योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-28

विज्ञानवादिनो बुद्ध्या स्फुरत्स्वभ्रमपूरया ।
मुक्तिः शमदमोपेता निर्णीय परिकल्पिता ॥ २८ ॥

vijñānavādino buddhyā sphuratsvabhramapūrayā ,
muktiḥ śamadamopetā nirṇīya parikalpitā 28

28. vijñānavādinaḥ buddhyā sphurat svabhramapūrayā
muktiḥ śamadamopetā nirṇīya parikalpitā

28. vijñānavādinaḥ sphurat svabhramapūrayā buddhyā
śamadamopetā muktiḥ nirṇīya parikalpitā

28. The Vijñānavādins, with an intellect (buddhi) that is vibrant with and full of their own misconceptions, have ascertained and then posited liberation (mokṣa) as something endowed with tranquility (śama) and self-control (dama).

Words meanings summery:

• विज्ञानवादिनः (vijñānavādinaḥ) - the proponents of the Vijñānavāda school of Buddhism (by the idealists, by the phenomenalists, by the Vijñānavādins)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by their own mental faculty (by intellect, by understanding, by reason)

• स्फुरत् (sphurat) - vibrant, intensely appearing (manifesting, appearing, throbbing, flashing)

• स्वभ्रमपूरया (svabhramapūrayā) - by the intellect (buddhi) that is full of their own misconceptions and vibrant with them (by the fullness of their own delusion/error)

• मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - final liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, release)

• शमदमोपेता (śamadamopetā) - endowed with tranquility and self-control

• निर्णीय (nirṇīya) - having ascertained, having determined, having decided

• परिकल्पिता (parikalpitā) - posited, theorized (imagined, conceived, established, constructed)

Words meanings and morphology

विज्ञानवादिनः (vijñānavādinaḥ) - the proponents of the Vijñānavāda school of Buddhism (by the idealists, by the phenomenalists, by the Vijñānavādins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vijñānavādin

vijñānavādin - proponent of idealism, one who asserts the reality of consciousness only

derived from vijñāna (consciousness/knowledge) + vādin (speaker/proponent)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vijñāna+vādin)

• vijñāna – consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  from vi-√jñā (to know, perceive) + -ana suffix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vādin – speaker, proponent, one who asserts
  noun (masculine)
  from √vad (to speak) + -in suffix
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: The final 'ḥ' becomes 'o' before a voiced consonant due to sandhi.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by their own mental faculty (by intellect, by understanding, by reason)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, reason

from √budh (to awaken, know) + ti suffix

Root: budh (class 1)

स्फुरत् (sphurat) - vibrant, intensely appearing (manifesting, appearing, throbbing, flashing)

(participle)

of sphurat

sphurat - manifesting, flashing, throbbing

present active participle

from √sphur (class 6)

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: This is the stem of the present active participle.

स्वभ्रमपूरया (svabhramapūrayā) - by the intellect (buddhi) that is full of their own misconceptions and vibrant with them (by the fullness of their own delusion/error)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sphurat-svabhramapūra

sphurat-svabhramapūra - (an intellect) having a fullness of one's own delusion that is manifesting

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sphurat+sva+bhrama+pūra)

• sphurat – manifesting, flashing, throbbing
  participle
  present active participle
  from √sphur (class 6)
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• bhrama – error, delusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  from √bhram (to wander, err)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• pūra – fullness, flood, filling
  noun (masculine)
  from √pṛ (to fill) + -a suffix
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Adjective modifying buddhyā.

मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - final liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, release)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mukti

mukti - liberation, release, freedom, salvation

from √muc (to release) + kti suffix

Root: muc (class 6)

शमदमोपेता (śamadamopetā) - endowed with tranquility and self-control

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śamadamopeta

śamadamopeta - endowed with tranquility and self-control

Compound type : tatpurusha (śama+dama+upeta)

• śama – tranquility, mental calm, cessation
  noun (masculine)
  from √śam (to be calm, cease)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• dama – self-control, restraint
  noun (masculine)
  from √dam (to tame, restrain)
  Root: dam (class 4)
• upeta – endowed with, possessed of, approached
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from upa + √i (to go)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying muktiḥ.

निर्णीय (nirṇīya) - having ascertained, having determined, having decided

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from nir + √ṇī (to lead) + ya suffix

Prefix: nis

Root: ṇī (class 1)

परिकल्पिता (parikalpitā) - posited, theorized (imagined, conceived, established, constructed)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parikalpita

parikalpita - imagined, conceived, established, constructed, invented

past passive participle

from pari + √kḷp (to be fit, to form, arrange) + ta suffix

Prefix: pari

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective for muktiḥ.

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