योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-5

तस्माद्भान्तिमयः कः स्यात्कोवा भ्रान्त्युज्झितो
भवेत् सर्गो निरर्गलानर्थबोधान्नान्यो विजृम्भते ॥ ५ ॥

tasmādbhāntimayaḥ kaḥ syātkovā bhrāntyujjhito bhavet
sargo nirargalānarthabodhānnānyo vijṛmbhate 5

5. tasmāt bhāntimayaḥ kaḥ syāt kaḥ vā bhrānti ujjhitaḥ bhavet
sargaḥ nirargala anartha bodhāt na anyaḥ vijṛmbhate

5. tasmāt kaḥ bhāntimayaḥ syāt kaḥ vā bhrānti ujjhitaḥ bhavet
sargaḥ nirargala anartha bodhāt anyaḥ na vijṛmbhate

5. Therefore, who could truly be subject to illusion, and who could be free from it? Creation (sarga) manifests as nothing other than the unhindered perception of things without true meaning.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, from it

• भान्तिमयः (bhāntimayaḥ) - illusory, full of illusion

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be, may be

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भ्रान्ति (bhrānti) - illusion, error, delusion

• उज्झितः (ujjhitaḥ) - abandoned, cast off, free from

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might occur

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, world

• निरर्गल (nirargala) - unrestricted, unhindered, unrestrained

• अनर्थ (anartha) - meaningless, worthless, harmful, non-meaning

• बोधात् (bodhāt) - from understanding, from knowledge, from perception

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• विजृम्भते (vijṛmbhate) - expands, manifests, unfolds

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, from it

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, it

भान्तिमयः (bhāntimayaḥ) - illusory, full of illusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāntimaya

bhāntimaya - full of illusion, illusory, consisting of illusion

Derived from 'bhrānti' (illusion) with suffix '-maya' (full of, consisting of)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भ्रान्ति (bhrānti) - illusion, error, delusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - illusion, error, delusion, confusion

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Stem form used as the first member of the compound 'bhrāntyujjitaḥ'.

उज्झितः (ujjhitaḥ) - abandoned, cast off, free from

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ujjita

ujjita - abandoned, cast off, left, free from

Past Passive Participle

From verb 'ujjh' (to abandon, to leave) with prefix 'ud' and suffix '-kta'

Prefix: ud

Root: jhā (class 3)

Note: Final member of the compound 'bhrāntyujjitaḥ' (free from illusion).

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might occur

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, discharge

From root sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

निरर्गल (nirargala) - unrestricted, unhindered, unrestrained

(adjective)

of nirargala

nirargala - unrestricted, unhindered, unrestrained, without impediment

Compound of 'nis' (without) and 'argala' (bolt, impediment)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+argala)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• argala – a bolt, impediment, obstruction
  noun (masculine)

Note: First part of the compound 'nirargalānarthabodhāt'.

अनर्थ (anartha) - meaningless, worthless, harmful, non-meaning

(noun)

of anartha

anartha - meaningless, worthless, evil, calamity, non-meaning

Compound of 'an' (not) and 'artha' (meaning, purpose, wealth)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+artha)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Second part of the compound 'nirargalānarthabodhāt'.

बोधात् (bodhāt) - from understanding, from knowledge, from perception

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nirargalānarthabodha

nirargalānarthabodha - unrestricted understanding of meaningless things, perception of non-meaning without impediment

Compound type : tatpurusha (nirargala+anarthabodha)

• nirargala – unrestricted, unhindered
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'nis' (without) and 'argala' (bolt, impediment)
• anarthabodha – understanding of meaningless things
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

विजृम्भते (vijṛmbhate) - expands, manifests, unfolds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vijṛmbh

Prefix: vi

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

Note: Root 'jṛmbh' with prefix 'vi'.

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