योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-4

दूरे परिहरत्यज्ञान्यज्ञयूपानिवाध्वगः ।
स्नानदानतपोयज्ञान्करोति विबुधानुगः ॥ ४ ॥

dūre pariharatyajñānyajñayūpānivādhvagaḥ ,
snānadānatapoyajñānkaroti vibudhānugaḥ 4

4. dūre pariharati ajñān yajña-yūpān iva adhagaḥ
snāna-dāna-tapas-yajñān karoti vibudha-anugaḥ

4. adhvagaḥ yajña-yūpān iva ajñān dūre pariharati
vibudha-anugaḥ snāna-dāna-tapas-yajñān karoti

4. Such a person, like a traveler who keeps far away from sacrificial posts (yūpa), avoids ignorant people (ajñāni). Instead, following the wise, he undertakes ritual bathing, charitable giving (dāna), spiritual austerities (tapas), and ceremonial Vedic rituals (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• दूरे (dūre) - far off, at a distance, remotely

• परिहरति (pariharati) - avoids, shuns, abandons, steers clear of

• अज्ञान् (ajñān) - ignorant people, fools

• यज्ञ-यूपान् (yajña-yūpān) - sacrificial posts

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अधगः (adhagaḥ) - traveler, wanderer

• स्नान-दान-तपस्-यज्ञान् (snāna-dāna-tapas-yajñān) - bathings, donations, austerities, and sacrifices

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• विबुध-अनुगः (vibudha-anugaḥ) - a follower of the wise

Words meanings and morphology

दूरे (dūre) - far off, at a distance, remotely

(indeclinable)

परिहरति (pariharati) - avoids, shuns, abandons, steers clear of

(verb)

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

Prefix: pari

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अज्ञान् (ajñān) - ignorant people, fools

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ajñānin

ajñānin - ignorant person, unwise

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñānin)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• jñānin – knower, wise person
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root jñā with suffix -in
  Root: jñā (class 9)

यज्ञ-यूपान् (yajña-yūpān) - sacrificial posts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yajña-yūpa

yajña-yūpa - a post to which the sacrificial victim is tied

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+yūpa)

• yajña – sacrifice, ritual, worship
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root yaj
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• yūpa – sacrificial post, a pillar for offerings
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

अधगः (adhagaḥ) - traveler, wanderer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhvaga

adhvaga - a traveler, a wanderer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhvan+ga)

• adhvan – path, road, journey
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  agent noun (masculine)
  Derived from root gam with suffix -a
  Root: gam (class 1)

स्नान-दान-तपस्-यज्ञान् (snāna-dāna-tapas-yajñān) - bathings, donations, austerities, and sacrifices

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of snāna-dāna-tapas-yajña

snāna-dāna-tapas-yajña - bathing, charity, austerity, and sacrifice (as a collective of religious acts)

Compound type : dvandva (snāna+dāna+tapas+yajña)

• snāna – bathing, ablution
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root snā
  Root: snā (class 2)
• dāna – donation, gift, charity
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dā
  Root: dā (class 1)
• tapas – austerity, penance, spiritual discipline, heat
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root tap
  Root: tap (class 1)
• yajña – sacrifice, ritual, worship
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root yaj
  Root: yaj (class 1)

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विबुध-अनुगः (vibudha-anugaḥ) - a follower of the wise

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibudha-anuga

vibudha-anuga - a follower of the wise, accompanied by the learned

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vibudha+anuga)

• vibudha – wise, learned, enlightened; a deity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root budh with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: budh (class 1)
• anuga – following, accompanying; a follower
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root gam with prefix anu and suffix -a
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

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