योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-50

आलोकयति चेत्सत्यं तदा सत्यमयीं मनः ।
शरीरभावनां त्यक्त्वा परामायाति निर्वृतिम् ॥ ५० ॥

ālokayati cetsatyaṃ tadā satyamayīṃ manaḥ ,
śarīrabhāvanāṃ tyaktvā parāmāyāti nirvṛtim 50

50. ālokayati cet satyam tadā satyamayīm manas
śarīrabhāvanām tyaktvā parām āyāti nirvṛtim

50. cet manas satyam ālokayati tadā śarīrabhāvanām
tyaktvā satyamayīm parām nirvṛtim āyāti

50. If the mind perceives the truth, then, abandoning the conception of the body, it attains supreme, truth-filled tranquility (nirvṛti).

Words meanings summery:

• आलोकयति (ālokayati) - sees, perceives, illuminates

• चेत् (cet) - if

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• सत्यमयीम् (satyamayīm) - full of truth, consisting of truth, true

• मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect

• शरीरभावनाम् (śarīrabhāvanām) - conception of the body, idea of the body

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains, reaches, comes

• निर्वृतिम् (nirvṛtim) - tranquility, bliss, liberation

Words meanings and morphology

आलोकयति (ālokayati) - sees, perceives, illuminates

(verb)

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

Causal Present Active

derived from root `lok` (to see) + `ā` (upasarga)

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

from `sat` (being, existing)

Root: as (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

derived from `tad` (that) + `dā` (suffix for time)

सत्यमयीम् (satyamayīm) - full of truth, consisting of truth, true

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of satyamayī

satyamaya - consisting of truth, full of truth, true, real

derived from `satya` + `mayaṭ` (suffix for "made of, full of")

Note: Modifies `nirvṛtim`

मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, conscience

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of `ālokayati` and `āyāti`

शरीरभावनाम् (śarīrabhāvanām) - conception of the body, idea of the body

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śarīrabhāvanā

śarīrabhāvanā - conception of the body, idea of the body, identification with the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+bhāvanā)

• śarīra – body, physical form
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śṛ (class 9)
• bhāvanā – conception, imagination, meditation, idea, feeling
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root `bhū` (to be) in causal sense + `ana` + `ā`
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of `tyaktvā`

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root `tyaj` (to abandon) + `ktvā` suffix

Root: tyaj (class 1)

पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parā

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Modifies `nirvṛtim`

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, reaches, comes

(verb)

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

Present Active

from root `yā` (to go) + `ā` (upasarga)

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

निर्वृतिम् (nirvṛtim) - tranquility, bliss, liberation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nirvṛti

nirvṛti - complete tranquility, perfect happiness, bliss, cessation, liberation

from `nir-vṛt` (to cease, to be happy)

Prefix: nir

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Sanskrit term `nirvṛti` is included in brackets in translation.

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