योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-49

स्वचित्तवृत्तिरेवेह जाग्रत्स्वप्नदृशोदितम् ।
रसावेशादुपादत्ते शैलूष इव भूमिकाम् ॥ ४९ ॥

svacittavṛttireveha jāgratsvapnadṛśoditam ,
rasāveśādupādatte śailūṣa iva bhūmikām 49

49. svacittavṛttiḥ eva iha jāgratsvapnadṛśā uditam
| rasāveśāt upādatte śailūṣaḥ iva bhūmikām ||

49. iha jāgratsvapnadṛśā uditam svacittavṛttiḥ
eva śailūṣaḥ iva rasāveśāt bhūmikām upādatte

49. Here, what is manifested by waking and dreaming perception is indeed one's own mental modification (cittavṛtti). The mind (citta), like an actor (śailūṣa), assumes a role (bhūmikā) due to absorption in emotion (rasa).

Words meanings summery:

• स्वचित्तवृत्तिः (svacittavṛttiḥ) - one's own mental modification/tendency

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इह (iha) - in this context (of experience) (here, in this world/case)

• जाग्रत्स्वप्नदृशा (jāgratsvapnadṛśā) - by the waking and dreaming perception/seer

• उदितम् (uditam) - that which is manifested/appears (arisen, manifested, appeared, said)

• रसावेशात् (rasāveśāt) - from absorption in emotion/flavor

• उपादत्ते (upādatte) - takes on, assumes, takes up

• शैलूषः (śailūṣaḥ) - an actor, a dramatist

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भूमिकाम् (bhūmikām) - an actor's role (a role, a part, a state, a ground)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वचित्तवृत्तिः (svacittavṛttiḥ) - one's own mental modification/tendency

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svacittavṛtti

svacittavṛtti - one's own mental modification

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+citta+vṛtti)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root cit (to perceive, understand)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vṛtti – modification, function, state, tendency, activity
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛt (to turn, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

इह (iha) - in this context (of experience) (here, in this world/case)

(indeclinable)

जाग्रत्स्वप्नदृशा (jāgratsvapnadṛśā) - by the waking and dreaming perception/seer

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jāgratsvapnadṛś

jāgratsvapnadṛś - waking and dreaming perception/seer

Compound

Compound type : dvandva + tatpuruṣa (jāgrat+svapna+dṛś)

• jāgrat – waking, awake
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root jāgṛ (2nd class)
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• dṛś – seeing, perception, eye, seer
  noun (feminine)
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Sandhi 'dṛśā' + 'uditam' -> 'dṛśoditam' (here we undo it).

उदितम् (uditam) - that which is manifested/appears (arisen, manifested, appeared, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udita

udita - arisen, appeared, manifested, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

From 'ud' + 'i' (to go, rise).

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Here interpreted as a predicate nominative or substantivized.

रसावेशात् (rasāveśāt) - from absorption in emotion/flavor

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rasāveśa

rasāveśa - absorption in emotion/flavor, strong feeling

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rasa+āveśa)

• rasa – juice, taste, essence, aesthetic emotion, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)
• āveśa – entry, absorption, possession, intense feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + viś (to enter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: viś (class 6)

उपादत्ते (upādatte) - takes on, assumes, takes up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upādā

From 'upa' + 'ā' + 'dā' (to give/take)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The root 'dā' (to give) becomes 'datte' in atmanepada. 'ā' is also a prefix here.

शैलूषः (śailūṣaḥ) - an actor, a dramatist

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śailūṣa

śailūṣa - actor, dancer, dramatist

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भूमिकाम् (bhūmikām) - an actor's role (a role, a part, a state, a ground)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmikā

bhūmikā - ground, earth, state, role (in a play), part

Feminine noun formed from 'bhūmi'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

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