योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-31

तदा गुरुत्वं काठिन्यमिति यश्च मुधा ग्रहः ।
शाम्येत्स्वप्ननरस्येव बोद्धुर्बोधान्निरामयात् ॥ ३१ ॥

tadā gurutvaṃ kāṭhinyamiti yaśca mudhā grahaḥ ,
śāmyetsvapnanarasyeva boddhurbodhānnirāmayāt 31

31. tadā gurūtvaṃ kāṭhinyam iti yaḥ ca mudhā grahaḥ
śāmyet svapna-narasya iva boddhuḥ bodhāt nirāmayāt

31. tadā yaḥ ca gurūtvaṃ kāṭhinyam iti mudhā grahaḥ
boddhuḥ nirāmayāt bodhāt svapna-narasya iva śāmyet

31. Then, the mistaken perception (graha) that there is 'heaviness and hardness' calms down, just as the perception of a person in a dream calms down through the pure, flawless understanding (bodha) of the awakened one.

31. אז חולפת האחיזה הריקה במחשבה זה כבד, זה קשה, בדומה לאדם בחלום המתעורר לתודעה טהורה ונקייה.

Words meanings summery:

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• गुरूत्वं (gurūtvaṁ) - heaviness (heaviness, importance)

• काठिन्यम् (kāṭhinyam) - hardness (hardness, rigidity)

• इति (iti) - that (introducing the idea 'heaviness and hardness') (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to the 'graha') (who, which)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मुधा (mudhā) - vain, mistaken (in vain, uselessly, falsely)

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - perception, notion (grasping, seizing, perception, notion)

• शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - calms down (in a general sense of occurrence) (should calm down, would cease, may calm down)

• स्वप्न-नरस्य (svapna-narasya) - of a person in a dream (of a man in a dream, of a dreaming person)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• बोद्धुः (boddhuḥ) - of the awakened one (of the enlightened one, of the knower)

• बोधात् (bodhāt) - through understanding (from knowledge, from understanding)

• निरामयात् (nirāmayāt) - from the flawless (understanding) (from disease-free, from faultless, from pure)

Words meanings and morphology

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

गुरूत्वं (gurūtvaṁ) - heaviness (heaviness, importance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gurūtva

gurūtva - heaviness, weight, importance

Derived from 'guru' (heavy, important) + suffix '-tva'.

काठिन्यम् (kāṭhinyam) - hardness (hardness, rigidity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṭhinya

kāṭhinya - hardness, rigidity

Derived from 'kaṭhina' (hard) + suffix '-ya'.

इति (iti) - that (introducing the idea 'heaviness and hardness') (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to the 'graha') (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - vain, mistaken (in vain, uselessly, falsely)

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - perception, notion (grasping, seizing, perception, notion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - seizing, grasping, perception, notion

Derived from root 'grah' (to seize).

Root: grah (class 9)

शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - calms down (in a general sense of occurrence) (should calm down, would cease, may calm down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of śam

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Expresses potentiality or expectation.

स्वप्न-नरस्य (svapna-narasya) - of a person in a dream (of a man in a dream, of a dreaming person)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svapna-nara

svapna-nara - a dreaming person

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+nara)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'svap' (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• nara – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

बोद्धुः (boddhuḥ) - of the awakened one (of the enlightened one, of the knower)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of boddhṛ

boddhṛ - knower, enlightened one

agent noun

Derived from root 'budh' (to know) + agent suffix '-tṛ'.

Root: budh (class 1)

बोधात् (bodhāt) - through understanding (from knowledge, from understanding)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - knowledge, understanding, awakening

Derived from root 'budh' (to know).

Root: budh (class 1)

निरामयात् (nirāmayāt) - from the flawless (understanding) (from disease-free, from faultless, from pure)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nirāmaya

nirāmaya - free from illness, healthy, flawless, pure

Derived from 'nis' (without) + 'āmaya' (illness, defect).

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