योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-22

बदरं हस्तमायाति यथा स्फुटति कुण्डके ।
आत्मा गगनमायाति तथा चलति देहके ॥ २२ ॥

badaraṃ hastamāyāti yathā sphuṭati kuṇḍake ,
ātmā gaganamāyāti tathā calati dehake 22

22. badaraṃ hastam āyāti yathā sphuṭati kuṇḍake
ātmā gaganam āyāti tathā calati dehake

22. yathā badaraṃ hastam āyāti (ca) kuṇḍake sphuṭati,
tathā dehake calati (sati) ātmā gaganam āyāti.

22. Just as a berry (badara) becomes accessible (comes to hand) and is released (bursts forth) from a vessel (kuṇḍa), so too does the individual self (ātman) merge into the vast space (sky) when the body (deha) departs.

Words meanings summery:

• बदरं (badaraṁ) - a berry, jujube fruit

• हस्तम् (hastam) - to the hand

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• स्फुटति (sphuṭati) - is released, emerges (bursts forth, splits, appears distinctly, opens up)

• कुण्डके (kuṇḍake) - in a small pot, in a vessel

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit

• गगनम् (gaganam) - the sky, space, atmosphere

• आयाति (āyāti) - merges into, attains (comes, approaches)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• चलति (calati) - departs (from life), dies (moves, departs, ceases to be, trembles)

• देहके (dehake) - in the body, upon the departure of the body

Words meanings and morphology

बदरं (badaraṁ) - a berry, jujube fruit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of badara

badara - jujube fruit, berry

हस्तम् (hastam) - to the hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand, trunk of an elephant, a cubit (measure)

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Present Indicative

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

स्फुटति (sphuṭati) - is released, emerges (bursts forth, splits, appears distinctly, opens up)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sphuṭ

Present Indicative

Root: sphuṭ (class 1)

कुण्डके (kuṇḍake) - in a small pot, in a vessel

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kuṇḍaka

kuṇḍaka - a small pot, vessel, basin

Diminutive form of 'kuṇḍa'.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual self, universal self

गगनम् (gaganam) - the sky, space, atmosphere

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gaganam

gaganam - sky, heaven, atmosphere, space

आयाति (āyāti) - merges into, attains (comes, approaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Present Indicative

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

चलति (calati) - departs (from life), dies (moves, departs, ceases to be, trembles)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of cal

Present Indicative

Root: cal (class 1)

देहके (dehake) - in the body, upon the departure of the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dehaka

dehaka - body, corporeal form

Suffix -ka often indicates a diminutive or endearment, but here likely refers to 'body' generally.

Note: Used in an absolute construction 'when the body departs'.

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