योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-4, chapter-21, verse-41
स्वयमुत्पद्यते सा च संकल्पाद्व्योमवृक्षवत् ।
असंकल्पनमात्रेण भावनायां महामते ॥ ४१ ॥
असंकल्पनमात्रेण भावनायां महामते ॥ ४१ ॥
svayamutpadyate sā ca saṃkalpādvyomavṛkṣavat ,
asaṃkalpanamātreṇa bhāvanāyāṃ mahāmate 41
asaṃkalpanamātreṇa bhāvanāyāṃ mahāmate 41
41.
svayam utpadyate sā ca saṃkalpāt vyoma-vṛkṣa-vat
asaṃkalpana-mātreṇa bhāvanāyām mahāmate
asaṃkalpana-mātreṇa bhāvanāyām mahāmate
41.
mahāmate sā ca svayam saṃkalpāt vyoma-vṛkṣa-vat
utpadyate asaṃkalpana-mātreṇa bhāvanāyām
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).
Words meanings summery:
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- 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.