योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-48

इमं देहमिहास्थाप्य शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिना ।
चेतसा तं परं यामि लोकं त्वं कथमेषि तत् ॥ ४८ ॥

imaṃ dehamihāsthāpya śuddhasattvānupātinā ,
cetasā taṃ paraṃ yāmi lokaṃ tvaṃ kathameṣi tat 48

48. imam deham iha āsthāpya śuddhasattvānupātinā |
cetasā tam param yāmi lokam tvam katham eṣi tat ||

48. imam deham iha āsthāpya,
śuddhasattvānupātinā cetasā tam param lokam yāmi tvam tat katham eṣi?

48. Leaving this body here, I go to that supreme world with a mind (cetas) that follows pure being (sattva). How do you, then, reach that (world)?

48. כשאשאיר את הגוף הזה כאן, אלך אל העולם העליון ההוא ברוחי הזכה והטהורה, אך כיצד תגיעי את לשם?

Words meanings summery:

• इमम् (imam) - this (physical) body (this)

• देहम् (deham) - this physical body (body)

• इह (iha) - in this (physical) place (here, in this world)

• आस्थाप्य (āsthāpya) - having left (the physical body) here (having placed, having established, having left)

• शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिना (śuddhasattvānupātinā) - by a mind (cetas) that follows pure being (sattva) (by that which follows pure being/essence, by a follower of pure sattva)

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by the subtle mind/consciousness (by the mind, by consciousness)

• तम् (tam) - that (supreme) world (that)

• परम् (param) - the supreme world (supreme, highest, other)

• यामि (yāmi) - I go, I move

• लोकम् (lokam) - to the supreme world (world, realm, space)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Goddess) (you)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एषि (eṣi) - you go, you reach

• तत् (tat) - that (supreme world) (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

इमम् (imam) - this (physical) body (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

Note: Agrees with deham.

देहम् (deham) - this physical body (body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

इह (iha) - in this (physical) place (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

आस्थाप्य (āsthāpya) - having left (the physical body) here (having placed, having established, having left)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

From root sthā (स्था) with prefix ā (आ), causative form.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिना (śuddhasattvānupātinā) - by a mind (cetas) that follows pure being (sattva) (by that which follows pure being/essence, by a follower of pure sattva)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śuddhasattvānupātin

śuddhasattvānupātin - following pure being, following pure essence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śuddhasattva+anupātin)

• śuddhasattva – pure being, pure essence, pure goodness
  noun (neuter)
• anupātin – following, pursuing, attending
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from verbal root
  From anu-pat (अनु-पत्)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with cetasā.

चेतसा (cetasā) - by the subtle mind/consciousness (by the mind, by consciousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

Note: Agrees with śuddhasattvānupātinā.

तम् (tam) - that (supreme) world (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with lokam.

परम् (param) - the supreme world (supreme, highest, other)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Agrees with lokam.

यामि (yāmi) - I go, I move

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present tense, Active voice

Root yā (या)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is implicit 'I'.

लोकम् (lokam) - to the supreme world (world, realm, space)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, realm, people

Note: Object of the verb yāmi.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Goddess) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of eṣi.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

एषि (eṣi) - you go, you reach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present tense, Active voice

Root i (इ)

Root: i (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (supreme world) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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