योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-9, verse-14
जीवन्मुक्तपदं त्यक्त्वा देहे कालवशीकृते ।
विशत्यदेहमुक्तत्वं पवनोऽस्पन्दतामिव ॥ १४ ॥
विशत्यदेहमुक्तत्वं पवनोऽस्पन्दतामिव ॥ १४ ॥
jīvanmuktapadaṃ tyaktvā dehe kālavaśīkṛte ,
viśatyadehamuktatvaṃ pavano'spandatāmiva 14
viśatyadehamuktatvaṃ pavano'spandatāmiva 14
14.
jīvanmuktapadaṃ tyaktvā dehe kālavaśīkṛte
viśati adehamuktattvaṃ pavanaḥ aspandatām iva
viśati adehamuktattvaṃ pavanaḥ aspandatām iva
14.
dehe kālavaśīkṛte jīvanmuktapadaṃ tyaktvā
adehamuktattvaṃ viśati pavanaḥ aspandatām iva
adehamuktattvaṃ viśati pavanaḥ aspandatām iva
14.
When the body is overcome by time, having relinquished the state of being liberated-while-living (jīvanmukta), one enters the state of bodiless liberation, just as wind settles into stillness.
Words meanings summery:
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- जीवन्मुक्तपदं (jīvanmuktapadaṁ) - the state of being liberated-while-living (jīvanmukta) (the state of a liberated-while-living person)
- त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having relinquished (having abandoned, having left)
- देहे (dehe) - when the body (in the body, when the body)
- कालवशीकृते (kālavaśīkṛte) - is overcome by time (subdued by time, brought under time's control)
- विशति (viśati) - enters
- अदेहमुक्तत्त्वं (adehamuktattvaṁ) - the state of bodiless liberation
- पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind (wind, air)
- अस्पन्दताम् (aspandatām) - into stillness (stillness, motionlessness)
- इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
Words meanings and morphology
जीवन्मुक्तपदं (jīvanmuktapadaṁ) - the state of being liberated-while-living (jīvanmukta) (the state of a liberated-while-living person)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvanmuktapada
jīvanmuktapada - state of a jīvanmukta
Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvanmukta+pada)
- jīvanmukta – one liberated while living
noun (masculine) - pada – state, position, word, foot
noun (neuter)
Note: Object of 'tyaktvā'.
त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having relinquished (having abandoned, having left)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root tyaj- (to abandon).
Root: tyaj (class 1)
देहे (dehe) - when the body (in the body, when the body)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body
Note: Locative absolute construction with 'kālavaśīkṛte'.
कालवशीकृते (kālavaśīkṛte) - is overcome by time (subdued by time, brought under time's control)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of kālavaśīkṛta
kālavaśīkṛta - subdued by time
Past Passive Participle
From kāla + vaśīkṛta (made subservient).
Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+vaśīkṛta)
- kāla – time, death
noun (masculine) - vaśīkṛta – made subservient, subdued, brought under control
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From vaśa (control) + kṛ (to make).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Qualifies 'dehe'.
विशति (viśati) - enters
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of viś
Present Active, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada.
Root: viś (class 6)
Note: Subject is the implied 'jīvanmukta' who transitions to 'videhamukta'.
अदेहमुक्तत्त्वं (adehamuktattvaṁ) - the state of bodiless liberation
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of adehamuktattva
adehamuktattva - state of bodiless liberation
From a + deha + mukta + tva (abstract noun suffix).
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+deha+mukta+tva)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable - deha – body
noun (masculine) - mukta – liberated
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root muc- (to release, liberate).
Root: muc (class 6) - tva – abstract noun suffix, -ness, -hood
indeclinable
Note: Object of 'viśati'.
पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind (wind, air)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana
pavana - wind, air, purifier
From root pū- (to purify, blow).
Root: pū (class 9)
Note: Subject of the simile.
अस्पन्दताम् (aspandatām) - into stillness (stillness, motionlessness)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of aspandatā
aspandatā - stillness, motionlessness
From a + spanda (motion) + tā (abstract noun suffix).
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+spanda+tā)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable - spanda – vibration, motion, pulsation
noun (masculine)
From root spand- (to tremble, vibrate).
Root: spand (class 1) - tā – abstract noun suffix, -ness, -hood
indeclinable
Note: Object of implied motion for 'pavanaḥ'.
इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
Note: Marker for simile.