योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-10

यथा वातस्य चलनं कृशानोरुष्णता यथा ।
शीतता वा तुषारस्य तथा जीवत्वमात्मनः ॥ १० ॥

yathā vātasya calanaṃ kṛśānoruṣṇatā yathā ,
śītatā vā tuṣārasya tathā jīvatvamātmanaḥ 10

10. yathā vātasya calanam kṛśānoḥ uṣṇatā yathā
śītatā vā tuṣārasya tathā jīvatvam ātmanaḥ

10. yathā vātasya calanam,
yathā kṛśānoḥ uṣṇatā,
vā tuṣārasya śītatā,
tathā ātmanaḥ jīvatvam

10. Just as movement is natural to the wind, and heat to fire, or coldness to frost, so too is the state of being an individual soul (jīvatva) natural to the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• वातस्य (vātasya) - of the wind

• चलनम् (calanam) - movement, motion, stirring

• कृशानोः (kṛśānoḥ) - of fire

• उष्णता (uṣṇatā) - heat, warmth

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• शीतता (śītatā) - coldness, coolness

• वा (vā) - or, either

• तुषारस्य (tuṣārasya) - of frost, of ice, of snow

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• जीवत्वम् (jīvatvam) - the state of being a jīva, jīva-hood, animacy

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self, of the ātman

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

वातस्य (vātasya) - of the wind

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

चलनम् (calanam) - movement, motion, stirring

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of calana

calana - movement, motion, stirring

Noun derived from √cal (to move) with suffix -ana.

Root: cal (class 1)

कृशानोः (kṛśānoḥ) - of fire

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛśānu

kṛśānu - fire, Agni

उष्णता (uṣṇatā) - heat, warmth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uṣṇatā

uṣṇatā - heat, warmth, hotness

Derived noun from adjective uṣṇa + suffix -tā.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

शीतता (śītatā) - coldness, coolness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śītatā

śītatā - coldness, coolness, frigidity

Derived noun from adjective śīta + suffix -tā.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

तुषारस्य (tuṣārasya) - of frost, of ice, of snow

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tuṣāra

tuṣāra - frost, ice, snow

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

जीवत्वम् (jīvatvam) - the state of being a jīva, jīva-hood, animacy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvatva

jīvatva - the state of being a jīva, jīva-hood, animacy, life

Derived noun from jīva (living being) + suffix -tva.

Root: jīv (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self, of the ātman

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, spirit, ātman

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