योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-41

स्वयमुत्पद्यते सा च संकल्पाद्व्योमवृक्षवत् ।
असंकल्पनमात्रेण भावनायां महामते ॥ ४१ ॥

svayamutpadyate sā ca saṃkalpādvyomavṛkṣavat ,
asaṃkalpanamātreṇa bhāvanāyāṃ mahāmate 41

41. svayam utpadyate sā ca saṃkalpāt vyoma-vṛkṣa-vat
asaṃkalpana-mātreṇa bhāvanāyām mahāmate

41. mahāmate sā ca svayam saṃkalpāt vyoma-vṛkṣa-vat
utpadyate asaṃkalpana-mātreṇa bhāvanāyām

41. And that [delusion] spontaneously arises from mental formation (saṃkalpa), just like a sky-tree (vyomavṛkṣa). O great-minded one (mahāmate), it ceases in the inner experience (bhāvanā) merely through the absence of mental formation (asaṃkalpana).

41. בורות זו נוצרת מעצמה מתוך המחשבה והדמיון, כמו עץ בדיוני בשמיים. אך באמצעות הימנעות מדמיון ומחשבה, חכם לב...

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

• उत्पद्यते (utpadyate) - arises, is produced, is born

• सा (sā) - refers to an implicit feminine concept like 'delusion' or 'ignorance' (she, that (feminine))

• च (ca) - and, also

• संकल्पात् (saṁkalpāt) - from mental formation, from intention, from desire

• व्योम-वृक्ष-वत् (vyoma-vṛkṣa-vat) - as something illusory (like a sky-tree, illusory)

• असंकल्पन-मात्रेण (asaṁkalpana-mātreṇa) - merely by non-conceptualization, by the mere absence of mental formation

• भावनायाम् (bhāvanāyām) - in contemplation, in mental creation, in inner experience, in existence

• महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O intelligent one

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

उत्पद्यते (utpadyate) - arises, is produced, is born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of utpad

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person singular present middle from root 'pad' with upasarga 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: pad (class 4)

सा (sā) - refers to an implicit feminine concept like 'delusion' or 'ignorance' (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संकल्पात् (saṁkalpāt) - from mental formation, from intention, from desire

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - will, intention, resolve, mental formation, conceptualization, desire

From root 'kḷp' with upasarga 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 10)

व्योम-वृक्ष-वत् (vyoma-vṛkṣa-vat) - as something illusory (like a sky-tree, illusory)

(indeclinable)

Suffix 'vat' (like) added to the compound 'vyoma-vṛkṣa'.

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (vyoman+vṛkṣa)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

Note: The suffix 'vat' makes it an indeclinable adverbial.

असंकल्पन-मात्रेण (asaṁkalpana-mātreṇa) - merely by non-conceptualization, by the mere absence of mental formation

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of asaṃkalpana-mātra

asaṁkalpana-mātra - merely non-conceptualization, just the absence of mental formation

Tatpurusha compound: asaṃkalpana (absence of saṃkalpa) + mātra (mere, only).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asaṃkalpana+mātra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saṃkalpana – mental formation, conceptualization, intention
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  From root 'kḷp' with upasarga 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• mātra – only, mere, just
  adjective (neuter)

भावनायाम् (bhāvanāyām) - in contemplation, in mental creation, in inner experience, in existence

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - causing to be, bringing into existence, contemplation, meditation, imagination, inner experience

From root 'bhū' (to be) in causative sense.

Root: bhū (class 1)

महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O intelligent one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, intelligent, wise

Bahuvrīhi compound: mahā (great) + mati (mind, intelligence).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• mati – mind, intelligence, thought, intention
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Masculine vocative singular of a noun ending in -at.

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