योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-89, verse-50

एतानि चात्र मनसां न च कारणानि राजञ्शरीरशकलानि वृथोत्थितानि ।
चेतो हि कारणममीषु शरीरकेषु वारीव सर्ववनखण्डलतारसेषु ॥ ५० ॥

etāni cātra manasāṃ na ca kāraṇāni rājañśarīraśakalāni vṛthotthitāni ,
ceto hi kāraṇamamīṣu śarīrakeṣu vārīva sarvavanakhaṇḍalatāraseṣu 50

50. etāni ca atra manasām na ca kāraṇāni
rājan śarīraśakalāni vṛthā utthitāni
cetaḥ hi kāraṇam amīṣu śarīrakeṣu
vāri iva sarvavanakhaṇḍalatāraseṣu

50. rājan ca atra etāni vṛthā utthitāni śarīraśakalāni manasām kāraṇāni na ca.
hi cetaḥ amīṣu śarīrakeṣu kāraṇam,
sarvavanakhaṇḍalatāraseṣu vāri iva.

50. And here, O King, these body-fragments, which have arisen uselessly, are not the causes of minds. Indeed, consciousness (cetaḥ) is the cause within these bodies, just as water is the essence in all forest groves and creepers.

Words meanings summery:

• एतानि (etāni) - these

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, in this matter)

• मनसाम् (manasām) - of minds

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes (causes, reasons)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• शरीरशकलानि (śarīraśakalāni) - body-fragments (fragments of bodies, body parts)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - uselessly (in vain, uselessly, aimlessly)

• उत्थितानि (utthitāni) - arisen, produced (arisen, stood up, produced)

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - consciousness (cetaḥ) (consciousness, mind, intellect)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, certainly)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason)

• अमीषु (amīṣu) - in these

• शरीरकेषु (śarīrakeṣu) - in these bodies (in the bodies, in the small bodies)

• वारि (vāri) - water

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• सर्ववनखण्डलतारसेषु (sarvavanakhaṇḍalatāraseṣu) - in the essences of all forest groves and creepers (in the essences of all forest-sections and creepers)

Words meanings and morphology

एतानि (etāni) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to `śarīraśakalāni`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Locative of `idam`.

मनसाम् (manasām) - of minds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, understanding

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Governed by `kāraṇāni`.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes (causes, reasons)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From root `kṛ` (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative with `na`.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

n-stem noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

शरीरशकलानि (śarīraśakalāni) - body-fragments (fragments of bodies, body parts)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śarīraśakala

śarīraśakala - fragment of a body, body part

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+śakala)

• śarīra – body, form
  noun (neuter)
• śakala – fragment, piece, part, scale
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śakal (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause (implied verb 'are').

वृथा (vṛthā) - uselessly (in vain, uselessly, aimlessly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies `utthitāni`.

उत्थितानि (utthitāni) - arisen, produced (arisen, stood up, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of utthita

utthita - arisen, stood up, produced, appeared

Past Passive Participle

From root `sthā` (to stand) with prefix `ud-`.

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `śarīraśakalāni`.

चेतः (cetaḥ) - consciousness (cetaḥ) (consciousness, mind, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - consciousness, mind, intellect, heart, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From root `kṛ` (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative.

अमीषु (amīṣu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of adas

adas - this, that, these, those

Note: Qualifies `śarīrakeṣu`.

शरीरकेषु (śarīrakeṣu) - in these bodies (in the bodies, in the small bodies)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śarīraka

śarīraka - body, small body, contemptible body

Diminutive of `śarīra`.

Note: Locative of place.

वारि (vāri) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Subject of comparison.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

सर्ववनखण्डलतारसेषु (sarvavanakhaṇḍalatāraseṣu) - in the essences of all forest groves and creepers (in the essences of all forest-sections and creepers)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarvavanakhaṇḍalatārasa

sarvavanakhaṇḍalatārasa - essence/juice of all forest-sections and creepers

Complex Tatpurusha compound: `rasa` (essence) of `sarvavanakhaṇḍalatā` (all forest-sections and creepers).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarvavanakhaṇḍalatā+rasa)

• sarvavanakhaṇḍalatā – all forest-sections and creepers
  noun (feminine)
  Complex compound: `sarva` (all) + `vanakhaṇḍalatā` (forest-section and creeper, a Dvandva compound).
• rasa – juice, essence, sap, taste, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Locative of place, object of comparison with `vāri`.

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