योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-11

स्वको देहः परित्यक्तो मूढचेतनया मया ।
काचबुद्ध्या विमूढेन हस्ताच्चिन्तामणिर्यथा ॥ ११ ॥

svako dehaḥ parityakto mūḍhacetanayā mayā ,
kācabuddhyā vimūḍhena hastāccintāmaṇiryathā 11

11. svakaḥ dehaḥ parityaktaḥ mūḍha-cetanayā mayā
kāca-buddhyā vimūḍhena hastāt cintāmaṇiḥ yathā

11. mayā mūḍha-cetanayā svakaḥ dehaḥ parityaktaḥ.
yathā vimūḍhena kāca-buddhyā hastāt cintāmaṇiḥ (parityaktaḥ).

11. My own body was abandoned by me, due to a deluded consciousness. It was like a deluded person casting a wish-fulfilling jewel (cintāmaṇi) from their hand, mistaking it for mere glass.

11. אני, שחשיבתי הייתה כסילה, נטשתי את גופי שלי, כמו פתי המפיל מידו אבן חן מגשימת משאלות בחשבו שהיא סתם זכוכית.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वकः (svakaḥ) - own, one's own

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• परित्यक्तः (parityaktaḥ) - abandoned, forsaken, given up

• मूढ-चेतनया (mūḍha-cetanayā) - by a deluded consciousness/intellect

• मया (mayā) - by me

• काच-बुद्ध्या (kāca-buddhyā) - mistaking it for glass (with a glass-like intellect, by thinking (it was) glass)

• विमूढेन (vimūḍhena) - by a greatly deluded (person)

• हस्तात् (hastāt) - from the hand

• चिन्तामणिः (cintāmaṇiḥ) - wish-fulfilling jewel (cintāmaṇi)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

स्वकः (svakaḥ) - own, one's own

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svaka

svaka - own, one's own

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 1)

परित्यक्तः (parityaktaḥ) - abandoned, forsaken, given up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parityakta

parityakta - abandoned, forsaken, given up

past passive participle

from root tyaj with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

मूढ-चेतनया (mūḍha-cetanayā) - by a deluded consciousness/intellect

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mūḍha-cetanā

mūḍha-cetanā - deluded consciousness, foolish intellect

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mūḍha+cetanā)

• mūḍha – deluded, foolish, ignorant
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root muh
  Root: muh (class 4)
• cetanā – consciousness, intelligence, intellect
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

काच-बुद्ध्या (kāca-buddhyā) - mistaking it for glass (with a glass-like intellect, by thinking (it was) glass)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kāca-buddhi

kāca-buddhi - intellect like glass

Compound type : karmadhāraya/ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kāca+buddhi)

• kāca – glass, crystal
  noun (masculine)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

विमूढेन (vimūḍhena) - by a greatly deluded (person)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vimūḍha

vimūḍha - greatly deluded, bewildered

past passive participle

from root muh with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

हस्तात् (hastāt) - from the hand

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand

चिन्तामणिः (cintāmaṇiḥ) - wish-fulfilling jewel (cintāmaṇi)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintāmaṇi

cintāmaṇi - wish-fulfilling jewel

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cintā+maṇi)

• cintā – thought, reflection, worry
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• maṇi – jewel, gem
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

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