'is'.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, while

(indeclinable)

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, physical frame

Note: Used adverbially or as object of implied verb 'is'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

दशा (daśā) - state, condition, circumstance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of daśā

daśā - state, condition, circumstance, stage of life

Note: Subject of implied 'is'.

यः (yaḥ) - he who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, inasmuch as

Note: Relative pronoun.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

देहदशाम् (dehadaśām) - the state/condition of the body

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dehadaśā

dehadaśā - bodily state, condition of the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+daśā)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
• daśā – state, condition, circumstance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - he goes, approaches, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of eti

Root: i (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun for 'yaḥ'.

छिनत्ति (chinatti) - he cuts, severs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of chinatti

Root: chid (class 7)

असिना (asinā) - with a sword

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of asi

asi - sword, scimitar

Note: Instrument of cutting.

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere, clothing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing, garment

Note: Object of cutting.