योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-26, verse-44

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
बुद्धः पृथ्व्यादिबोधेन येन पृथ्व्यादिसङ्घकः ।
तस्य पिण्डात्मतां धत्ते व्योमैवान्यस्य केवलम् ॥ ४४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
buddhaḥ pṛthvyādibodhena yena pṛthvyādisaṅghakaḥ ,
tasya piṇḍātmatāṃ dhatte vyomaivānyasya kevalam 44

44. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca buddhaḥ pṛthvyādibodhena yena pṛthvyādisaṅghakaḥ
tasya piṇḍātmatām dhatte vyoma eva anyasya kevalam

44. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca yena pṛthvyādibodhena pṛthvyādisaṅghakaḥ
buddhaḥ tasya vyoma eva piṇḍātmatām dhatte anyasya kevalam

44. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: For someone whose understanding perceives objects like earth and other elements as a solid aggregate, space itself assumes a physical form. However, for another (who possesses true insight), it remains merely space.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - An honorific prefix to a name (Auspicious, glorious, prosperity)

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha, speaker of the Yogavāsiṣṭha (The sage Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Said, spoke

• बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - Perceived, understood, known

• पृथ्व्यादिबोधेन (pṛthvyādibodhena) - Through the perception and knowledge of physical elements starting with earth (By the understanding of earth and other elements)

• येन (yena) - By means of which (understanding), or 'that which' (is perceived) (By which, that which)

• पृथ्व्यादिसङ्घकः (pṛthvyādisaṅghakaḥ) - That which is perceived as an aggregate of physical elements like earth (Composed of earth and other elements; an aggregate of earth etc.)

• तस्य (tasya) - Of that which is perceived as an aggregate (Of that, its)

• पिण्डात्मताम् (piṇḍātmatām) - The condition of appearing as a solid mass or physical body (The state of having a solid form, substantiality)

• धत्ते (dhatte) - Assumes, takes on, bears, holds

• व्योम (vyoma) - The fundamental emptiness or space that appears as physical reality (Space, ether, sky, atmosphere)

• एव (eva) - Indeed, only, just, quite

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - For someone else, referring to a person with different (enlightened) understanding (Of another, for another)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - Only space, implying its true, unmanifest nature (Merely, only, solely)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - An honorific prefix to a name (Auspicious, glorious, prosperity)

(indeclinable)

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha, speaker of the Yogavāsiṣṭha (The sage Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Most excellent, best; name of a celebrated Vedic sage

उवाच (uvāca) - Said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect (Lit) tense

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - Perceived, understood, known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddha

buddha - Perceived, understood, known, awakened, enlightened

Past Passive Participle

From root budh (to know, understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

पृथ्व्यादिबोधेन (pṛthvyādibodhena) - Through the perception and knowledge of physical elements starting with earth (By the understanding of earth and other elements)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pṛthvyādibodha

pṛthvyādibodha - Understanding/knowledge of earth etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi+bodha)

• pṛthvī – Earth, ground, the world
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – Beginning, first; and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• bodha – Perception, knowledge, understanding, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  From root budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)

येन (yena) - By means of which (understanding), or 'that which' (is perceived) (By which, that which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - Which, what, that

पृथ्व्यादिसङ्घकः (pṛthvyādisaṅghakaḥ) - That which is perceived as an aggregate of physical elements like earth (Composed of earth and other elements; an aggregate of earth etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthvyādisaṅghaka

pṛthvyādisaṅghaka - An aggregate of earth etc.; consisting of earth etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi+saṅghaka)

• pṛthvī – Earth, ground, the world
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – Beginning, first; and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• saṅghaka – A collection, aggregate, group
  noun (masculine)

तस्य (tasya) - Of that which is perceived as an aggregate (Of that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - That, it

पिण्डात्मताम् (piṇḍātmatām) - The condition of appearing as a solid mass or physical body (The state of having a solid form, substantiality)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of piṇḍātmatā

piṇḍātmatā - The state of being a lump, a solid mass, a body; substantiality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (piṇḍa+ātmatā)

• piṇḍa – A lump, ball, globe, body, mass
  noun (masculine)
• ātmatā – The state or nature of the self (ātman); identity, essential nature
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from ātman + tā (suffix for abstract nouns)

धत्ते (dhatte) - Assumes, takes on, bears, holds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of dhā

Present tense, middle voice

Root: dhā (class 3)

व्योम (vyoma) - The fundamental emptiness or space that appears as physical reality (Space, ether, sky, atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - Sky, atmosphere, ether, space

एव (eva) - Indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - For someone else, referring to a person with different (enlightened) understanding (Of another, for another)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anya

anya - Other, another, different

केवलम् (kevalam) - Only space, implying its true, unmanifest nature (Merely, only, solely)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - Alone, solitary, mere, simple, pure, uncompounded

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