योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-42

अनुपादेयवाक्यस्य वक्तुः पृष्टस्य लीलया ।
व्रजन्त्यफलतां वाचस्तमसीवाक्षसंविदः ॥ ४२ ॥

anupādeyavākyasya vaktuḥ pṛṣṭasya līlayā ,
vrajantyaphalatāṃ vācastamasīvākṣasaṃvidaḥ 42

42. anupādeya-vākyasya vaktuḥ pṛṣṭasya līlayā
vrajanti aphalatām vācaḥ tamasi iva akṣa-saṃvidaḥ

42. anupādeya-vākyasya līlayā pṛṣṭasya vaktuḥ vācaḥ tamasi akṣa-saṃvidaḥ iva aphalatām vrajanti.

42. The words of a speaker whose advice is not deemed worthy, when asked casually, become fruitless, just like the perceptions of the senses in darkness.

42. כאשר דברי המדבר אינם נלקחים ברצינות ונשאלים כבדרך אגב, הופכים דבריו לחסרי ערך, כמו ראיית העיניים בחשכה.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुपादेय-वाक्यस्य (anupādeya-vākyasya) - of one whose words are unacceptable, of one whose advice is not worthy

• वक्तुः (vaktuḥ) - of a speaker, of an instructor

• पृष्टस्य (pṛṣṭasya) - of one who has been asked, of one questioned

• लीलया (līlayā) - casually, playfully, easily

• व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they go, they proceed, they become

• अफलताम् (aphalatām) - fruitlessness, futility

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अक्ष-संविदः (akṣa-saṁvidaḥ) - perceptions of the senses, sensory knowledge

Words meanings and morphology

अनुपादेय-वाक्यस्य (anupādeya-vākyasya) - of one whose words are unacceptable, of one whose advice is not worthy

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anupādeya-vākya

anupādeya-vākya - one whose words are not worthy of acceptance

Compound of 'an' (not) + 'upādeya-vākya'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+upādeya+vākya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• upādeya – acceptable, worthy of acceptance, to be adopted
  adjective
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From 'upa' + root 'ādā' (to take) + suffix '-ya'.
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• vākya – speech, word, sentence, saying
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'vac' (to speak) + suffix '-ya'.
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vaktuḥ'.

वक्तुः (vaktuḥ) - of a speaker, of an instructor

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, orator, instructor

Agent noun

From root 'vac' (to speak) + suffix '-tṛ'.

Root: vac (class 2)

पृष्टस्य (pṛṣṭasya) - of one who has been asked, of one questioned

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

From root 'prach' (to ask) with suffix -kta (ta).

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vaktuḥ'.

लीलया (līlayā) - casually, playfully, easily

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, ease, grace, dalliance

Note: Used adverbially.

व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they go, they proceed, they become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vraj

Present active indicative

Root 'vraj', 1st class, Parasmaipada.

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'vācaḥ'.

अफलताम् (aphalatām) - fruitlessness, futility

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aphalatā

aphalatā - fruitlessness, futility, unproductiveness

From 'a' (not) + 'phala' (fruit) + suffix '-tā' (state of being).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+phala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• phala – fruit, result, outcome
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'vrajanti' (used with 'gati' verbs to denote transformation, 'go into a state of').

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Note: Subject of 'vrajanti'.

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia (Tamas)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अक्ष-संविदः (akṣa-saṁvidaḥ) - perceptions of the senses, sensory knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of akṣa-saṃvid

akṣa-saṁvid - perception of the senses, sensory knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+saṃvid)

• akṣa – eye, sense organ
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, perception, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From 'sam' (together) + root 'vid' (to know).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the simile, implicitly 'go to fruitlessness'.

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