योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-22, verse-17

अवबोधघनाभ्यासाद्देहस्यास्यैव जायते ।
संसारवासनाकार्श्ये नूनं चित्तशरीरता ॥ १७ ॥

avabodhaghanābhyāsāddehasyāsyaiva jāyate ,
saṃsāravāsanākārśye nūnaṃ cittaśarīratā 17

17. avabodhaghanābhyāsāt dehasya asya eva jāyate
saṃsāravāsanākārṣye nūnam cittaśarīratā

17. nūnam avabodhaghanābhyāsāt asya eva dehasya
saṃsāravāsanākārṣye cittaśarīratā jāyate

17. Indeed, from the intense practice of understanding, there certainly arises in this very body a consciousness-body (citta-śarīratā) as the latent impressions (vāsanā) of worldly existence (saṃsāra) attenuate.

Words meanings summery:

• अवबोधघनाभ्यासात् (avabodhaghanābhyāsāt) - from the intense practice of (true) understanding (from the intense practice of understanding)

• देहस्य (dehasya) - of this body (of the body)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (body) (of this, his, her, its)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (emphasizing 'asya dehasya') (indeed, just, only, very)

• जायते (jāyate) - arises, occurs, develops (is born, arises, occurs, develops)

• संसारवासनाकार्ष्ये (saṁsāravāsanākārṣye) - as the latent impressions (vāsanā) of worldly existence (saṃsāra) attenuate (lit. 'in the attenuation of worldly impressions') (in the attenuation of worldly latent impressions)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed (certainly, indeed, surely)

• चित्तशरीरता (cittaśarīratā) - the state of having a consciousness-body (citta-śarīratā) (state of having a mind-body, consciousness-body)

Words meanings and morphology

अवबोधघनाभ्यासात् (avabodhaghanābhyāsāt) - from the intense practice of (true) understanding (from the intense practice of understanding)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of avabodhaghanābhyāsa

avabodhaghanābhyāsa - intense practice of understanding

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avabodha+ghana+abhyāsa)

• avabodha – understanding, knowledge, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  From root budh (to know) with upasarga ava.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: budh (class 1)
• ghana – dense, firm, intense, profound
  adjective (masculine)
• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, study
  noun (masculine)
  From root as (to throw, to be) with upasarga abhi-ā.
  Prefixes: abhi+ā
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Indicates the cause or source.

देहस्य (dehasya) - of this body (of the body)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Possessive, referring to the body.

अस्य (asya) - of this (body) (of this, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'dehasya'.

एव (eva) - very, indeed (emphasizing 'asya dehasya') (indeed, just, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

जायते (jāyate) - arises, occurs, develops (is born, arises, occurs, develops)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root jan (class 4) in Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The verb governing the sentence.

संसारवासनाकार्ष्ये (saṁsāravāsanākārṣye) - as the latent impressions (vāsanā) of worldly existence (saṃsāra) attenuate (lit. 'in the attenuation of worldly impressions') (in the attenuation of worldly latent impressions)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃsāravāsanākārṣya

saṁsāravāsanākārṣya - attenuation of worldly latent impressions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vāsanā+kārṣya)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, worldly existence, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vāsanā – latent impression, mental tendency, desire, inclination (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  From root vas (to dwell) with suffix -anā.
  Root: vas (class 1)
• kārṣya – thinness, emaciation, attenuation
  noun (neuter)
  From kṛśa (thin) with suffix -ya (abstract noun).

Note: Indicates the circumstance or condition under which the main action occurs.

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed (certainly, indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of certainty.

चित्तशरीरता (cittaśarīratā) - the state of having a consciousness-body (citta-śarīratā) (state of having a mind-body, consciousness-body)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittaśarīratā

cittaśarīratā - the state of having a mind-body / consciousness-body

Taddhita suffix -tā (abstract noun) added to cittaśarīra.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+śarīra)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  From root cit (to perceive).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'jāyate'.

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