योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-22

अक्षतेवाक्षते देहे स्वप्नजाग्रन्मतं हि तत् ।
षडवस्थापरित्यागे जडा जीवस्य या स्थितिः ॥ २२ ॥

akṣatevākṣate dehe svapnajāgranmataṃ hi tat ,
ṣaḍavasthāparityāge jaḍā jīvasya yā sthitiḥ 22

22. akṣate iva akṣate dehe svapnajāgranmatam hi
tat ṣaḍavasthāparityāge jaḍā jīvasya yā sthitiḥ

22. tat hi svapnajāgranmatam akṣate iva akṣate dehe.
yā jīvasya ṣaḍavasthāparityāge jaḍā sthitiḥ.

22. Indeed, that state (tat), considered dream-wakefulness (svapnajāgrat) and itself unharmed, resides as if in an unharmed body. It is the inert condition of the individual soul (jīva) after the abandonment of the six (preceding) states.

Words meanings summery:

• अक्षते (akṣate) - (the state itself is) unharmed (unharmed, intact)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• अक्षते (akṣate) - (in an) unharmed (body) (in an unharmed, in an intact)

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• स्वप्नजाग्रन्मतम् (svapnajāgranmatam) - the state considered 'dream-wakefulness' (svapnajāgrat) (the opinion/state of dream-wakefulness)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state being defined) (that, it)

• षडवस्थापरित्यागे (ṣaḍavasthāparityāge) - in the abandonment of the six states

• जडा (jaḍā) - inert, unconscious, dull

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul, of life

• या (yā) - which (feminine singular nominative)

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, stability, position

Words meanings and morphology

अक्षते (akṣate) - (the state itself is) unharmed (unharmed, intact)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣata

akṣata - unharmed, uninjured, intact, unmaimed

Past Passive Participle

From `a` (negation) + root `kṣaṇ` (to injure/harm)

Prefix: a

Root: kṣaṇ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `tat` (the implied subject, state).

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

अक्षते (akṣate) - (in an) unharmed (body) (in an unharmed, in an intact)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of akṣata

akṣata - unharmed, uninjured, intact, unmaimed

Past Passive Participle

From `a` (negation) + root `kṣaṇ` (to injure/harm)

Prefix: a

Root: kṣaṇ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `dehe`.

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

From root `dih` (to smear, plaster)

Root: dih (class 4)

स्वप्नजाग्रन्मतम् (svapnajāgranmatam) - the state considered 'dream-wakefulness' (svapnajāgrat) (the opinion/state of dream-wakefulness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapnajāgranmata

svapnajāgranmata - opinion or understanding of dream-wakefulness; the state of dream-wakefulness

Compound of svapnajāgrat (dream-wakefulness) and mata (opinion, thought, deemed state)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapnajāgrat+mata)

• svapnajāgrat – dream-wakefulness (a combined state of dreaming and waking)
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of `svapna` and `jāgrat`
• mata – opinion, thought, deemed, considered
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `man` (to think, believe)
  Root: man (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state being defined) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Demonstrative pronoun

षडवस्थापरित्यागे (ṣaḍavasthāparityāge) - in the abandonment of the six states

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṣaḍavasthāparityāga

ṣaḍavasthāparityāga - abandonment of the six states

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṣaṣ+avasthā+parityāga)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• avasthā – state, condition
  noun (feminine)
  From `ava` + root `sthā` (to stand)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• parityāga – abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation
  noun (masculine)
  From `pari` + root `tyaj` (to abandon)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

जडा (jaḍā) - inert, unconscious, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, unconscious, dull, stupid, cold, senseless

Root: jaḍ (class 1)

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul, of life

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul (jīva), living being, life, existence

From root `jīv` (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

या (yā) - which (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whichever

Relative pronoun

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, stability, position

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - state, condition, existence, stability, position

From root `sthā` (to stand) + `ti` suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

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