योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-17

कुम्भ उवाच ।
वृक्षो वापी स्थलं गुल्ममुटजं व्रततीवृतिः ।
इति किंचिन्न ते सर्वं सर्वत्यागः कुतस्तव ॥ १७ ॥

kumbha uvāca ,
vṛkṣo vāpī sthalaṃ gulmamuṭajaṃ vratatīvṛtiḥ ,
iti kiṃcinna te sarvaṃ sarvatyāgaḥ kutastava 17

17. kumbhaḥ uvāca vṛkṣaḥ vāpī sthalam gulmam uṭajam
vratatīvṛtiḥ iti kiñcit na te sarvam sarvatyāgaḥ kutaḥ tava

17. kumbhaḥ uvāca: vṛkṣaḥ vāpī sthalam gulmam uṭajam vratatīvṛtiḥ iti te kiñcit na asti,
na ca etat sarvam asti.
tava sarvatyāgaḥ kutaḥ asti?

17. Kumbha said: "Trees, ponds, land, bushes, huts, and fences of creepers—these are not truly 'yours' (belonging to you), nor do they represent 'everything' there is. How then can you claim to have achieved total renunciation (sarvatyāga)?"

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वृक्षः (vṛkṣaḥ) - tree

• वापी (vāpī) - pond, large well

• स्थलम् (sthalam) - land, place, ground

• गुल्मम् (gulmam) - bush, shrub, thicket

• उटजम् (uṭajam) - hut, hermitage (made of leaves/grass)

• व्रततीवृतिः (vratatīvṛtiḥ) - creeper-fence, fence of creepers

• इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation or refers to previous list)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, a little, at all

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

• सर्वत्यागः (sarvatyāgaḥ) - total renunciation, complete abandonment (sarvatyāga)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, how, why

• तव (tava) - your, of you

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - a pot, pitcher, a proper name (Kumbha)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वृक्षः (vṛkṣaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

वापी (vāpī) - pond, large well

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāpī

vāpī - a large pond, a tank, a reservoir, a large well

स्थलम् (sthalam) - land, place, ground

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - place, spot, land, ground

Root: sthā (class 1)

गुल्मम् (gulmam) - bush, shrub, thicket

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gulma

gulma - bush, shrub, thicket, a cluster of trees

उटजम् (uṭajam) - hut, hermitage (made of leaves/grass)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uṭaja

uṭaja - a hut, hermitage (made of leaves or straw)

व्रततीवृतिः (vratatīvṛtiḥ) - creeper-fence, fence of creepers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vratatīvṛti

vratatīvṛti - a fence or enclosure of creepers

Compound type : tatpurusha (vratatī+vṛti)

• vratatī – creeper, climbing plant
  noun (feminine)
• vṛti – fence, enclosure, hedge, wall
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛ

इति (iti) - thus, so, this (marks quotation or refers to previous list)

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, a little, at all

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adverbially here, meaning 'at all' or 'in any way'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire, everything

सर्वत्यागः (sarvatyāgaḥ) - total renunciation, complete abandonment (sarvatyāga)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvatyāga

sarvatyāga - total renunciation, complete abandonment (sarvatyāga)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+tyāga)

• sarva – all, whole, entire
  pronoun
• tyāga – renunciation, abandonment, giving up
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tyaj

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, how, why

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

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