योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-8

यथा मदवशाद्भ्रान्तान्क्षीबः पश्यति पादपान् ।
तथा चेतनविक्षुब्धान्संसारांश्चित्प्रपश्यति ॥ ८ ॥

yathā madavaśādbhrāntānkṣībaḥ paśyati pādapān ,
tathā cetanavikṣubdhānsaṃsārāṃścitprapaśyati 8

8. yathā madavaśāt bhrāntān kṣībaḥ paśyati pādapān
tathā cetanavikṣubdhān saṃsārān cit prapaśyati

8. yathā kṣībaḥ madavaśāt pādapān bhrāntān paśyati
tathā cit cetanavikṣubdhān saṃsārān prapaśyati

8. Just as an intoxicated person (kṣība) perceives trees as deluded or distorted due to the influence of intoxication, so too Pure Consciousness (cit) perceives the cycles of rebirth (saṃsāras) as agitated by the perturbation of consciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

• मदवशात् (madavaśāt) - due to the influence of intoxication (from the power of intoxication, due to the influence of wine/passion)

• भ्रान्तान् (bhrāntān) - as deluded or distorted [objects] (deluded ones, mistaken ones, wandering ones)

• क्षीबः (kṣībaḥ) - an intoxicated person (kṣība) (an intoxicated person, drunkard)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, beholds)

• पादपान् (pādapān) - trees

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

• चेतनविक्षुब्धान् (cetanavikṣubdhān) - agitated by the perturbation of consciousness (agitated/disturbed by consciousness/awareness)

• संसारान् (saṁsārān) - the cycles of rebirth (saṃsāras) (worlds, cycles of rebirth)

• चित् (cit) - Pure Consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure awareness, intellect, understanding)

• प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - perceives (thoroughly sees, clearly perceives, observes, notices)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

मदवशात् (madavaśāt) - due to the influence of intoxication (from the power of intoxication, due to the influence of wine/passion)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of madavaśa

madavaśa - power of intoxication, under the sway of passion/wine

Compound type : tatpurusha (mada+vaśa)

• mada – intoxication, drunkenness, pride, passion
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – will, power, control, influence
  noun (masculine)

भ्रान्तान् (bhrāntān) - as deluded or distorted [objects] (deluded ones, mistaken ones, wandering ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrānta

bhrānta - deluded, mistaken, wandering, confused

Past Passive Participle

root 'bhram' (to wander, to err)

Root: bhram

Note: Modifies 'pādapān'.

क्षीबः (kṣībaḥ) - an intoxicated person (kṣība) (an intoxicated person, drunkard)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣība

kṣība - intoxicated, drunk, a drunkard

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, beholds)

(verb)

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

Present Active

root dṛś (class 1, special present stem 'paśya-'), Parasmaipada ending 'ti'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पादपान् (pādapān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (lit. 'drinking with feet')

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (pāda+pa)

• pāda – foot, root
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinking, nourishing, guarding
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'pā' (to drink)
  Root: pā

Note: Object of 'paśyati'.

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

चेतनविक्षुब्धान् (cetanavikṣubdhān) - agitated by the perturbation of consciousness (agitated/disturbed by consciousness/awareness)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of cetanavikṣubdha

cetanavikṣubdha - agitated/disturbed by consciousness/awareness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cetanā+vikṣubdha)

• cetanā – consciousness, intelligence, awareness
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root 'cit'
  Root: cit
• vikṣubdha – agitated, disturbed, shaken, perturbed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  root 'kṣubh' (to agitate, to shake) with 'vi' prefix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣubh

Note: Modifies 'saṃsārān'.

संसारान् (saṁsārān) - the cycles of rebirth (saṃsāras) (worlds, cycles of rebirth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - course, passage, transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence (saṃsāra)

root 'sṛ' (to flow, to run) with 'sam' prefix

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ

Note: Object of 'prapaśyati'.

चित् (cit) - Pure Consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure awareness, intellect, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure awareness, intellect, understanding

root 'cit' (to perceive, to understand)

Root: cit

प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - perceives (thoroughly sees, clearly perceives, observes, notices)

(verb)

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

Present Active

root dṛś (class 1, special present stem 'paśya-') with prefix 'pra', Parasmaipada ending 'ti'

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: 'pra' prefix intensifies the seeing/perceiving.

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