योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-98, verse-19
अनादृतान्यतद्दोषं तावन्मात्रं समाश्रयेत् ।
गुणान्दोषांश्च विज्ञातुमाबाल्यात्स्वप्रयत्नतः ॥ १९ ॥
गुणान्दोषांश्च विज्ञातुमाबाल्यात्स्वप्रयत्नतः ॥ १९ ॥
anādṛtānyataddoṣaṃ tāvanmātraṃ samāśrayet ,
guṇāndoṣāṃśca vijñātumābālyātsvaprayatnataḥ 19
guṇāndoṣāṃśca vijñātumābālyātsvaprayatnataḥ 19
19.
anādṛtānyataddoṣam tāvanmātram samāśrayet
guṇān doṣān ca vijñātum ābālyāt svaprayatnataḥ
guṇān doṣān ca vijñātum ābālyāt svaprayatnataḥ
19.
ābālyāt svaprayatnataḥ guṇān ca doṣān vijñātum
anādṛtānyataddoṣam tāvanmātram samāśrayet
anādṛtānyataddoṣam tāvanmātram samāśrayet
19.
To discern qualities and faults from childhood through one's own effort, one should embrace only that approach which disregards the flaws of others.
Words meanings summery:
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- अनादृतान्यतद्दोषम् (anādṛtānyataddoṣam) - an approach that disregards the flaws of others (disregarding the faults of others; that which disregards the faults of others)
- तावन्मात्रम् (tāvanmātram) - only that approach/focus (only that much, merely that, only that extent)
- समाश्रयेत् (samāśrayet) - one should resort to, one should take refuge in, one should adopt
- गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes
- दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, vices
- च (ca) - and
- विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to know, to discern, to understand
- आबाल्यात् (ābālyāt) - from childhood, since childhood
- स्वप्रयत्नतः (svaprayatnataḥ) - by one's own effort, through self-exertion
Words meanings and morphology
अनादृतान्यतद्दोषम् (anādṛtānyataddoṣam) - an approach that disregards the flaws of others (disregarding the faults of others; that which disregards the faults of others)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of anādṛtānyataddoṣa
anādṛtānyataddoṣa - one who disregards the faults of others; that which has the fault of another disregarded
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (anādṛta+anya+tat+doṣa)
- anādṛta – disregarded, not honored, neglected
participle (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Formed from root dṛ (to regard) with prefixes ā- and an- (negative).
Prefixes: an+ā
Root: dṛ (class 6) - anya – other, another
pronoun (masculine) - tat – that, its
pronoun (neuter) - doṣa – fault, defect, flaw, vice
noun (masculine)
Root: duṣ (class 4)
Note: Qualifies an implied 'method' or 'approach' (neuter).
तावन्मात्रम् (tāvanmātram) - only that approach/focus (only that much, merely that, only that extent)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tāvanmātra
tāvanmātra - only that much, merely that
Compound of tāvat (so much) and mātra (only).
Compound type : Avyayībhāva (tāvat+mātra)
- tāvat – so much, as much, that much
indeclinable
From demonstrative pronoun tad. - mātra – only, merely, measurement
adjective (neuter)
From root mā (to measure).
Root: mā (class 2)
Note: Qualifies an implied neuter noun like 'path' or 'method'.
समाश्रयेत् (samāśrayet) - one should resort to, one should take refuge in, one should adopt
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sam-ā-śri
Prefixes: sam+ā
Root: śri (class 1)
गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa
guṇa - quality, virtue, excellence, attribute, strand
Note: Object of 'vijñātum'.
दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, vices
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa
doṣa - fault, defect, flaw, vice, sin
Root: duṣ (class 4)
Note: Object of 'vijñātum'.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects 'guṇān' and 'doṣān'.
विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to know, to discern, to understand
(indeclinable)
infinitive
Infinitive form of root jñā (to know) with prefix vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Expresses purpose.
आबाल्यात् (ābālyāt) - from childhood, since childhood
(indeclinable)
Compound of ā (up to, until) and bālya (childhood).
Compound type : Avyayībhāva (ā+bālya)
- ā – up to, until, towards, limit
indeclinable - bālya – childhood, infancy
noun (neuter)
Derived from bāla (child).
Note: Functions adverbially, indicating 'from childhood'.
स्वप्रयत्नतः (svaprayatnataḥ) - by one's own effort, through self-exertion
(indeclinable)
Compound of sva (one's own) and prayatna (effort).
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+prayatna)
- sva – one's own, self
pronoun (masculine) - prayatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
noun (masculine)
From root yat (to strive) with prefix pra-.
Prefix: pra
Root: yat (class 1)
Note: The -taḥ suffix indicates an ablative sense, functioning adverbially (by means of).