योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-91, verse-36

जडचेतनभावादिशब्दार्थश्रीर्न विद्यते ।
अनिर्देश्यपदे पत्रलतादीव महामरौ ॥ ३६ ॥

jaḍacetanabhāvādiśabdārthaśrīrna vidyate ,
anirdeśyapade patralatādīva mahāmarau 36

36. jaḍa-cetana-bhāva-ādi śabda-artha-śrīḥ na vidyate
anirdeśya-pade patra-latā-ādi iva mahā-marau

36. anirdeśya-pade mahā-marau patra-latā-ādi iva
jaḍa-cetana-bhāva-ādi śabda-artha-śrīḥ na vidyate

36. The splendor of words and concepts such as 'inert' (jaḍa), 'conscious' (cetana), 'existence' (bhāva), and so on, does not truly exist, much like leaves and vines do not exist in an indescribable vast desert.

Words meanings summery:

• जड-चेतन-भाव-आदि (jaḍa-cetana-bhāva-ādi) - categories like inertness, consciousness, and existence, and so forth (and so on, beginning with inert, conscious, and existence; categories like inertness, consciousness, and being)

• शब्द-अर्थ-श्रीः (śabda-artha-śrīḥ) - the splendor associated with these conceptual terms (glory of words and meanings; splendor of terms and concepts)

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - does not exist (exists, is found, is present, is known)

• अनिर्देश्य-पदे (anirdeśya-pade) - in a desert that cannot be described (in an indescribable place; in an inexpressible state)

• पत्र-लता-आदि (patra-latā-ādi) - things like leaves and vines (leaves, vines, and so on; etc. starting with leaves and vines)

• इव (iva) - as a comparison (like, as, as if)

• महा-मरौ (mahā-marau) - in a vast desert (in a great desert)

Words meanings and morphology

जड-चेतन-भाव-आदि (jaḍa-cetana-bhāva-ādi) - categories like inertness, consciousness, and existence, and so forth (and so on, beginning with inert, conscious, and existence; categories like inertness, consciousness, and being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaḍa-cetana-bhāva-ādi

ādi - beginning, etcetera, and so on

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jaḍa+cetana+bhāva+ādi)

• jaḍa – inert, dull, foolish, cold, senseless
  adjective
  Root: jaḍ
• cetana – conscious, sentient, animate, mind, soul
  adjective
  Root: cit (class 1)
• bhāva – existence, being, state, feeling, sentiment, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Compound referring to categories like inertness, consciousness, existence, and so on.

शब्द-अर्थ-श्रीः (śabda-artha-śrīḥ) - the splendor associated with these conceptual terms (glory of words and meanings; splendor of terms and concepts)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śabda-artha-śrī

śrī - splendor, glory, wealth, beauty, prosperity

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śabda+artha+śrī)

• śabda – word, sound, speech
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śab (class 1)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth, thing
  noun (masculine)
• śrī – splendor, glory, wealth, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence, referring to the glory of words and their meanings.

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - does not exist (exists, is found, is present, is known)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

present passive/ātmanepada

Root vid (class 4, vidyate 'to be, exist').

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: The verb form for 'exists'.

अनिर्देश्य-पदे (anirdeśya-pade) - in a desert that cannot be described (in an indescribable place; in an inexpressible state)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of anirdeśya-pada

pada - place, position, word, step, state

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (anirdeśya+pada)

• anirdeśya – indescribable, inexpressible, unmentionable
  adjective
  Gerundive/Potential Participle
  an- (negation) + nir- (prefix) + diś (root 'to point out, describe') + -ya (gerundive suffix). 'That which is not to be described.'
  Prefix: nir
  Root: diś (class 6)
• pada – place, position, word, step, state
  noun (neuter)

Note: In an indescribable place/condition.

पत्र-लता-आदि (patra-latā-ādi) - things like leaves and vines (leaves, vines, and so on; etc. starting with leaves and vines)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of patra-latā-ādi

ādi - beginning, etcetera, and so on

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (patra+latā+ādi)

• patra – leaf, feather, letter, page
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• latā – vine, creeper, tendril
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Refers to things like leaves and vines, acting as the subject of the comparison.

इव (iva) - as a comparison (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle used for comparison.

महा-मरौ (mahā-marau) - in a vast desert (in a great desert)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahā-maru

maru - desert, wilderness

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+maru)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Feminine stem of mahat, used as a prefix.
• maru – desert, wilderness, sand-heap
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to a vast desert.

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