योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-88, verse-14

अहमल्पतपाः साधुवराको मानुषः किल ।
सिद्धयः कथमायान्ति मामभाग्यैकभाजनम् ॥ १४ ॥

ahamalpatapāḥ sādhuvarāko mānuṣaḥ kila ,
siddhayaḥ kathamāyānti māmabhāgyaikabhājanam 14

14. aham alpatapāḥ sādhuvārakāḥ mānuṣaḥ kila
siddhayaḥ katham āyānti mām abhāgyaikabhājanam

14. aham kila alpatapāḥ sādhuvārakāḥ mānuṣaḥ (asmi).
abhāgyaikabhājanam mām siddhayaḥ katham āyānti?

14. I am indeed a mere human, a wretched ascetic (sādhu) with little spiritual discipline (tapas). How can accomplishments (siddhi) come to me, who am the sole vessel of misfortune?

14. אני אדם פשוט שתרגל מעט מאוד תַּפַּס (עוצמה רוחנית) וחסר מזל. כיצד זה ישחרו לפתחי הישגים וברכות שכאלה?

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अल्पतपाः (alpatapāḥ) - having little austerity (tapas), of meager spiritual discipline

• साधुवारकाः (sādhuvārakāḥ) - a wretched sage, a poor ascetic

• मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - a human being, man

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, they say, as it were

• सिद्धयः (siddhayaḥ) - accomplishments (perfections, accomplishments, supernatural powers)

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

• माम् (mām) - me

• अभाग्यैकभाजनम् (abhāgyaikabhājanam) - the sole vessel of misfortune, repository of ill-luck

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

अल्पतपाः (alpatapāḥ) - having little austerity (tapas), of meager spiritual discipline

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alpatapas

alpatapas - having little austerity (tapas)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (alpa+tapas)

• alpa – little, small, trifling
  adjective
• tapas – austerity, penance, spiritual discipline, heat
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)

साधुवारकाः (sādhuvārakāḥ) - a wretched sage, a poor ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhuvārakā

sādhuvārakā - a wretched ascetic, a poor sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (sādhu+varāka)

• sādhu – good, virtuous, holy, a good person, an ascetic
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sādh (class 5)
• varāka – wretched, miserable, poor
  adjective

मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - a human being, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, belonging to man; a man, a human being

Derived from manu (man) with suffix -ṣa.

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, they say, as it were

(indeclinable)

सिद्धयः (siddhayaḥ) - accomplishments (perfections, accomplishments, supernatural powers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of siddhi

siddhi - perfection, accomplishment, success, supernatural power, final beatitude

Derived from root sidh 'to succeed'.

Root: sidh (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

अभाग्यैकभाजनम् (abhāgyaikabhājanam) - the sole vessel of misfortune, repository of ill-luck

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhāgyaikabhājana

abhāgyaikabhājana - the sole vessel of misfortune

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhāgya+eka+bhājana)

• abhāgya – misfortune, bad luck
  noun (neuter)
  Negative compound (na-bhāgya)
• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral
• bhājana – vessel, recipient, container, object of
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root bhaj 'to share, possess'.
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

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