योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-53, verse-33
अहं पृथ्व्यादिदेहः खे गतिर्नास्ति ममोत्तमा ।
इतिनिश्चयवान्योऽन्तः कथं स्यात्सोऽन्यनिश्चयः ॥ ३३ ॥
इतिनिश्चयवान्योऽन्तः कथं स्यात्सोऽन्यनिश्चयः ॥ ३३ ॥
ahaṃ pṛthvyādidehaḥ khe gatirnāsti mamottamā ,
itiniścayavānyo'ntaḥ kathaṃ syātso'nyaniścayaḥ 33
itiniścayavānyo'ntaḥ kathaṃ syātso'nyaniścayaḥ 33
33.
aham pṛthvyādidehaḥ khe gatiḥ na asti mama uttamā | iti
niścayavān yaḥ antaḥ katham syāt saḥ anyaniścayaḥ ||
niścayavān yaḥ antaḥ katham syāt saḥ anyaniścayaḥ ||
33.
yaḥ antaḥ aham pṛthvyādidehaḥ mama khe uttamā gatiḥ
na asti iti niścayavān saḥ katham anyaniścayaḥ syāt
na asti iti niścayavān saḥ katham anyaniścayaḥ syāt
33.
How can one who, within themselves, holds the firm conviction, 'I am this body composed of earth and other elements; there is no supreme path for me in the realm of consciousness,' ever adopt a different conviction?
Words meanings summery:
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- अहम् (aham) - I
- पृथ्व्यादिदेहः (pṛthvyādidehaḥ) - a body composed of earth and other elements
- खे (khe) - in the realm of consciousness (in the sky, in space, in consciousness)
- गतिः (gatiḥ) - path (movement, path, course, state, destiny)
- न (na) - not, no
- अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
- मम (mama) - my, of me
- उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme (supreme, excellent, highest)
- इति (iti) - thus, so
- निश्चयवान् (niścayavān) - holds a firm conviction (one who has a firm conviction, resolute)
- यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever
- अन्तः (antaḥ) - within themselves (within, inside)
- कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?
- स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, can be
- सः (saḥ) - he, that
- अन्यनिश्चयः (anyaniścayaḥ) - having another conviction, with a different resolve
Words meanings and morphology
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of mad
mad - I, me
पृथ्व्यादिदेहः (pṛthvyādidehaḥ) - a body composed of earth and other elements
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthvyādideha
pṛthvyādideha - a body composed of earth etc. (i.e., material elements)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi+deha)
- pṛthvī – earth, ground, world
noun (feminine) - ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
indeclinable - deha – body, form, shape
noun (masculine)
Root: dih (class 4)
खे (khe) - in the realm of consciousness (in the sky, in space, in consciousness)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of kha
kha - sky, space, ether, Brahman, zero
गतिः (gatiḥ) - path (movement, path, course, state, destiny)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of gati
gati - going, movement, path, course, destiny, state, means
Derived from root gam (to go)
Root: gam (class 1)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as
Root: as (class 2)
मम (mama) - my, of me
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of mad
mad - I, me
उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme (supreme, excellent, highest)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama
uttama - highest, best, chief, supreme
Superlative of ud (up)
इति (iti) - thus, so
(indeclinable)
निश्चयवान् (niścayavān) - holds a firm conviction (one who has a firm conviction, resolute)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of niścayavat
niścayavat - having a firm conviction, resolute, certain
niścaya + matup (possessive suffix)
यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what
अन्तः (antaḥ) - within themselves (within, inside)
(indeclinable)
कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?
(indeclinable)
स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, can be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
सः (saḥ) - he, that
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
अन्यनिश्चयः (anyaniścayaḥ) - having another conviction, with a different resolve
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anyaniścaya
anyaniścaya - having another resolve or conviction, one whose conviction is different
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anya+niścaya)
- anya – other, different
pronoun (masculine) - niścaya – firm conviction, certainty, decision
noun (masculine)
Derived from ni-ci (to determine)
Prefix: nis
Root: ci (class 5)