योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-35

मनो मिथ्याभ्रमाभोगे कर्तृताकर्तृतामयीम् ।
करोति कलनां रज्ज्वां भ्रान्तेक्षण इवाहिताम् ॥ ३५ ॥

mano mithyābhramābhoge kartṛtākartṛtāmayīm ,
karoti kalanāṃ rajjvāṃ bhrāntekṣaṇa ivāhitām 35

35. manaḥ mithyābhrāmābhoge kartṛtākartṛtāmayīm
karoti kalanām rajjvām bhrānteṣaṇaḥ iva āhitām

35. mithyābhrāmābhoge manaḥ,
rajjvām bhrānteṣaṇaḥ iva āhitām kartṛtākartṛtāmayīm kalanām karoti.

35. Just as a person with deluded vision imposes a false perception on a rope, so too the mind, when absorbed in the experience of false delusion, creates the notion consisting of agency and non-agency.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• मिथ्याभ्रामाभोगे (mithyābhrāmābhoge) - in the experience/scope of false delusion

• कर्तृताकर्तृतामयीम् (kartṛtākartṛtāmayīm) - consisting of agency and non-agency

• करोति (karoti) - it makes, it does, it creates

• कलनाम् (kalanām) - the notion, the conception, the calculation, the perception

• रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - on a rope

• भ्रान्तेषणः (bhrānteṣaṇaḥ) - one with deluded vision, one whose eye is confused

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आहिताम् (āhitām) - imposed, placed, attributed

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

Root: man (class 4)

मिथ्याभ्रामाभोगे (mithyābhrāmābhoge) - in the experience/scope of false delusion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mithyābhrāmābhoga

mithyābhrāmābhoga - experience of false delusion

Compound type : tatpurusha (mithyā+bhrama+ābhoga)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, untrue, unreal
  indeclinable
  Root: mith (class 4)
• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• ābhoga – experience, enjoyment, fullness, extent
  noun (masculine)
  Root 'bhuj' with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

कर्तृताकर्तृतामयीम् (kartṛtākartṛtāmayīm) - consisting of agency and non-agency

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kartṛtākartṛtāmayī

kartṛtākartṛtāmayī - composed of or consisting of doership and non-doership

'mayī' suffix indicates 'consisting of'.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (kartṛtā+akartṛtā+mayī)

• kartṛtā – agency, doership
  noun (feminine)
  Abstract noun from 'kartṛ'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• akartṛtā – non-agency, non-doership
  noun (feminine)
  Abstract noun from 'akartṛ'.
  Prefix: a
• mayī – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix (used as adjective) (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'maya'.

करोति (karoti) - it makes, it does, it creates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present active indicative, 3rd singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कलनाम् (kalanām) - the notion, the conception, the calculation, the perception

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kalanā

kalanā - notion, conception, calculation, perception, enumeration

Derived from root 'kal' (to count, to calculate, to perceive).

Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - on a rope

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rajju

rajju - rope, cord, string

Root: raj (class 1)

भ्रान्तेषणः (bhrānteṣaṇaḥ) - one with deluded vision, one whose eye is confused

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrānteṣaṇa

bhrānteṣaṇa - having deluded sight, one whose eyes are confused

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhrānta+īkṣaṇa)

• bhrānta – deluded, confused, errant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhram' (to wander, be confused).
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, sight, looking
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'īkṣ' (to see, look).
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आहिताम् (āhitām) - imposed, placed, attributed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āhita

āhita - placed, laid, deposited, imposed, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dhā' (to place) with upasarga 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'kalanām'.

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