योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-118, verse-21

भूमिकासप्तकं चैतद्धीमतामेव गोचरम् ।
न पशुस्थावरादीनां न च म्लेच्छादिचेतसाम् ॥ २१ ॥

bhūmikāsaptakaṃ caitaddhīmatāmeva gocaram ,
na paśusthāvarādīnāṃ na ca mlecchādicetasām 21

21. bhūmikā-saptakam ca etat dhīmatām eva gocaram na
paśu-sthāvara-ādīnām na ca mleccha-ādi-cetasām

21. etat ca bhūmikā-saptakam dhīmatām eva gocaram.
paśu-sthāvara-ādīnām na,
ca mleccha-ādi-cetasām na.

21. This seven-stage progression (of spiritual insight) is comprehensible only to the wise; it is not for animals, plants, or similar beings, nor for the minds of barbarians and such.

21. שבעת השלבים הללו נגישים אך ורק לבעלי התבונה, ולא לחיות, לצמחים או לאלה שמחשבתם נתונה לבורות.

Words meanings summery:

• भूमिका-सप्तकम् (bhūmikā-saptakam) - the seven stages of yogic insight or knowledge (bhūmikā) (the seven stages/states)

• च (ca) - and

• एतत् (etat) - this

• धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - of the intelligent, of the wise

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• गोचरम् (gocaram) - perceptible, within reach, object of perception

• न (na) - not

• पशु-स्थावर-आदीनाम् (paśu-sthāvara-ādīnām) - of animals, stationary beings, and others

• न (na) - nor

• च (ca) - and

• म्लेच्छ-आदि-चेतसाम् (mleccha-ādi-cetasām) - of the minds of barbarians and others

Words meanings and morphology

भूमिका-सप्तकम् (bhūmikā-saptakam) - the seven stages of yogic insight or knowledge (bhūmikā) (the seven stages/states)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūmikā-saptaka

bhūmikā-saptaka - the seven stages/states, seven divisions of ground

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhūmikā+saptaka)

• bhūmikā – ground, stage, role, state, degree
  noun (feminine)
• saptaka – a group of seven, septad
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies `bhūmikā-saptakam`.

धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - of the intelligent, of the wise

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

From `dhī` (intellect) + `matup` suffix.

Note: Denotes possession or relation to `gocaram`.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

गोचरम् (gocaram) - perceptible, within reach, object of perception

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gocara

gocara - range, scope, object of perception, perceptible

From `go` (sense) + `car` (to move).

Note: Predicate nominative.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negation.

पशु-स्थावर-आदीनाम् (paśu-sthāvara-ādīnām) - of animals, stationary beings, and others

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paśu-sthāvara-ādi

paśu-sthāvara-ādi - animals, stationary beings, and others

Compound.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (paśu+sthāvara+ādi)

• paśu – animal, beast, cattle
  noun (masculine)
• sthāvara – stationary, immobile, plant, tree
  noun (masculine)
  From root `sthā` (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating 'etc.'

Note: Indicates exclusion from `gocaram`.

न (na) - nor

(indeclinable)

Negation.

Note: Repetition of `na` for emphasis, 'neither... nor'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Used with `na` to form 'nor'.

म्लेच्छ-आदि-चेतसाम् (mleccha-ādi-cetasām) - of the minds of barbarians and others

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of mleccha-ādi-cetas

mleccha-ādi-cetas - minds of barbarians, etc.

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (mleccha-ādi+cetas)

• mleccha – foreigner, barbarian, non-Aryan
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating 'etc.'
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Indicates further exclusion.

Previous Verse Next Verse