योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-15, verse-17

मत्तनुः परिशुष्केयं स्थितोत्तानाचलोपले ।
वैराग्यं नयतीवात्मतुच्छत्वेनान्तरं सताम् ॥ १७ ॥

mattanuḥ pariśuṣkeyaṃ sthitottānācalopale ,
vairāgyaṃ nayatīvātmatucchatvenāntaraṃ satām 17

17. mat-tanuḥ pariśuṣkā iyam sthitottānācalopale
vairāgyam nayati iva ātma-tucch-atvena antaram satām

17. iyam pariśuṣkā mat-tanuḥ sthitottānācalopale (sati),
ātma-tucch-atvena satām antaram vairāgyam nayati iva.

17. This utterly withered body of mine, lying supine on a mountain rock, seems to awaken dispassion (vairāgya) in the hearts of the virtuous, by revealing the utter insignificance of the self (ātman).

17. גופי היבש המושלך על סלע ההר מעורר בלב החכמים וַאִירָאגְיַה (פרישות והתנערות), ברומזו על אפסיותו וארעיותו של הגוף.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्-तनुः (mat-tanuḥ) - my body

• परिशुष्का (pariśuṣkā) - completely dried up, utterly withered

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• स्थितोत्तानाचलोपले (sthitottānācalopale) - on a mountain rock, lying supine

• वैराग्यम् (vairāgyam) - dispassion, detachment

• नयति (nayati) - leads, brings

• इव (iva) - as if, like, seems to

• आत्म-तुच्छ्-अत्वेन (ātma-tucch-atvena) - by the insignificance of the self

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - the heart or inner consciousness (the inner (mind/self/heart))

• सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of the good people

Words meanings and morphology

मत्-तनुः (mat-tanuḥ) - my body

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mat-tanu

mat-tanu - my body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+tanu)

• mad – my, of me
  pronoun
• tanu – body, form
  noun (feminine)

Note: Hyphen used to indicate compound for clarity; internal sandhi is not undone.

परिशुष्का (pariśuṣkā) - completely dried up, utterly withered

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pariśuṣka

pariśuṣka - completely dry, withered, emaciated

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pari

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Adjective to 'mat-tanuḥ'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

स्थितोत्तानाचलोपले (sthitottānācalopale) - on a mountain rock, lying supine

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sthitottānācalopala

sthitottānācalopala - a mountain rock (upala) that is in a supine (uttāna) and steady (sthita) state

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sthita+uttāna+acala+upala)

• sthita – situated, standing, lying
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• uttāna – lying on one's back, supine, open
  adjective
• acala – mountain (lit. unmoving)
  noun (masculine)
• upala – rock, stone
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is a compound word. Internal sandhi is preserved in the word form.

वैराग्यम् (vairāgyam) - dispassion, detachment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vairāgya

vairāgya - dispassion, detachment, indifference to worldly things (vairāgya)

नयति (nayati) - leads, brings

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, seems to

(indeclinable)

आत्म-तुच्छ्-अत्वेन (ātma-tucch-atvena) - by the insignificance of the self

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ātma-tucch-atva

ātma-tucch-atva - the state of being insignificant of the self (ātman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+tuccha+tva)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• tuccha – empty, trivial, insignificant
  adjective
• tva – suffix forming abstract noun (e.g., -ness, -hood)
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Hyphen used to indicate compound for clarity; internal sandhi is not undone.

अन्तरम् (antaram) - the heart or inner consciousness (the inner (mind/self/heart))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interior, inside, inner, intermediate

सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of the good people

(participle)

Genitive, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used as a noun, referring to 'the good' or 'the virtuous'.

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