योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-14

न तं भिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि न दहन्ति हुताशनाः ।
न क्लेदयन्ति वारीणि शोषयन्ति न मारुताः ॥ १४ ॥

na taṃ bhindanti śastrāṇi na dahanti hutāśanāḥ ,
na kledayanti vārīṇi śoṣayanti na mārutāḥ 14

14. na tam bhindanti śastrāṇi na dahanti hutāśanāḥ
na kledayanti vārīṇi śoṣayanti na mārutāḥ

14. śastrāṇi tam na bhindanti,
hutāśanāḥ na dahanti,
vārīṇi na kledayanti,
mārutāḥ na śoṣayanti.

14. Weapons cannot cleave the self (ātman), fires cannot burn it, waters cannot moisten it, nor can winds dry it.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, nor

• तम् (tam) - the self (ātman) (him, it)

• भिन्दन्ति (bhindanti) - they cleave, they pierce, they break

• शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons, instruments, tools

• न (na) - not, nor

• दहन्ति (dahanti) - they burn

• हुताशनाः (hutāśanāḥ) - fires, sacrificial fires

• न (na) - not, nor

• क्लेदयन्ति (kledayanti) - they moisten, they wet

• वारीणि (vārīṇi) - waters

• शोषयन्ति (śoṣayanti) - they dry, they cause to wither

• न (na) - not, nor

• मारुताः (mārutāḥ) - winds, deities of wind

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - the self (ātman) (him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Though 'tad' is neuter, 'tam' here is masculine accusative singular, referring to the puruṣa/ātman.

भिन्दन्ति (bhindanti) - they cleave, they pierce, they break

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhid

present active indicative

3rd person plural, Parasmaipada

Root: bhid (class 7)

शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons, instruments, tools

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, tool, instrument, scripture

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

दहन्ति (dahanti) - they burn

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of dah

present active indicative

3rd person plural, Parasmaipada

Root: dah (class 1)

हुताशनाः (hutāśanāḥ) - fires, sacrificial fires

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire (one who consumes oblations)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, oblation
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, consuming
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

क्लेदयन्ति (kledayanti) - they moisten, they wet

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of klid

causative present active indicative

3rd person plural, Parasmaipada

Root: klid (class 4)

वारीणि (vārīṇi) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vāri

vāri - water

शोषयन्ति (śoṣayanti) - they dry, they cause to wither

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of śuṣ

causative present active indicative

3rd person plural, Parasmaipada

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

मारुताः (mārutāḥ) - winds, deities of wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māruta

māruta - wind, air, a Marut (wind deity)

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