योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-37

भ्रान्तिरेवमियं भाति रज्ज्वामिव भुजङ्गता ।
किं नष्टमस्यां नष्टायां जातायां किं प्रजायते ॥ ३७ ॥

bhrāntirevamiyaṃ bhāti rajjvāmiva bhujaṅgatā ,
kiṃ naṣṭamasyāṃ naṣṭāyāṃ jātāyāṃ kiṃ prajāyate 37

37. bhrāntiḥ evam iyam bhāti rajjvām iva bhujangatā
kim naṣṭam asyām naṣṭāyām jātāyām kim prajāyate

37. evam iyam bhrāntiḥ rajjvām bhujangatā iva bhāti.
asyām naṣṭāyām kim naṣṭam? jātāyām kim prajāyate?

37. This illusion (bhrānti) appears, just as the perception of a snake appears in a rope. What is lost when this (illusion) is destroyed? And what is born when it arises?

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - illusion, error, delusion

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• इयम् (iyam) - this (illusion) (this)

• भाति (bhāti) - appears (appears, shines, seems)

• रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भुजन्गता (bhujangatā) - the perception of a snake (snakeness, the state of being a snake)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed

• अस्याम् (asyām) - when this (illusion) (in this (feminine))

• नष्टायाम् (naṣṭāyām) - when (illusion) is destroyed (when destroyed, in the destroyed)

• जातायाम् (jātāyām) - when (illusion) arises (when born, in the arisen)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born, comes into being (is born, arises)

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - illusion, error, delusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - illusion, error, confusion, delusion

Derived from root 'bhram' 'to wander, be confused'.

Root: bhram (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (illusion) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

भाति (bhāti) - appears (appears, shines, seems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rajjū

rajjū - rope, cord

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भुजन्गता (bhujangatā) - the perception of a snake (snakeness, the state of being a snake)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhujangatā

bhujangatā - snakeness, state of being a snake

Derived from 'bhujaṅga' (snake) with suffix '-tā' (state of being).

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'naś' 'to perish, be lost'.

Root: naś (class 4)

अस्याम् (asyām) - when this (illusion) (in this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

नष्टायाम् (naṣṭāyām) - when (illusion) is destroyed (when destroyed, in the destroyed)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'naś' 'to perish, be lost'.

Root: naś (class 4)

जातायाम् (jātāyām) - when (illusion) arises (when born, in the arisen)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jan' 'to be born, to produce'.

Root: jan (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born, comes into being (is born, arises)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Middle voice, present tense

Root 'jan' (class 4) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The root 'jan' in class 4 takes 'ya' infix in the middle voice, yielding 'jāyate'.

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