योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-18, verse-64

विचारो यस्य नोदेति कोऽहं किमिदमित्यलम् ।
तस्यान्तर्न विमुक्तोऽसौ दीर्घो जीवज्वरभ्रमः ॥ ६४ ॥

vicāro yasya nodeti ko'haṃ kimidamityalam ,
tasyāntarna vimukto'sau dīrgho jīvajvarabhramaḥ 64

64. vicāraḥ yasya na udeti kaḥ aham kim idam iti alam |
tasya antaḥ na vimuktaḥ asau dīrghaḥ jīvajvarabhramaḥ ||

64. yasya "kaḥ aham kim idam" iti alam vicāraḥ na udeti,
tasya antaḥ dīrghaḥ asau jīvajvarabhramaḥ na vimuktaḥ.

64. Within whom the inquiry 'Who am I? What is this?' does not sufficiently arise, within that person, that prolonged feverish delusion of individual existence (jīva-jvara-bhrama) is not released.

Words meanings summery:

• विचारः (vicāraḥ) - inquiry, thought, discrimination, deliberation

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, in whom

• न (na) - not, no

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, appears, comes forth

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• अहम् (aham) - I

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इदम् (idam) - this

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, truly, indeed

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, within that (person)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

• न (na) - not, no

• विमुक्तः (vimuktaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

• असौ (asau) - that, this (distant demonstrative)

• दीर्घः (dīrghaḥ) - long, prolonged, extensive

• जीवज्वरभ्रमः (jīvajvarabhramaḥ) - the delusion of the fever of individual existence, the feverish delusion of life

Words meanings and morphology

विचारः (vicāraḥ) - inquiry, thought, discrimination, deliberation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - deliberation, investigation, inquiry, consideration

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, in whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उदेति (udeti) - arises, appears, comes forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of udeti

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who? what? which?

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who? what? which?

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion

(indeclinable)

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, truly, indeed

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that, within that (person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the person in whom the inquiry does not arise.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विमुक्तः (vimuktaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimukta

vimukta - liberated, released, set free, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'muc' (to free, release) with prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'jīvajvarabhramaḥ'.

असौ (asau) - that, this (distant demonstrative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun, referring to something distant or well-known)

Note: Modifies 'jīvajvarabhramaḥ'.

दीर्घः (dīrghaḥ) - long, prolonged, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, extended, prolonged

Note: Modifies 'jīvajvarabhramaḥ'.

जीवज्वरभ्रमः (jīvajvarabhramaḥ) - the delusion of the fever of individual existence, the feverish delusion of life

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvajvarabhrama

jīvajvarabhrama - the illusion or delusion caused by the fever of individual existence or worldly life

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīva+jvara+bhrama)

• jīva – individual soul (jīva), life
  noun (masculine)
• jvara – fever, distress, anguish
  noun (masculine)
• bhrama – delusion, error, illusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)

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