योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-1, chapter-26, verse-22
आगमापायिनो भावा भावना भवबन्धनी ।
नीयते केवलं क्वापि नित्यं भूतपरम्परा ॥ २२ ॥
नीयते केवलं क्वापि नित्यं भूतपरम्परा ॥ २२ ॥
āgamāpāyino bhāvā bhāvanā bhavabandhanī ,
nīyate kevalaṃ kvāpi nityaṃ bhūtaparamparā 22
nīyate kevalaṃ kvāpi nityaṃ bhūtaparamparā 22
22.
āgama-apāyinaḥ bhāvāḥ bhāvanā bhava-bandhanī
nīyate kevalam kva api nityam bhūta-paramparā
nīyate kevalam kva api nityam bhūta-paramparā
22.
bhāvāḥ āgama-apāyinaḥ bhāvanā bhava-bandhanī
kevalam bhūta-paramparā nityam kva api nīyate
kevalam bhūta-paramparā nityam kva api nīyate
22.
Phenomena (bhāva) are transient, appearing and disappearing. Mental conditioning (bhāvanā) is what binds one to the cycle of existence (saṃsāra). A continuous succession of beings (bhūta-paramparā) is simply carried on, eternally, somewhere.
Words meanings summery:
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- आगम-अपायिनः (āgama-apāyinaḥ) - transient, impermanent, having coming and going
- भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities, phenomena, states of being
- भावना (bhāvanā) - mental conditioning that leads to rebirth and continuation of saṃsāra (mental conditioning, imagination, conception, meditation, cause of existence)
- भव-बन्धनी (bhava-bandhanī) - that which binds to existence, cause of bondage to saṃsāra
- नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is carried, is guided
- केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely
- क्व (kva) - where, somewhere
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
- नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, eternally
- भूत-परम्परा (bhūta-paramparā) - succession of beings, series of elements
Words meanings and morphology
आगम-अपायिनः (āgama-apāyinaḥ) - transient, impermanent, having coming and going
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of āgama-apāyin
āgama-apāyin - characterized by appearance and disappearance, transient
Suffix -in indicates possession of 'āgama-apāya'.
Compound type : bahuvrihi or dvandva-derived adjective (āgama+apāya)
- āgama – coming, arrival, origin, tradition
noun (masculine)
Prefix: ā
Root: gam (class 1) - apāya – going away, disappearance, destruction, loss
noun (masculine)
Prefix: apa
Root: iṇ (class 2)
भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities, phenomena, states of being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva
bhāva - existence, state, condition, feeling, thing, entity
Root: bhū (class 1)
भावना (bhāvanā) - mental conditioning that leads to rebirth and continuation of saṃsāra (mental conditioning, imagination, conception, meditation, cause of existence)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā
bhāvanā - imagination, conception, mental activity, bringing into existence, causing to be, repeated meditation
Root: bhū (class 1)
भव-बन्धनी (bhava-bandhanī) - that which binds to existence, cause of bondage to saṃsāra
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bhava-bandhanī
bhava-bandhanī - that which binds to the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)
Compound type : tatpurusha (bhava+bandhanī)
- bhava – being, existence, birth, the world (saṃsāra)
noun (masculine)
Root: bhū (class 1) - bandhanī – a bond, fetter, that which binds (feminine form of bandhana)
noun (feminine)
Root: bandh (class 1)
नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is carried, is guided
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of nī
Root: nī (class 1)
केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverbial use of neuter accusative singular.
क्व (kva) - where, somewhere
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, eternally
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverbial use of neuter accusative singular.
भूत-परम्परा (bhūta-paramparā) - succession of beings, series of elements
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūta-paramparā
bhūta-paramparā - a continuous series or succession of beings/elements
Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūta+paramparā)
- bhūta – being, creature, element, past
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Root: bhū (class 1) - paramparā – uninterrupted series, succession, tradition
noun (feminine)