योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-95, verse-37

वह्न्यौष्णयोरिव सदा श्लिष्टयोश्चित्तकर्मणोः ।
द्वयोरेकतराभावे द्वयमेव विलीयते ॥ ३७ ॥

vahnyauṣṇayoriva sadā śliṣṭayościttakarmaṇoḥ ,
dvayorekatarābhāve dvayameva vilīyate 37

37. vahni-auṣṇayoḥ iva sadā śliṣṭayoḥ citta-karmaṇoḥ
dvayoḥ ekatara-abhāve dvayam eva vilīyate

37. vahni-auṣṇayoḥ iva sadā śliṣṭayoḥ citta-karmaṇoḥ dvayoḥ ekatara-abhāve dvayam eva vilīyate.

37. Just as fire and heat are eternally inseparable, so too are the mind and action (karma) intertwined. When one of these two ceases to exist, both indeed dissolve completely.

Words meanings summery:

• वह्नि-औष्णयोः (vahni-auṣṇayoḥ) - of fire and heat

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सदा (sadā) - always, constantly, perpetually

• श्लिष्टयोः (śliṣṭayoḥ) - of the united, of the joined, of the connected

• चित्त-कर्मणोः (citta-karmaṇoḥ) - of mind and action (karma)

• द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of the two

• एकतर-अभावे (ekatara-abhāve) - in the absence of one of the two

• द्वयम् (dvayam) - the pair, both

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, disappears, merges

Words meanings and morphology

वह्नि-औष्णयोः (vahni-auṣṇayoḥ) - of fire and heat

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of vahnauṣṇa

vahnauṣṇa - fire and heat

Compound type : dvandva (vahni+auṣṇa)

• vahni – fire, Agni
  noun (masculine)
• auṣṇa – heat, warmth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Genitive dual, indicating 'of fire and heat'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सदा (sadā) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

श्लिष्टयोः (śliṣṭayoḥ) - of the united, of the joined, of the connected

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of śliṣṭa

śliṣṭa - joined, united, adhering, connected, embraced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śliṣ (to cling, embrace).

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

चित्त-कर्मणोः (citta-karmaṇoḥ) - of mind and action (karma)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of cittakarman

cittakarman - mind and action, mental activity and physical action

Compound type : dvandva (citta+karman)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual action, destiny (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the mind and the actions it instigates.

द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of the two

(numeral)

एकतर-अभावे (ekatara-abhāve) - in the absence of one of the two

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekatarābhāva

ekatarābhāva - absence of one of the two

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ekatara+abhāva)

• ekatara – one of the two, either
  pronoun (masculine)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, lack
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates condition: 'When one of the two (mind or karma) is absent'.

द्वयम् (dvayam) - the pair, both

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvaya

dvaya - pair, couple, both

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, disappears, merges

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

3rd person singular, ātmanepada, from vi- + lī (to cling, dissolve).

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

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