योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-8

यथाकथंचिदङ्गारे निघृष्य क्षालयञ्छिशुः ।
करनैर्मल्यमाप्नोति कार्ष्ण्याङ्गारक्षये यथा ॥ ८ ॥

yathākathaṃcidaṅgāre nighṛṣya kṣālayañchiśuḥ ,
karanairmalyamāpnoti kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaye yathā 8

8. yathākathaṃcit aṅgāre nighṛṣya kṣālayat śiśuḥ
karanairmalyam āpnoti kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaye yathā

8. yathākathaṃcit aṅgāre nighṛṣya kṣālayat śiśuḥ
kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaye karanairmalyam āpnoti yathā

8. Just as a child, by somehow or other rubbing and washing (his hands) on charcoal, attains cleanliness of hands when both the blackness and the charcoal itself are destroyed.

8. כמו ילד שממשפשף פחם ומנסה לנקותו, ובסופו של דבר ידיו מתנקות משהפחם והשחור מתכלים...

Words meanings summery:

• यथाकथंचित् (yathākathaṁcit) - somehow or other, in any way, with difficulty

• अङ्गारे (aṅgāre) - on charcoal, on live coal

• निघृष्य (nighṛṣya) - having rubbed, by rubbing

• क्षालयत् (kṣālayat) - washing, cleansing

• शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - child, infant

• करनैर्मल्यम् (karanairmalyam) - cleanliness of hands

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

• कार्ष्ण्याङ्गारक्षये (kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaye) - when the blackness (from charcoal) and the charcoal itself are destroyed/removed (in the destruction of blackness and charcoal)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

यथाकथंचित् (yathākathaṁcit) - somehow or other, in any way, with difficulty

(indeclinable)

compound of yathā, kathaṃ, and cit

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+katham+cit)

• yathā – as, in which way
  indeclinable
• katham – how, in what manner
  indeclinable
• cit – even, indeed (emphatic particle)
  indeclinable

अङ्गारे (aṅgāre) - on charcoal, on live coal

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṅgāra

aṅgāra - charcoal, live coal, cinder

निघृष्य (nighṛṣya) - having rubbed, by rubbing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

ni + ghṛṣ + lyap suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: ghṛṣ (class 1)

क्षालयत् (kṣālayat) - washing, cleansing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣālayant

kṣālayant - washing, cleansing

present active participle

causative stem of kṣal + śatṛ suffix

Root: kṣal (class 1)

शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - child, infant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young animal

करनैर्मल्यम् (karanairmalyam) - cleanliness of hands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karanairmalya

karanairmalya - cleanliness of hands, purity of hands

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kara+nairmalya)

• kara – hand, ray, tax
  noun (masculine)
• nairmalya – cleanliness, purity, spotlessness
  noun (neuter)

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āp

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

कार्ष्ण्याङ्गारक्षये (kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaye) - when the blackness (from charcoal) and the charcoal itself are destroyed/removed (in the destruction of blackness and charcoal)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaya

kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaya - destruction of blackness and charcoal

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (kārṣṇya+aṅgāra+kṣaya)

• kārṣṇya – blackness, dark color
  noun (neuter)
  derived from kṛṣṇa (black)
• aṅgāra – charcoal, live coal
  noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, end, disappearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: locative absolute construction

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

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