योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-69, verse-34

न जहाति मनः प्राणान्विना ज्ञानेन कर्हिचित् ।
तृणान्तरेणैव विना तृणाङ्गमिव तित्तिरिः ॥ ३४ ॥

na jahāti manaḥ prāṇānvinā jñānena karhicit ,
tṛṇāntareṇaiva vinā tṛṇāṅgamiva tittiriḥ 34

34. na jahāti manaḥ prāṇān vinā jñānena karhicit
tṛṇa-antareṇa eva vinā tṛṇa-aṅgam iva tittiriḥ

34. manaḥ jñānena vinā karhicit prāṇān na jahāti
tittiriḥ iva tṛṇa-antareṇa eva vinā tṛṇa-aṅgam

34. The mind (manas) never abandons the vital energies (prāṇa) without true knowledge (jñāna). It is exactly like a partridge (tittiri), which does not release one blade of grass (tṛṇāṅga) unless it can grasp another blade of grass (tṛṇāntara).

34. החשיבה אינה נוטשת את נשימות החיים ללא ידע רוחני, בדיוק כמו ציפור הַתִּתִּירִי שאינה עוזבת גבעול קש אחד מבלי לאחוז במידי בגבעול אחר.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• जहाति (jahāti) - relinquishes its hold or connection (abandons, leaves, forsakes)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the faculty of thought, feeling, and will (mind, intellect, heart, soul)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - the vital energies (prāṇa) that sustain life (vital breaths, life-forces, energies)

• विना (vinā) - indicating absence or lack (without, except for, apart from)

• ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - through spiritual or discriminative knowledge (jñāna) (by knowledge, by understanding)

• कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - emphasizes the absolute impossibility of the action (ever, at any time, never (when used with `na`))

• तृण-अन्तरेण (tṛṇa-antareṇa) - referring to a "second" or "alternative" blade of grass the partridge might grasp (by another blade of grass, by an intervening blade of grass)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the condition or exclusivity of the action (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• विना (vinā) - indicating absence or lack (without, except for, apart from)

• तृण-अङ्गम् (tṛṇa-aṅgam) - the specific blade of grass held by the partridge (a blade of grass, a part of grass)

• इव (iva) - indicates comparison (like, as, as if)

• तित्तिरिः (tittiriḥ) - the bird known for its characteristic behavior of hopping between grass blades (partridge)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जहाति (jahāti) - relinquishes its hold or connection (abandons, leaves, forsakes)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd class verb (juhotyādi), reduplicated, present indicative, parasmaipada

Root: hā (class 3)

मनः (manaḥ) - the faculty of thought, feeling, and will (mind, intellect, heart, soul)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, inner sense, thought, intention, heart, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - the vital energies (prāṇa) that sustain life (vital breaths, life-forces, energies)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life-force, energy

From pra + an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of `jahāti`.

विना (vinā) - indicating absence or lack (without, except for, apart from)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - through spiritual or discriminative knowledge (jñāna) (by knowledge, by understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, awareness

From root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Governed by `vinā`.

कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - emphasizes the absolute impossibility of the action (ever, at any time, never (when used with `na`))

(indeclinable)

तृण-अन्तरेण (tṛṇa-antareṇa) - referring to a "second" or "alternative" blade of grass the partridge might grasp (by another blade of grass, by an intervening blade of grass)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tṛṇa-antara

tṛṇa-antara - another blade of grass, interval of grass, space between grasses

Compound type : Tatpurusha (tṛṇa+antara)

• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• antara – other, another, interval, space, difference
  adjective/noun (neuter)

Note: Governed by `vinā`.

एव (eva) - emphasizes the condition or exclusivity of the action (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

विना (vinā) - indicating absence or lack (without, except for, apart from)

(indeclinable)

तृण-अङ्गम् (tṛṇa-aṅgam) - the specific blade of grass held by the partridge (a blade of grass, a part of grass)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa-aṅga

tṛṇa-aṅga - blade of grass, sprout of grass

Compound type : Tatpurusha (tṛṇa+aṅga)

• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• aṅga – limb, body, part, member, constituent
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of implied 'abandons'.

इव (iva) - indicates comparison (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

तित्तिरिः (tittiriḥ) - the bird known for its characteristic behavior of hopping between grass blades (partridge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tittiri

tittiri - partridge (a bird)

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