योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-12

जाग्रत्स्वप्नस्तथा स्वप्नः स्वप्नजाग्रत्सुषुप्तकम् ।
इति सप्तविधो मोहः पुनरेव परस्परम् ॥ १२ ॥

jāgratsvapnastathā svapnaḥ svapnajāgratsuṣuptakam ,
iti saptavidho mohaḥ punareva parasparam 12

12. jāgratsvapnaḥ tathā svapnaḥ svapnajāgrat suṣuptakam
iti saptavidhaḥ mohaḥ punaḥ eva parasparam

12. jāgratsvapnaḥ tathā svapnaḥ svapnajāgrat suṣuptakam
iti saptavidhaḥ mohaḥ punaḥ eva parasparam

12. (These are) jāgrat-svapna, then svapna, svapna-jāgrat, and suṣuptakam. In this way, this is the sevenfold delusion (moha), which recurs mutually.

Words meanings summery:

• जाग्रत्स्वप्नः (jāgratsvapnaḥ) - waking-dream state

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, similarly

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream state

• स्वप्नजाग्रत् (svapnajāgrat) - dream-waking state

• सुषुप्तकम् (suṣuptakam) - deep sleep state

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way

• सप्तविधः (saptavidhaḥ) - sevenfold, of seven kinds

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion (moha), bewilderment, infatuation

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally

Words meanings and morphology

जाग्रत्स्वप्नः (jāgratsvapnaḥ) - waking-dream state

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāgratsvapna

jāgratsvapna - waking-dream, a state where waking experiences appear in a dream-like manner

Compound type : dvandva (jāgrat+svapna)

• jāgrat – waking, state of waking
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root jāgṛ (to wake).
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• svapna – sleep, dream, dream state
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - and, also, similarly

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream state

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dream state

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Listed as one of the stages.

स्वप्नजाग्रत् (svapnajāgrat) - dream-waking state

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapnajāgrat

svapnajāgrat - dream-waking, a state of waking within a dream

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+jāgrat)

• svapna – sleep, dream, dream state
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• jāgrat – waking, state of waking
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root jāgṛ (to wake).
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

सुषुप्तकम् (suṣuptakam) - deep sleep state

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of suṣuptaka

suṣuptaka - the state of deep sleep, dreamless sleep

Diminutive or alternative form of suṣupti.

Root: svap (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

सप्तविधः (saptavidhaḥ) - sevenfold, of seven kinds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saptavidha

saptavidha - of seven kinds, sevenfold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sapta+vidha)

• sapta – seven
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, type, manner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with mohaḥ.

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion (moha), bewilderment, infatuation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion (moha), bewilderment, infatuation, illusion

Derived from root muh (to be bewildered).

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: The subject of this clause.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the intermingling nature of these states of delusion.

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