योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-79, verse-17

अपह्नुते च वा योऽपि स्वमेवानुभवं शठः ।
स त्याज्यः को ह्यलीकेन सुप्तमुद्वोधयेत्किल ॥ १७ ॥

apahnute ca vā yo'pi svamevānubhavaṃ śaṭhaḥ ,
sa tyājyaḥ ko hyalīkena suptamudvodhayetkila 17

17. apahnute ca vā yaḥ api svam eva anubhavaṃ śaṭhaḥ
saḥ tyājyaḥ kaḥ hi alīkena suptam udbodhayet kila

17. yaḥ śaṭhaḥ svam eva anubhavaṃ vā ca api apahnute,
saḥ tyājyaḥ hi kaḥ kila alīkena suptam udbodhayet?

17. And if a scoundrel (śaṭhaḥ) denies his own experience, he should be abandoned. For who, indeed, would awaken a sleeping person with false arguments?

Words meanings summery:

• अपह्नुते (apahnute) - denies, conceals, hides

• च (ca) - and, also

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• अपि (api) - even, also, if (conjunctive)

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• अनुभवं (anubhavaṁ) - experience, perception

• शठः (śaṭhaḥ) - rogue, scoundrel, cheat, fool

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• त्याज्यः (tyājyaḥ) - to be abandoned, to be rejected

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अलीकेन (alīkena) - by falsehood, by unreality, by false arguments

• सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping (person)

• उद्बोधयेत् (udbodhayet) - would awaken, should awaken

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

अपह्नुते (apahnute) - denies, conceals, hides

(verb)

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

From root hnū (to hide) with prefix apa.

Prefix: apa

Root: hnū (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

अपि (api) - even, also, if (conjunctive)

(indeclinable)

स्वम् (svam) - one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

Reflexive possessive pronoun.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

अनुभवं (anubhavaṁ) - experience, perception

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, apprehension

From root bhū (to be) with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

शठः (śaṭhaḥ) - rogue, scoundrel, cheat, fool

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṭha

śaṭha - rogue, scoundrel, cheat, villain, fool

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

त्याज्यः (tyājyaḥ) - to be abandoned, to be rejected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyājya

tyājya - to be abandoned, to be given up, to be rejected

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -ya.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अलीकेन (alīkena) - by falsehood, by unreality, by false arguments

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of alīka

alīka - false, untrue, falsehood, lie

सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping (person)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of supta

supta - slept, sleeping, asleep

Past Passive Participle

From root svap (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

उद्बोधयेत् (udbodhayet) - would awaken, should awaken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of udbodhay

Causative verb

Causative form of root budh (to awaken) with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: budh (class 1)

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as it were

(indeclinable)

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