योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-65, verse-8

अनात्मालोकनाच्चित्तं चित्तत्वं नानुशोचति ।
वेतालकल्पनाद्बाल इव संकल्पिते भये ॥ ८ ॥

anātmālokanāccittaṃ cittatvaṃ nānuśocati ,
vetālakalpanādbāla iva saṃkalpite bhaye 8

8. anātmālokanāt cittam cittatvam na anuśocati
vetālakalpanāt bālaḥ iva saṃkalpite bhaye

8. anātmālokanāt cittam cittatvam na anuśocati
bālaḥ iva vetālakalpanāt saṃkalpite bhaye

8. Due to not realizing the true self (ātman), the mind (citta) does not grieve its own nature, just as a child, through imagining a ghost (vetāla), experiences fear in that imagined situation.

Words meanings summery:

• अनात्मालोकनात् (anātmālokanāt) - due to not realizing the true self (ātman) (from not seeing the self, due to non-perception of the self)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness)

• चित्तत्वम् (cittatvam) - its own nature (of being mind) (the state of being mind, mind-ness, nature of mind)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अनुशोचति (anuśocati) - does not lament/grieve (laments, grieves, sorrows)

• वेतालकल्पनात् (vetālakalpanāt) - through imagining a ghost (vetāla) (from the imagination of a ghost)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (child, boy, naive person)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

• संकल्पिते (saṁkalpite) - in that imagined (situation) (in an imagined, in a conceived)

• भये (bhaye) - in (that imagined) fear (in fear, in danger)

Words meanings and morphology

अनात्मालोकनात् (anātmālokanāt) - due to not realizing the true self (ātman) (from not seeing the self, due to non-perception of the self)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anātmālokana

anātmālokana - non-perception of the self, not seeing the true self

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (anātman+ālokana)

• anātman – non-self, not the true self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• ālokana – seeing, looking, perception, vision
  noun (neuter)
  From root loc (to see, to shine) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: loc (class 10)

Note: Indicates the cause.

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness, heart

Past Passive Participle (from cit)

From root cit (to perceive, to understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of `anuśocati`.

चित्तत्वम् (cittatvam) - its own nature (of being mind) (the state of being mind, mind-ness, nature of mind)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cittatva

cittatva - state of being mind, mind-ness, nature of mind

Derived from 'citta' + suffix '-tva'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+tva)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  indeclinable

Note: Object of `anuśocati`.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अनुशोचति (anuśocati) - does not lament/grieve (laments, grieves, sorrows)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

From root śuc (to sorrow, to grieve) with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: The verb.

वेतालकल्पनात् (vetālakalpanāt) - through imagining a ghost (vetāla) (from the imagination of a ghost)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vetālakalpana

vetālakalpana - imagination of a ghost/vampire

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vetāla+kalpana)

• vetāla – ghost, vampire, evil spirit (vetāla)
  noun (masculine)
• kalpana – imagination, conception, creation
  noun (feminine)
  From root kḷp (to arrange, to imagine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause of the fear in the simile.

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (child, boy, naive person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, naive, ignorant

Note: Subject of the simile.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

संकल्पिते (saṁkalpite) - in that imagined (situation) (in an imagined, in a conceived)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkalpita

saṁkalpita - imagined, conceived, designed, resolved

Past Passive Participle

From root kḷp (to arrange, to imagine) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `bhaye`.

भये (bhaye) - in (that imagined) fear (in fear, in danger)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

From root bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Location of the imagined fear.

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