योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-23

कुम्भे गच्छत्यकुम्भत्वं कुम्भाकाशो यथाम्बरे ।
तिष्ठत्येवमयं क्षीणे देहे देही निरामयः ॥ २३ ॥

kumbhe gacchatyakumbhatvaṃ kumbhākāśo yathāmbare ,
tiṣṭhatyevamayaṃ kṣīṇe dehe dehī nirāmayaḥ 23

23. kumbhe gacchati akumbhatvam kumbhākāśaḥ yathā
ambare tiṣṭhati evam ayam kṣīṇe dehe dehī nirāmayaḥ

23. yathā kumbhākāśaḥ kumbhe akumbhatvam gacchati (tathā) ambare tiṣṭhati,
evam ayam dehī kṣīṇe dehe nirāmayaḥ tiṣṭhati.

23. Just as the space within a pot attains the state of non-pot-ness (i.e., becomes one with the vast sky) when the pot is destroyed, so too this embodied being (dehin) remains unharmed when the body decays.

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भे (kumbhe) - in the physical pot (as a container) (in the pot, in the jar)

• गच्छति (gacchati) - attains, becomes (goes, attains, reaches)

• अकुम्भत्वम् (akumbhatvam) - the state of having lost its pot-like form, becoming formless (non-pot-ness, state of not being a pot)

• कुम्भाकाशः (kumbhākāśaḥ) - the seemingly confined space within a pot, which is actually part of the universal space (pot-space, space within a pot)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the vast, universal space (in the sky, in space)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, persists (stands, remains, stays)

• एवम् (evam) - in the same way, similarly (thus, in this way)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (embodied being) (this (masculine nominative singular))

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when the body is decayed/destroyed (in the wasted, in the decayed, in the diminished)

• देहे (dehe) - in the physical body (in the body)

• देही (dehī) - the embodied soul (ātman) (the embodied one, the soul, the individual soul)

• निरामयः (nirāmayaḥ) - unharmed, untroubled, unaffected (without disease, unharmed, free from affliction, healthy)

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भे (kumbhe) - in the physical pot (as a container) (in the pot, in the jar)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - pot, jar, pitcher

गच्छति (gacchati) - attains, becomes (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present active indicative

Root: gam (class 1)

अकुम्भत्वम् (akumbhatvam) - the state of having lost its pot-like form, becoming formless (non-pot-ness, state of not being a pot)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akumbhatva

akumbhatva - non-pot-ness, the state of not being a pot

derived from 'na kumbha' (not a pot) + 'tva' (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : nāñ-tatpuruṣa (a+kumbha+tva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kumbha – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
• tva – -ness, -hood, state of being
  suffix (neuter)
  abstract noun forming suffix

कुम्भाकाशः (kumbhākāśaḥ) - the seemingly confined space within a pot, which is actually part of the universal space (pot-space, space within a pot)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhākāśa

kumbhākāśa - space within a pot

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kumbha+ākāśa)

• kumbha – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the vast, universal space (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, space, garment

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, persists (stands, remains, stays)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular present active indicative

Root: sthā (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - in the same way, similarly (thus, in this way)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (embodied being) (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when the body is decayed/destroyed (in the wasted, in the decayed, in the diminished)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - wasted, decayed, diminished, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root kṣi (to decay, waste)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: functions as an adjective modifying dehe.

देहे (dehe) - in the physical body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

देही (dehī) - the embodied soul (ātman) (the embodied one, the soul, the individual soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, having a body, an embodied being, the individual soul (ātman)

derived from deha + in (possessive suffix)

Note: Refers to the individual soul (ātman).

निरामयः (nirāmayaḥ) - unharmed, untroubled, unaffected (without disease, unharmed, free from affliction, healthy)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirāmaya

nirāmaya - free from illness/affliction, healthy, sound

derived from nis (without) + āmaya (illness, affliction)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āmaya)

• nis – out, forth, without, free from
  indeclinable
  prefix for negation or absence
• āmaya – illness, disease, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  from root am (to go, move, oppress) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: am (class 1)

Note: Agrees with dehī.

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