योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-53, verse-35

शुष्कपर्णं किलाङ्गारे एतदेवाशु दह्यते ।
अयं देहमहंदेहः प्राप्त एव विशीर्यते ॥ ३५ ॥

śuṣkaparṇaṃ kilāṅgāre etadevāśu dahyate ,
ayaṃ dehamahaṃdehaḥ prāpta eva viśīryate 35

35. śuṣkaparṇam kila aṅgāre etat eva āśu dahyate
ayam dehamahaṃdehaḥ prāptaḥ eva viśīryate

35. kila aṅgāre śuṣkaparṇam etat eva āśu dahyate
ayam dehamahaṃdehaḥ prāptaḥ eva viśīryate

35. Indeed, just as a dry leaf is quickly consumed on charcoal, so too this body, the ego (ahaṅkāra)-body, once obtained, certainly decays.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्कपर्णम् (śuṣkaparṇam) - dry leaf

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

• अङ्गारे (aṅgāre) - in charcoal, on embers, in fire

• एतत् (etat) - this

• एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• दह्यते (dahyate) - is burnt, is consumed

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• देहमहंदेहः (dehamahaṁdehaḥ) - the ego-body, the body identified as 'I'

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - obtained, attained, reached

• एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

• विशीर्यते (viśīryate) - decays, perishes, disintegrates

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्कपर्णम् (śuṣkaparṇam) - dry leaf

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śuṣkaparṇa

śuṣkaparṇa - dry leaf

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuṣka+parṇa)

• śuṣka – dry, withered, dried up
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śuṣ
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• parṇa – leaf, feather, wing
  noun (neuter)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

(indeclinable)

अङ्गारे (aṅgāre) - in charcoal, on embers, in fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṅgāra

aṅgāra - charcoal, live ember, cinder

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this

Note: Refers to 'śuṣkaparṇam'

एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

दह्यते (dahyate) - is burnt, is consumed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'dehamahaṃdehaḥ'

देहमहंदेहः (dehamahaṁdehaḥ) - the ego-body, the body identified as 'I'

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehamahaṃdeha

dehamahaṁdeha - the body identified as 'I', the ego-body

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deha+aham+deha)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• aham – I
  pronoun
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - obtained, attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, acquired, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'dehamahaṃdehaḥ'

एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

विशीर्यते (viśīryate) - decays, perishes, disintegrates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of śṝ

Prefix: vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: root śṝ + vi, meaning 'to crumble, fall to pieces'

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