योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-6, verse-13

न किंचिदुचितं साधु सर्वमाधिविषोष्मणा ।
दग्धं भस्मायते तात विज्ञातमधुना मया ॥ १३ ॥

na kiṃciducitaṃ sādhu sarvamādhiviṣoṣmaṇā ,
dagdhaṃ bhasmāyate tāta vijñātamadhunā mayā 13

13. na kiñcit ucitam sādhu sarvam ādhi-viṣa-ūṣmaṇā
dagdham bhasmāyate tāta vijñātam adhunā mayā

13. tāta mayā adhunā vijñātam kiñcit ucitam sādhu
na sarvam ādhi-viṣa-ūṣmaṇā dagdham bhasmāyate

13. My dear one, nothing is appropriate or good; everything has been burned by the heat of the poison of mental anguish (ādhi) and turned into ashes. This has now been understood by me.

13. אין דבר שהוא ראוי או טוב באמת; הכל, כשהוא נשרף בחום רעל המצוקה הפנימית, הופך לאפר. אבי, זאת הבנתי כעת.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - nothing (when combined with 'na') (anything, something)

• उचितम् (ucitam) - proper, suitable, appropriate

• साधु (sādhu) - good, virtuous, righteous, excellent

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

• आधि-विष-ऊष्मणा (ādhi-viṣa-ūṣmaṇā) - by the heat of the poison of mental anguish

• दग्धम् (dagdham) - burned, consumed by fire

• भस्मायते (bhasmāyate) - turns into ashes, becomes ashes

• तात (tāta) - affectionate address, 'my dear one' (dear one, father, son)

• विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - understood, known, discerned

• अधुना (adhunā) - now, at present

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - nothing (when combined with 'na') (anything, something)

(indeclinable)

From 'kim' (what) + 'cid' (a particle of indefiniteness). Here used as an indeclinable meaning 'anything at all'.

उचितम् (ucitam) - proper, suitable, appropriate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ucita

ucita - proper, suitable, appropriate, right

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'vac' (to speak), prefixed with 'ud-'. 'Udita' means spoken, 'ucita' means proper, suitable.

Prefix: ud

Root: vac (class 2)

साधु (sādhu) - good, virtuous, righteous, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, excellent, noble

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, entire

आधि-विष-ऊष्मणा (ādhi-viṣa-ūṣmaṇā) - by the heat of the poison of mental anguish

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ādhi-viṣa-ūṣman

ādhi-viṣa-ūṣman - heat of the poison of mental anguish

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādhi+viṣa+ūṣman)

• ādhi – mental pain, anguish, anxiety, worry
  noun (masculine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• ūṣman – heat, warmth, vapour
  noun (masculine)

दग्धम् (dagdham) - burned, consumed by fire

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burned, scorched, consumed by fire

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'dah' (to burn).

Root: dah (class 1)

भस्मायते (bhasmāyate) - turns into ashes, becomes ashes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhasmāyate

Denominative verb

Formed from the noun 'bhasman' (ashes) with the suffix '-āya' indicating 'to become' or 'to act like'.

तात (tāta) - affectionate address, 'my dear one' (dear one, father, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, dear one (term of endearment)

विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - understood, known, discerned

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijñāta

vijñāta - understood, known, ascertained, discerned

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'jñā' (to know) prefixed with 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

अधुना (adhunā) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

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