योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-46

स्वास्पदात्मानमेवासौ विनष्टाद्देहपञ्जरात् ।
अभ्यस्तां वासनां यातः षट्पदः खमिवाम्बुजात् ॥ ४६ ॥

svāspadātmānamevāsau vinaṣṭāddehapañjarāt ,
abhyastāṃ vāsanāṃ yātaḥ ṣaṭpadaḥ khamivāmbujāt 46

46. svāspadātmanam eva asau vinaṣṭāt deha-pañjarāt
abhyastām vāsanām yātaḥ ṣaṭpadaḥ kham iva ambujāt

46. ṣaṭpadaḥ ambujāt kham iva,
asau vinaṣṭāt deha-pañjarāt abhyastām vāsanām yātaḥ svāspadātmanam eva

46. Just as a bee (ṣaṭpada) departs from a lotus and flies into the sky, so too, that [conscious entity] abandons the destroyed body-cage and goes to its own self (ātman), its natural abode, carrying the accumulated latent impressions (vāsanā).

46. כשרשת הגוף נהרסת, העצמי עובר אל הרשמים המורגלים (וָאסָנָא) בתוך משכנו שלו, כפי שדבורה עוברת מפרח הלוטוס אל האוויר.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वास्पदात्मनम् (svāspadātmanam) - its own self (ātman), its natural abode (its own abode, the self, the self as its own ground)

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, merely

• असौ (asau) - that conscious entity (referring to the soul/consciousness) (that one, he, she, it)

• विनष्टात् (vinaṣṭāt) - from the destroyed, from the perished

• देह-पञ्जरात् (deha-pañjarāt) - from the body-cage

• अभ्यस्ताम् (abhyastām) - accumulated (accustomed, practiced, cultivated, acquired)

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, desire, inclination, mental trace)

• यातः (yātaḥ) - having gone, having arrived, having attained

• षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (ṣaṭpada) (bee (literally 'six-footed'))

• खम् (kham) - sky, space, ether, air

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अम्बुजात् (ambujāt) - from a lotus, from a water-born (plant)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वास्पदात्मनम् (svāspadātmanam) - its own self (ātman), its natural abode (its own abode, the self, the self as its own ground)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svāspadātman

svāspadātman - the self which is its own abode/ground

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa/Karmahāraya (sva+āspada+ātman)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• āspada – abode, seat, ground, place
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, merely

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that conscious entity (referring to the soul/consciousness) (that one, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, yonder (referring to something distant or beyond comprehension)

विनष्टात् (vinaṣṭāt) - from the destroyed, from the perished

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - destroyed, perished, ruined, lost, vanished

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

देह-पञ्जरात् (deha-pañjarāt) - from the body-cage

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deha-pañjara

deha-pañjara - body-cage (metaphor for the physical body)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (deha+pañjara)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• pañjara – cage, skeleton, framework
  noun (masculine)

अभ्यस्ताम् (abhyastām) - accumulated (accustomed, practiced, cultivated, acquired)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyasta

abhyasta - practiced, cultivated, acquired, accustomed, repeated

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'as' (to throw, cast) with prefix 'abhi'. Meaning can shift to 'practiced, acquired'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, desire, inclination, mental trace)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, tendency, desire, perfume, flavor

From root 'vas' (to dwell, perfume), implying an impression that 'dwells' in the mind.

Root: vas (class 1)

यातः (yātaḥ) - having gone, having arrived, having attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, arrived, passed, attained

Past Active Participle

Past passive participle of root 'yā' (to go, move), often used with active sense 'having gone'.

Root: yā (class 2)

षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (ṣaṭpada) (bee (literally 'six-footed'))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṣaṭpada

ṣaṭpada - six-footed, a bee (as bees have six legs)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (ṣaṭ+pada)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• pada – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)

खम् (kham) - sky, space, ether, air

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, air, zero

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अम्बुजात् (ambujāt) - from a lotus, from a water-born (plant)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambuja

ambuja - lotus (literally 'water-born'), conch-shell

Compound 'ambhas' (water) + 'jan' (to be born).

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (ambhas+jan)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• jan – to be born, to produce
  verb
  Root: jan (class 4)

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