योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-40

नास्य देहो न कर्माणि न कर्तृत्वं न वासना ।
एष शुद्धचिदाकाशो विज्ञानघन आततः ॥ ४० ॥

nāsya deho na karmāṇi na kartṛtvaṃ na vāsanā ,
eṣa śuddhacidākāśo vijñānaghana ātataḥ 40

40. na asya dehaḥ na karmāṇi na kartṛtvam na vāsanā
| eṣaḥ śuddha-cit-ākāśaḥ vijñāna-ghanaḥ ātataḥ

40. asya dehaḥ na,
karmāṇi na,
kartṛtvam na,
vāsanā na eṣaḥ śuddha-cit-ākāśaḥ vijñāna-ghanaḥ ātataḥ

40. He has no body, no actions (karma), no doership, and no latent tendencies (vāsanā). This pure consciousness-space is a dense mass of knowledge, all-pervading.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्य (asya) - of him (the cosmic being) (of him, his, of this, this one's)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

• न (na) - not, no

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds, rituals)

• न (na) - not, no

• कर्तृत्वम् (kartṛtvam) - doership, agency, authorship

• न (na) - not, no

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent tendencies (vāsanā) (latent impression, subtle trace, tendency, desire)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (pure consciousness-space) (this, this one)

• शुद्ध-चित्-आकाशः (śuddha-cit-ākāśaḥ) - pure consciousness-space

• विज्ञान-घनः (vijñāna-ghanaḥ) - dense mass of knowledge, solid understanding

• आततः (ātataḥ) - all-pervading (expanded, stretched, pervading, extensive)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him (the cosmic being) (of him, his, of this, this one's)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form

Root: dih (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds, rituals)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

Derived from root kṛ- with suffix -man

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कर्तृत्वम् (kartṛtvam) - doership, agency, authorship

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartṛtva

kartṛtva - doership, agency, authorship, the state of being a doer

Derived from kartṛ (doer) with suffix -tva

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वासना (vāsanā) - latent tendencies (vāsanā) (latent impression, subtle trace, tendency, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, subtle trace, tendency, desire, mental predisposition

Derived from root vas- (to dwell) with suffix -anā

Root: vas (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (pure consciousness-space) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

शुद्ध-चित्-आकाशः (śuddha-cit-ākāśaḥ) - pure consciousness-space

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuddha-cit-ākāśa

śuddha-cit-ākāśa - pure consciousness-space

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuddha+cit+ākāśa)

• śuddha – pure, clean, clear
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (of śudh)
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)

विज्ञान-घनः (vijñāna-ghanaḥ) - dense mass of knowledge, solid understanding

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vijñāna-ghana

vijñāna-ghana - dense mass of knowledge, solid understanding, concentrated knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vijñāna+ghana)

• vijñāna – knowledge, understanding, discernment, special knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root jñā with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• ghana – dense, solid, compact, mass, cloud
  noun (masculine)

आततः (ātataḥ) - all-pervading (expanded, stretched, pervading, extensive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātata

ātata - expanded, stretched, extended, pervading, extensive

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root tan- with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

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