योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-28

पङ्कादिवाभिरचितं सचेतनमचेतनम् ।
ततः स्थितिप्रकरणं चतुर्थं परिकल्पितम् ॥ २८ ॥

paṅkādivābhiracitaṃ sacetanamacetanam ,
tataḥ sthitiprakaraṇaṃ caturthaṃ parikalpitam 28

28. paṅkāt iva abhiracitam sacetanam acetanam
tataḥ sthitiprakaraṇam caturtham parikalpitam

28. tataḥ caturtham sthitiprakaraṇam paṅkāt iva
abhiracitam sacetanam acetanam parikalpitam

28. As if made from mud, both sentient and insentient, therefore, the fourth chapter, the 'Chapter on Existence,' has been conceived.

Words meanings summery:

• पङ्कात् (paṅkāt) - from mud, from mire

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• अभिरचितम् (abhiracitam) - made, constructed, arranged

• सचेतनम् (sacetanam) - sentient, conscious, animate

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - insentient, unconscious, inanimate

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefore, then, in consequence

• स्थितिप्रकरणम् (sthitiprakaraṇam) - chapter on existence, section on state/condition

• चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - fourth

• परिकल्पितम् (parikalpitam) - conceived, arranged, determined, imagined

Words meanings and morphology

पङ्कात् (paṅkāt) - from mud, from mire

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paṅka

paṅka - mud, mire, dirt, sin

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

अभिरचितम् (abhiracitam) - made, constructed, arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhiracita

abhiracita - made, constructed, arranged, prepared

Past Passive Participle

From root rac 'to arrange, make' with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: rac (class 10)

सचेतनम् (sacetanam) - sentient, conscious, animate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sacetana

sacetana - sentient, conscious, animate

From sa (with) + cetana (consciousness)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+cetana)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, sentient, having consciousness
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - insentient, unconscious, inanimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - insentient, unconscious, inanimate

From a (neg.) + cetana (consciousness)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, sentient, having consciousness
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefore, then, in consequence

(indeclinable)

स्थितिप्रकरणम् (sthitiprakaraṇam) - chapter on existence, section on state/condition

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthitiprakaraṇa

sthitiprakaraṇa - chapter on existence, section on state/condition

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sthiti+prakaraṇa)

• sthiti – state, condition, existence, stability
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• prakaraṇa – chapter, section, topic, treatise
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - fourth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of caturtha

caturtha - fourth

Ordinal numeral from catúr (four)

परिकल्पितम् (parikalpitam) - conceived, arranged, determined, imagined

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parikalpita

parikalpita - conceived, arranged, determined, imagined

Past Passive Participle

From root kḷp 'to arrange, to be suitable' with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Functions as the main verb of the sentence.

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