योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-147, verse-24

अप्रौढा मे तदा सासीद्बोधधीर्या तया हता ।
अद्य शक्नोति मे बुद्धिं हन्तुं क इव दुर्ग्रहः ॥ २४ ॥

aprauḍhā me tadā sāsīdbodhadhīryā tayā hatā ,
adya śaknoti me buddhiṃ hantuṃ ka iva durgrahaḥ 24

24. aprauḍhā me tadā sā āsīt bodhadhīḥ yā tayā hatā
adya śaknoti me buddhim hantum kaḥ iva durgrahaḥ

24. tadā me sā bodhadhīḥ yā aprauḍhā āsīt,
tayā (aprauḍhayā) hatā (āsīt).
adya kaḥ iva durgrahaḥ me buddhim hantum śaknoti?

24. My intellectual understanding (bodha-dhī) was immature then, and it was destroyed by that very (immature) state. But today, what kind of stubborn delusion (durgraha) can possibly destroy my intellect (buddhi)?

Words meanings summery:

• अप्रौढा (aprauḍhā) - immature, undeveloped, not fully grown

• मे (me) - my, of me

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• सा (sā) - she, that

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was

• बोधधीः (bodhadhīḥ) - intellectual understanding, knowledge-intellect

• या (yā) - which

• तया (tayā) - by that immature state (by that, by her)

• हता (hatā) - destroyed, killed, struck

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able, can

• मे (me) - my, of me

• बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, understanding

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to destroy, to kill

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• इव (iva) - like, as, indeed, as it were

• दुर्ग्रहः (durgrahaḥ) - stubborn misconception, persistent delusion, difficult to grasp

Words meanings and morphology

अप्रौढा (aprauḍhā) - immature, undeveloped, not fully grown

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aprauḍha

aprauḍha - immature, undeveloped, not fully grown

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prauḍha)

• a – not, un-, non-
  prefix/indeclinable
• prauḍha – mature, developed, grown up, full
  adjective

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आसीत् (āsīt) - was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

बोधधीः (bodhadhīḥ) - intellectual understanding, knowledge-intellect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bodhadhī

bodhadhī - intellect of knowledge, enlightened understanding

Compound type : tatpurusha (bodha+dhī)

• bodha – knowledge, understanding, awakening, perception
  noun (masculine)
• dhī – intellect, thought, understanding, wisdom
  noun (feminine)

या (yā) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तया (tayā) - by that immature state (by that, by her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हता (hatā) - destroyed, killed, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, injured

Past Passive Participle

Root: han (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able, can

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, understanding

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, discernment

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to destroy, to kill

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Root: han (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

इव (iva) - like, as, indeed, as it were

(indeclinable)

दुर्ग्रहः (durgrahaḥ) - stubborn misconception, persistent delusion, difficult to grasp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durgraha

durgraha - difficult to seize or hold, stubborn delusion, tenacious grasp, obsession

Compound type : tatpurusha (dur+graha)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill-, hard to
  prefix/indeclinable
• graha – grasping, seizing, understanding, idea, planet
  noun (masculine)

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