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

ब्रह्मा संकल्पपुरुषः पृथ्व्यादिरहिताकृतिः ।
केवलं चित्तमात्रात्मा कारणं त्रिजगत्स्थितेः ॥ २० ॥

brahmā saṃkalpapuruṣaḥ pṛthvyādirahitākṛtiḥ ,
kevalaṃ cittamātrātmā kāraṇaṃ trijagatsthiteḥ 20

20. brahmā saṅkalpapuruṣaḥ pṛthvyādirahitākṛtiḥ
kevalam cittamātrātmā kāraṇam trijagatsthiteḥ

20. brahmā saṅkalpapuruṣaḥ pṛthvyādirahitākṛtiḥ
kevalam cittamātrātmā trijagatsthiteḥ kāraṇam

20. Brahmā is a person (puruṣa) born of pure intention (saṅkalpa), whose form is devoid of material elements like earth. He is essentially pure mind-nature (citta-mātra-ātman) and the fundamental cause of the sustenance of the three worlds.

20. בְּרַהְמָה הוא ישות קוסמית של מחשבה וכושר מדמה, נטול צורה חומרית, ומהותו היא פעילות חשיבה טהורה המהווה את הסיבה לקיום שלושת העולמות.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• सङ्कल्पपुरुषः (saṅkalpapuruṣaḥ) - a person (puruṣa) born of pure intention (saṅkalpa) (personification of intention/resolve)

• पृथ्व्यादिरहिताकृतिः (pṛthvyādirahitākṛtiḥ) - whose form is devoid of earth and other elements

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, purely, alone

• चित्तमात्रात्मा (cittamātrātmā) - whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is pure mind (citta-mātra) (whose nature is merely mind)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• त्रिजगत्स्थितेः (trijagatsthiteḥ) - of the sustenance of the three worlds (of the existence of the three worlds)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), a priest

सङ्कल्पपुरुषः (saṅkalpapuruṣaḥ) - a person (puruṣa) born of pure intention (saṅkalpa) (personification of intention/resolve)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpapuruṣa

saṅkalpapuruṣa - a person of resolve or intention

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+puruṣa)

• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, conception, volition
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• puruṣa – person, male, spirit, cosmic person
  noun (masculine)

पृथ्व्यादिरहिताकृतिः (pṛthvyādirahitākṛtiḥ) - whose form is devoid of earth and other elements

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthvyādirahitākṛti

pṛthvyādirahitākṛti - form devoid of earth etc.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pṛthvī+ādi+rahita+ākṛti)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• rahita – devoid of, free from, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from rah
  Root: rah (class 1)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, purely, alone

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, solitary, mere, pure, exclusive

Note: Used adverbially here

चित्तमात्रात्मा (cittamātrātmā) - whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is pure mind (citta-mātra) (whose nature is merely mind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittamātrātman

cittamātrātman - whose self/nature is merely mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citta+mātra+ātman)

• citta – mind, thought, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  from cit
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – only, mere, just
  adjective (neuter)
  suffix 'only, mere'
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, nature, essence
  noun (masculine)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Gerundive

from kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्रिजगत्स्थितेः (trijagatsthiteḥ) - of the sustenance of the three worlds (of the existence of the three worlds)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of trijagatsthiti

trijagatsthiti - the existence/steadiness of the three worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tri+jagat+sthiti)

• tri – three
  adjective (neuter)
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  from gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sthiti – standing, state, existence, continuance, permanence
  noun (feminine)
  from sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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