योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-126

अकृत्रिमफलं त्यक्त्वा यः कृत्रिमफलं व्रजेत् ।
त्यक्त्वा स मन्दारवनं कारञ्जं याति काननम् ॥ १२६ ॥

akṛtrimaphalaṃ tyaktvā yaḥ kṛtrimaphalaṃ vrajet ,
tyaktvā sa mandāravanaṃ kārañjaṃ yāti kānanam 126

126. akṛtrimaphalam tyaktvā yaḥ kṛtrimaphalam vrajet
tyaktvā saḥ mandāravanam kārañjam yāti kānanam

126. yaḥ akṛtrimaphalam tyaktvā kṛtrimaphalam vrajet saḥ mandāravanam tyaktvā kārañjam kānanam yāti.

126. Whoever abandons the natural (true) fruit and seeks an artificial (worldly) fruit is like someone who, having left a divine Mandāra forest, goes to a Karañja grove (a forest of ordinary trees).

Words meanings summery:

• अकृत्रिमफलम् (akṛtrimaphalam) - the natural fruit, genuine result

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

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• कृत्रिमफलम् (kṛtrimaphalam) - the artificial fruit, worldly result

• व्रजेत् (vrajet) - should go, may go, would seek

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left

• सः (saḥ) - he

• मन्दारवनम् (mandāravanam) - a Mandāra forest

• कारञ्जम् (kārañjam) - a Karañja (Pongamia pinnata) grove (relating to the Karañja tree, a Karañja forest/grove)

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, seeks

• काननम् (kānanam) - a forest, grove

Words meanings and morphology

अकृत्रिमफलम् (akṛtrimaphalam) - the natural fruit, genuine result

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akṛtrimaphala

akṛtrimaphala - natural fruit, genuine result, un-artificial outcome

Compound type : karmadhāraya (akṛtrima+phala)

• akṛtrima – not artificial, natural, genuine
  adjective
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root tyaj + suffix -ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

कृत्रिमफलम् (kṛtrimaphalam) - the artificial fruit, worldly result

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛtrimaphala

kṛtrimaphala - artificial fruit, man-made result, worldly outcome

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛtrima+phala)

• kṛtrima – artificial, made, factitious, not natural
  adjective
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

व्रजेत् (vrajet) - should go, may go, would seek

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root tyaj + suffix -ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

मन्दारवनम् (mandāravanam) - a Mandāra forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mandāravana

mandāravana - a forest of Mandāra trees (one of the five celestial trees of Indra's paradise)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mandāra+vana)

• mandāra – the coral tree (Erythrina Indica); one of the five celestial trees
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

कारञ्जम् (kārañjam) - a Karañja (Pongamia pinnata) grove (relating to the Karañja tree, a Karañja forest/grove)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārañja

kārañja - a tree (Pongamia pinnata); relating to the Karañja tree; a Karañja grove

Derived from 'karañja' (a tree name) with the suffix 'aṇ' denoting 'belonging to' or 'produced from'.

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, seeks

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

काननम् (kānanam) - a forest, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, wood

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