योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-35

अप्याकाशसरोजिन्या अप्याकाशमहावने ।
इत्थमेतन्मन इति विस्मयोऽस्य न जायते ॥ ३५ ॥

apyākāśasarojinyā apyākāśamahāvane ,
itthametanmana iti vismayo'sya na jāyate 35

35. api ākāśasarojinyā api ākāśamahāvane ittham
etat manas iti vismayaḥ asya na jāyate

35. Even when faced with something as impossible as a lotus in the sky or a great forest in the sky, a wise person does not feel wonder, understanding that "this is the mind (manas)."

35. אפילו אם היו מופיעים בשמיים אגם חבצלות או יער ענקי, ואפילו נוכח טבעה המתעתע של פעילות החשיבה – שום תימהון אינו מתעורר בו.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• आकाशसरोजिन्या (ākāśasarojinyā) - in the context of a sky-lotus (an illusory object) (by the sky-lotus; of the sky-lotus)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• आकाशमहावने (ākāśamahāvane) - in the great sky-forest (an illusory object) (in the great sky-forest)

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner, so

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, consciousness

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding as a thought or statement (thus, so, that)

• विस्मयः (vismayaḥ) - wonder, astonishment, surprise

• अस्य (asya) - for him (the wise person) (of him, to him)

• न (na) - not, no

• जायते (jāyate) - arises (is born, arises, happens)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

आकाशसरोजिन्या (ākāśasarojinyā) - in the context of a sky-lotus (an illusory object) (by the sky-lotus; of the sky-lotus)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ākāśasarojinī

ākāśasarojinī - a lotus of the sky (a metaphorical expression for something impossible or illusory)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+sarojinī)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• sarojinī – lotus plant, lotus pond
  noun (feminine)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

आकाशमहावने (ākāśamahāvane) - in the great sky-forest (an illusory object) (in the great sky-forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ākāśamahāvana

ākāśamahāvana - a great forest in the sky (a metaphorical expression for something impossible or illusory)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+mahāvana)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• mahāvana – great forest
  noun (neuter)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness, understanding, heart

इति (iti) - marks the preceding as a thought or statement (thus, so, that)

(indeclinable)

विस्मयः (vismayaḥ) - wonder, astonishment, surprise

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vismaya

vismaya - wonder, astonishment, surprise, amazement

अस्य (asya) - for him (the wise person) (of him, to him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - arises (is born, arises, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan

present

root class 4, ātmanepada

Root: jan (class 4)

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