योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-24

यथा द्वितीये शशिनि क्षते क्षीणे न तत्क्षतिः ।
यथा स्वप्नसमारम्भे क्षते क्षीणे न तत्क्षतिः ॥ २४ ॥

yathā dvitīye śaśini kṣate kṣīṇe na tatkṣatiḥ ,
yathā svapnasamārambhe kṣate kṣīṇe na tatkṣatiḥ 24

24. yathā dvitīye śaśini kṣate kṣīṇe na tat kṣatiḥ |
yathā svapnasamārambhe kṣate kṣīṇe na tat kṣatiḥ

24. yathā dvitīye śaśini kṣate kṣīṇe tat kṣatiḥ na
yathā svapnasamārambhe kṣate kṣīṇe tat kṣatiḥ na

24. Just as there is no actual loss when a perceived second moon (due to an optical illusion) is damaged or wasted away, similarly there is no actual loss when an enterprise initiated within a dream is damaged or wasted away.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• द्वितीये (dvitīye) - in a second, in a secondary

• शशिनि (śaśini) - in an illusory moon (in the moon, in a moon)

• क्षते (kṣate) - when injured, in the injured one, damaged

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when wasted away, diminished, in the diminished one

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - its, that (of it)

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, destruction, harm, injury

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• स्वप्नसमारम्भे (svapnasamārambhe) - in an enterprise of a dream, in a dream-undertaking

• क्षते (kṣate) - when injured, in the injured one, damaged

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when wasted away, diminished, in the diminished one

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - its, that (of it)

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, destruction, harm, injury

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

द्वितीये (dvitīye) - in a second, in a secondary

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, secondary, another

शशिनि (śaśini) - in an illusory moon (in the moon, in a moon)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śaśin

śaśin - moon (literally 'having a hare', referring to marks on the moon), hare

क्षते (kṣate) - when injured, in the injured one, damaged

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣata

kṣata - injured, hurt, damaged, wounded, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when wasted away, diminished, in the diminished one

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - wasted, diminished, emaciated, decayed, weak, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣi (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - its, that (of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, destruction, harm, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - loss, harm, injury, destruction, decay, damage

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नसमारम्भे (svapnasamārambhe) - in an enterprise of a dream, in a dream-undertaking

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapnasamārambha

svapnasamārambha - an undertaking/beginning in a dream, an enterprise of a dream

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+samārambha)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• samārambha – undertaking, enterprise, beginning, commencement
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

क्षते (kṣate) - when injured, in the injured one, damaged

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣata

kṣata - injured, hurt, damaged, wounded, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when wasted away, diminished, in the diminished one

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - wasted, diminished, emaciated, decayed, weak, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣi (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - its, that (of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, destruction, harm, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - loss, harm, injury, destruction, decay, damage

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