योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-45

असत्संकल्पः क्रियते सच्छरीरं विनाश्यते ।
क्षणेन मनसा पङ्कपुरुषः शिशुना यथा ॥ ४५ ॥

asatsaṃkalpaḥ kriyate saccharīraṃ vināśyate ,
kṣaṇena manasā paṅkapuruṣaḥ śiśunā yathā 45

45. asatsaṅkalpaḥ kriyate saccharīraṃ vināśyate
kṣaṇena manasā paṅkapuruṣaḥ śiśunā yathā

45. asatsaṅkalpaḥ kriyate saccharīraṃ vināśyate
kṣaṇena manasā paṅkapuruṣaḥ śiśunā yathā

45. Just as a child, in an instant, creates a mud-figure and then destroys it, so too, by the mind (manas), an unreal intention (saṅkalpa) is made, and a good body is destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• असत्सङ्कल्पः (asatsaṅkalpaḥ) - unreal resolve, false intention

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is created

• सच्छरीरं (saccharīraṁ) - a good body, a real body, an existent body

• विनाश्यते (vināśyate) - is destroyed, is ruined, is lost

• क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, in an instant

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, with the mind

• पङ्कपुरुषः (paṅkapuruṣaḥ) - a mud-figure, a man of mud

• शिशुना (śiśunā) - by a child, by an infant

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

असत्सङ्कल्पः (asatsaṅkalpaḥ) - unreal resolve, false intention

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asatsaṅkalpa

asatsaṅkalpa - unreal intention, false resolve, bad desire

Compound type : karmadhāraya (asat+saṅkalpa)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false, bad
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Negation of 'sat' (existent, real) from root 'as'
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, volition, desire, mental formation (saṅkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  From sam- + √kl̥p (to be in order, to be fit)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kl̥p (class 1)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is created

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √kr̥

Present Passive

Root kṛ + ya + te (passive ending)

Root: kr̥ (class 8)

सच्छरीरं (saccharīraṁ) - a good body, a real body, an existent body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saccharīra

saccharīra - good body, real body, existent body

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+śarīra)

• sat – existent, real, good, true
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• śarīra – body, corporeal frame, physical form
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as object of passive verb 'vināśyate' and thus accusative in meaning.

विनाश्यते (vināśyate) - is destroyed, is ruined, is lost

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √nāś

Present Passive

Root nāś + ya + te (passive ending) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: nāś (class 4)

क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, in an instant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, twinkling of an eye, very short period

Note: Often used adverbially to denote 'in an instant'.

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, with the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind (manas), intellect, understanding, conscience, thought

From root man (to think) + as (suffix)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

पङ्कपुरुषः (paṅkapuruṣaḥ) - a mud-figure, a man of mud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṅkapuruṣa

paṅkapuruṣa - mud-figure, mud-man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paṅka+puruṣa)

• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt, clay
  noun (masculine)
• puruṣa – man, person, human being, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  From root √pr̥ (to fill) or √pur (to precede)
  Root: pr̥ / pur (class 3)

Note: Subject of passive verbs 'kriyate' and 'vināśyate' in the analogy.

शिशुना (śiśunā) - by a child, by an infant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young animal

Note: Agent in passive construction.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

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