योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-9

पृथ्व्याद्यसद्विचारैर्वा व्यर्थं यास्यति जीवितम् ।
किंचिच्च न ज्ञास्यति भोराकाशक्षालनोद्यतः ॥ ९ ॥

pṛthvyādyasadvicārairvā vyarthaṃ yāsyati jīvitam ,
kiṃcicca na jñāsyati bhorākāśakṣālanodyataḥ 9

9. pṛthvyādyasatvicāraiḥ vā vyartham yāsyati jīvitam
kiṃcit ca na jñāsyati bhoḥ ākāśakṣālanodyataḥ

9. jīvitam pṛthvyādyasatvicāraiḥ vā vyartham yāsyati.
bhoḥ ākāśakṣālanodyataḥ kiṃcit ca na jñāsyati.

9. Life will pass in vain, consumed by fruitless thoughts about unreal things like the earth and so on. One who endeavors to wash the sky will, in fact, understand nothing at all.

Words meanings summery:

• पृथ्व्याद्यसत्विचारैः (pṛthvyādyasatvicāraiḥ) - Refers to vain intellectual pursuits about illusory phenomena. (by thoughts concerning unreal things like the earth)

• वा (vā) - Emphasizes the preceding statement, similar to 'indeed' or 'certainly'. (or, either... or, indeed, even)

• व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will pass, will proceed

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

• च (ca) - and, also, but

• न (na) - not, no

• ज्ञास्यति (jñāsyati) - will know, will understand

• भोः (bhoḥ) - An exclamation, often used to call attention or to emphasize. (O!, hello!)

• आकाशक्षालनोद्यतः (ākāśakṣālanodyataḥ) - Refers to someone engaged in a futile or impossible task. (one who endeavors to wash the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथ्व्याद्यसत्विचारैः (pṛthvyādyasatvicāraiḥ) - Refers to vain intellectual pursuits about illusory phenomena. (by thoughts concerning unreal things like the earth)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pṛthvyādyasatvicāra

pṛthvyādyasatvicāra - thought concerning unreal things like the earth, investigation into non-existent entities such as the earth

A multi-component tatpuruṣa compound ending in `vicāra` (thought). It implies thoughts or considerations about `pṛthvyādyasat` (unreal things like the earth).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvyādi+asat+vicāra)

• pṛthvī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so on
  indeclinable
• asat – unreal, non-existent, false (as a noun: unreality, non-existence)
  adjective (neuter)
  present active participle
  Negation (a) of 'sat' (being, existent). Here functioning substantively as 'unreal things' within the compound.
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• vicāra – thought, consideration, reflection, investigation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'car' with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Denotes the means by which life passes in vain.

वा (vā) - Emphasizes the preceding statement, similar to 'indeed' or 'certainly'. (or, either... or, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of `vyartha` used adverbially.

Note: Acts as an adverb.

यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will pass, will proceed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

future tense

3rd person singular future active

Root: yā (class 2)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence; livelihood

past passive participle

From root 'jīv', meaning 'to live'; also used as a noun meaning 'life'.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb `yāsyati`.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - anything, something, a little

Note: Object of `jñāsyati`.

च (ca) - and, also, but

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ज्ञास्यति (jñāsyati) - will know, will understand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of jñā

future tense

3rd person singular future active

Root: jñā (class 9)

भोः (bhoḥ) - An exclamation, often used to call attention or to emphasize. (O!, hello!)

(indeclinable)

Vocative particle, often used to call attention or express an interjection.

आकाशक्षालनोद्यतः (ākāśakṣālanodyataḥ) - Refers to someone engaged in a futile or impossible task. (one who endeavors to wash the sky)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśakṣālanodyata

ākāśakṣālanodyata - one who endeavors to wash the sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+kṣālana+udyata)

• ākāśa – sky, ether, space
  noun (masculine)
• kṣālana – washing, cleansing
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'kṣal' (to wash).
  Root: kṣal (class 1)
• udyata – endeavoring, engaged in, ready, prepared
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root 'yam' with prefix 'ud'. Literally 'lifted up' in effort.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Acts as the subject of the second clause.

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