योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-22, verse-17

प्रकटाकारमप्यन्तर्निरहंकारचेतसम् ।
नाप्नुवन्ति विकल्पास्तं मृगतृष्णामिवैणकाः ॥ १७ ॥

prakaṭākāramapyantarnirahaṃkāracetasam ,
nāpnuvanti vikalpāstaṃ mṛgatṛṣṇāmivaiṇakāḥ 17

17. prakaṭa-ākāram api antaḥ nirahaṅkāra-cetasam na
āpnuvanti vikalpāḥ tam mṛga-tṛṣṇām iva aiṇakāḥ

17. (yaḥ) prakaṭa-ākāram api antaḥ nirahaṅkāra-cetasam (asti),
tam vikalpāḥ na āpnuvanti,
mṛga-tṛṣṇām iva aiṇakāḥ (na āpnuvanti)

17. Mental constructions (vikalpa) do not reach one who, though having an outward form, is internally free from ego (ahaṅkāra) in consciousness (cetas), just as deer do not reach a mirage.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रकट-आकारम् (prakaṭa-ākāram) - having a manifest form, outwardly visible, with an apparent shape

• अपि (api) - “even though” or “despite” (even, also, too, despite)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internally

• निरहङ्कार-चेतसम् (nirahaṅkāra-cetasam) - having a consciousness (cetas) free from ego (ahaṅkāra), egoless in mind

• न (na) - not, no

• आप्नुवन्ति (āpnuvanti) - they obtain, they reach, they attain, they affect

• विकल्पाः (vikalpāḥ) - mental constructions, doubts, distinctions, illusions, imaginations

• तम् (tam) - “that person” (referring to the realized being) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• मृग-तृष्णाम् (mṛga-tṛṣṇām) - mirage, deer's thirst, illusory water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ऐणकाः (aiṇakāḥ) - deer, antelopes

Words meanings and morphology

प्रकट-आकारम् (prakaṭa-ākāram) - having a manifest form, outwardly visible, with an apparent shape

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prakaṭa-ākāra

prakaṭa-ākāra - one with a manifest (prakaṭa) form (ākāra)

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prakaṭa+ākāra)

• prakaṭa – manifest, apparent, visible, clear
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-kaṭ (to be visible)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kaṭ (class 10)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, external manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-kṛ (to do, make)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies the implied 'person' (tam).

अपि (api) - “even though” or “despite” (even, also, too, despite)

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internally

(indeclinable)

निरहङ्कार-चेतसम् (nirahaṅkāra-cetasam) - having a consciousness (cetas) free from ego (ahaṅkāra), egoless in mind

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirahaṅkāra-cetas

nirahaṅkāra-cetas - one whose mind (cetas) is free from ego (ahaṅkāra)

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nirahaṅkāra+cetas)

• nirahaṅkāra – without ego, egoless, devoid of ego (ahaṅkāra)
  adjective (masculine)
  From nis- (without) + ahaṅkāra (ego)
  Prefix: nis
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intelligence, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied 'person' (tam).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आप्नुवन्ति (āpnuvanti) - they obtain, they reach, they attain, they affect

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of āp

Present active indicative

From ā-ap

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

विकल्पाः (vikalpāḥ) - mental constructions, doubts, distinctions, illusions, imaginations

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikalpa

vikalpa - mental construction, doubt, distinction, alternative, illusion

From vi-kḷp (to arrange, to imagine)

Prefix: vi

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Subject of the verb āpnuvanti.

तम् (tam) - “that person” (referring to the realized being) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it

Note: Object of the verb āpnuvanti.

मृग-तृष्णाम् (mṛga-tṛṣṇām) - mirage, deer's thirst, illusory water

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛga-tṛṣṇā

mṛga-tṛṣṇā - mirage (lit. 'deer's thirst')

Tatpuruṣa compound (sixth case, deer's thirst)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇā)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛg (class 1)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving
  noun (feminine)
  From tṛṣ (to thirst)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Object of the implied verb of reaching/being caught.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ऐणकाः (aiṇakāḥ) - deer, antelopes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aiṇaka

aiṇaka - deer, antelope

From eṇa (a kind of deer) with suffix -ka

Note: Subject of the implied verb.

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