योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-35

स्वविनाशक्रियां चैतां मन एव करोत्यलम् ।
मनो ह्यात्मवधं नाम नाटकं परिनृत्यति ॥ ३५ ॥

svavināśakriyāṃ caitāṃ mana eva karotyalam ,
mano hyātmavadhaṃ nāma nāṭakaṃ parinṛtyati 35

35. svavināśakriyām ca etām manaḥ eva karoti alam
manaḥ hi ātma-vadham nāma nāṭakam parinṛtyati

35. manaḥ eva etām svavināśakriyām alam karoti hi
manaḥ ātma-vadham nāma nāṭakam parinṛtyati

35. The mind alone sufficiently performs this act of self-destruction. Indeed, the mind fully enacts the drama named "self-slaughter (ātma-vadha)."

Words meanings summery:

• स्वविनाशक्रियाम् (svavināśakriyām) - act of self-destruction, activity of self-ruin

• च (ca) - and, also

• एताम् (etām) - this (activity) (this)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)

• एव (eva) - only (emphasizing the mind's sole responsibility) (only, indeed, just)

• करोति (karoti) - performs (does, makes, performs)

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, quite (enough, sufficiently, truly, quite)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, for)

• आत्म-वधम् (ātma-vadham) - self-slaughter (ātma-vadha) (self-slaughter, self-destruction)

• नाम (nāma) - named (by name, named, called)

• नाटकम् (nāṭakam) - the drama (drama, play, theatrical performance)

• परिनृत्यति (parinṛtyati) - fully enacts (dances completely, acts out fully, performs)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वविनाशक्रियाम् (svavināśakriyām) - act of self-destruction, activity of self-ruin

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svavināśakriyā

svavināśakriyā - action of self-destruction

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vināśa+kriyā)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• vināśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `vi-` + `√naś` (to perish) with suffix `ghañ`.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)
• kriyā – action, activity, rite, performance
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from `√kṛ` (to do) with suffix `a`.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एताम् (etām) - this (activity) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

Feminine accusative singular form of the demonstrative pronoun `etas`.

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

एव (eva) - only (emphasizing the mind's sole responsibility) (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

करोति (karoti) - performs (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, P-P.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, quite (enough, sufficiently, truly, quite)

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

आत्म-वधम् (ātma-vadham) - self-slaughter (ātma-vadha) (self-slaughter, self-destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātma-vadha

ātma-vadha - self-murder, suicide, self-destruction

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+vadha)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaying, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `√vadh` (to strike, slay) with suffix `a`.
  Root: vadh (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - named (by name, named, called)

(indeclinable)

नाटकम् (nāṭakam) - the drama (drama, play, theatrical performance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāṭaka

nāṭaka - drama, play, theatrical performance

परिनृत्यति (parinṛtyati) - fully enacts (dances completely, acts out fully, performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of nṛt

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, P-P, with prefix `pari`.

Prefix: pari

Root: nṛt (class 4)

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