योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-9, verse-15
विदेहमुक्तो नोदेति नास्तमेति न शाम्यति ।
न सन्नासन्न दूरस्थो न चाहं न च नेतरः ॥ १५ ॥
न सन्नासन्न दूरस्थो न चाहं न च नेतरः ॥ १५ ॥
videhamukto nodeti nāstameti na śāmyati ,
na sannāsanna dūrastho na cāhaṃ na ca netaraḥ 15
na sannāsanna dūrastho na cāhaṃ na ca netaraḥ 15
15.
videhamuktaḥ na udeti na astameti na śāmyati na
san na asan na dūrasthaḥ na ca aham na ca na itaraḥ
san na asan na dūrasthaḥ na ca aham na ca na itaraḥ
15.
videhamuktaḥ na udeti na astameti na śāmyati na
san na asan na dūrasthaḥ na ca aham na ca na itaraḥ
san na asan na dūrasthaḥ na ca aham na ca na itaraḥ
15.
The bodiless liberated one (videhamukta) neither arises nor ceases, nor becomes tranquil. They are neither existent nor non-existent, neither distant, nor 'I', nor 'not other'.
Words meanings summery:
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- विदेहमुक्तः (videhamuktaḥ) - The bodiless liberated one (videhamukta) (bodiless liberated one, one liberated without a body)
- न (na) - neither (not, no)
- उदेति (udeti) - arises (rises, appears)
- न (na) - nor (not, no)
- अस्तमेति (astameti) - ceases (sets) (sets, disappears)
- न (na) - nor (not, no)
- शाम्यति (śāmyati) - becomes tranquil (becomes tranquil, ceases, subsides)
- न (na) - neither (not, no)
- सन् (san) - existent (existent, being)
- न (na) - nor (not, no)
- असन् (asan) - non-existent (non-existent, not being)
- न (na) - neither (not, no)
- दूरस्थः (dūrasthaḥ) - far away (far, distant, remote)
- न (na) - nor (not, no)
- च (ca) - nor (and, also)
- अहम् (aham) - 'I' (I)
- न (na) - nor (not, no)
- च (ca) - nor (and, also)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- इतरः (itaraḥ) - 'other' (other, different)
Words meanings and morphology
विदेहमुक्तः (videhamuktaḥ) - The bodiless liberated one (videhamukta) (bodiless liberated one, one liberated without a body)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of videhamukta
videhamukta - one liberated without a body
Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+deha+mukta)
- vi – without, apart, dis-
indeclinable - deha – body
noun (masculine) - mukta – liberated, released
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root muc- (to release, liberate).
Root: muc (class 6)
Note: Subject of the sentence.
न (na) - neither (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
उदेति (udeti) - arises (rises, appears)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ud-i
Present Active, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada. From root i- with prefix ud-.
Prefix: ud
Root: i (class 2)
न (na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
अस्तमेति (astameti) - ceases (sets) (sets, disappears)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of astam-i
Present Active, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada. From root i- with indeclinable astam (to set).
Root: i (class 2)
न (na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
शाम्यति (śāmyati) - becomes tranquil (becomes tranquil, ceases, subsides)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śam
Present Active, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada.
Root: śam (class 4)
न (na) - neither (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
सन् (san) - existent (existent, being)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sat
sat - being, existent, good
Present Active Participle
From root as- (to be).
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Qualifies the implicit 'videhamuktaḥ'.
न (na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
असन् (asan) - non-existent (non-existent, not being)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of asat
asat - non-existent, unreal, bad
Present Active Participle (negative)
From negative prefix a- and root as- (to be).
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+sat)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable - sat – being, existent
adjective
Present Active Participle
From root as- (to be).
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Qualifies the implicit 'videhamuktaḥ'.
न (na) - neither (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
दूरस्थः (dūrasthaḥ) - far away (far, distant, remote)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dūrastha
dūrastha - standing far off, remote, distant
From dūra (far) + stha (standing).
Compound type : tatpurusha (dūra+stha)
- dūra – far, distant
indeclinable - stha – standing, being, situated
adjective
From root sthā- (to stand).
Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Qualifies the implicit 'videhamuktaḥ'.
न (na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
च (ca) - nor (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अहम् (aham) - 'I' (I)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I
Note: Refers to the ego-sense.
न (na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
च (ca) - nor (and, also)
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation, part of 'na itaraḥ' (not other).
इतरः (itaraḥ) - 'other' (other, different)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of itara
itara - other, different
Note: Qualifies the implicit 'videhamuktaḥ'. The phrase 'na ca na itaraḥ' means 'nor not other', implying a state beyond both 'I' and 'other'.