योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-125, verse-45

हरो नखेन चिच्छेद सुकुमारमिवाम्बुजम् ।
शक्तोऽपि न पुनर्ब्रह्मा जनयामास तच्छिरः ॥ ४५ ॥

haro nakhena ciccheda sukumāramivāmbujam ,
śakto'pi na punarbrahmā janayāmāsa tacchiraḥ 45

45. haraḥ nakhena ciccheda sukumāram iva ambujam |
śaktaḥ api na punar brahmā janayāmāsa tat śiraḥ ||

45. haraḥ nakhena sukumāram ambujam iva (tat śiraḥ) ciccheda
brahmā śaktaḥ api tat śiraḥ punar na janayāmāsa

45. Shiva (Hara) severed [Brahma's head] with his nail as if it were a delicate lotus. Even though Brahma (brahmā) was capable, he did not generate that head again.

45. ...נכרת על ידי הַרַה (שִׁיוָוה) בציפורנו כאילו היה לוטוס רך. אף שהיה ביכולתו של בְּרַהְמָה ליצור ראש זה מחדש, הוא לא עשה זאת.

Words meanings summery:

• हरः (haraḥ) - Shiva

• नखेन (nakhena) - with the nail

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut off, severed

• सुकुमारम् (sukumāram) - very delicate, tender

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अम्बुजम् (ambujam) - a lotus

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

• अपि (api) - even, also, though

• न (na) - not

• पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - the creator deity in Hinduism (Brahma)

• जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - he created, caused to be born

• तत् (tat) - referring to Brahma's head (that)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - Brahma's head (head)

Words meanings and morphology

हरः (haraḥ) - Shiva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hara

hara - remover, destroyer, Shiva (as destroyer of evil or obstacles)

From root hṛ (to carry, take away, destroy).

Root: hṛ (class 1)

नखेन (nakhena) - with the nail

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nakha

nakha - nail, claw

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut off, severed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of chid

Past Perfect (liṭ)

Root: chid (class 7)

सुकुमारम् (sukumāram) - very delicate, tender

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukumāra

sukumāra - very tender, delicate, soft, graceful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kumāra)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
  Intensifying or eulogistic prefix.
• kumāra – young, tender, boy, youth
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'ambujam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अम्बुजम् (ambujam) - a lotus

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambuja

ambuja - lotus (literally 'water-born')

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (ambhas+ja)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born from, produced from
  suffix (masculine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful, mighty

Past Passive Participle

From root śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

अपि (api) - even, also, though

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - the creator deity in Hinduism (Brahma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), prayer, sacred word, the Absolute

जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - he created, caused to be born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of janay

Past Perfect (liṭ), Causative

Causative stem from root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

तत् (tat) - referring to Brahma's head (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

शिरः (śiraḥ) - Brahma's head (head)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

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