योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-25, verse-37

अभावात्कर्मणां ते च प्राक्तना नच वासनाः ।
निर्विकल्पकचिन्मात्रपरिस्पन्दैकधर्मकाः ॥ ३७ ॥

abhāvātkarmaṇāṃ te ca prāktanā naca vāsanāḥ ,
nirvikalpakacinmātraparispandaikadharmakāḥ 37

37. abhāvāt karmaṇām te ca prāktanāḥ na ca vāsanāḥ
nirvikalpaka-cinmātra-parispanda-eka-dharmakāḥ

37. karmaṇām abhāvāt ca te prāktanāḥ vāsanāḥ na ca
nirvikalpaka-cinmātra-parispanda-eka-dharmakāḥ

37. Due to the absence of actions (karma), they are not past latent impressions (vāsanāḥ); rather, their sole intrinsic nature (dharma) is the vibration of mere undifferentiated consciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to the absence of, from non-existence

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds, of (karma)

• ते (te) - those

• च (ca) - and

• प्राक्तनाः (prāktanāḥ) - ancient, past, former

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• वासनाः (vāsanāḥ) - latent impressions, tendencies

• निर्विकल्पक-चिन्मात्र-परिस्पन्द-एक-धर्मकाः (nirvikalpaka-cinmātra-parispanda-eka-dharmakāḥ) - whose sole intrinsic nature (dharma) is the vibration of mere undifferentiated consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to the absence of, from non-existence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence, annihilation

Prefix a- (negation) + bhāva (existence).

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds, of (karma)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence (karma)

Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्राक्तनाः (prāktanāḥ) - ancient, past, former

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāktana

prāktana - ancient, past, former, belonging to a previous state or time

Derived from prāk (before, formerly) with -tana suffix.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वासनाः (vāsanāḥ) - latent impressions, tendencies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental tendency, predisposition (vāsanā)

Derived from root √vas (to dwell, perfume) + -anā suffix.

Root: vas (class 1)

निर्विकल्पक-चिन्मात्र-परिस्पन्द-एक-धर्मकाः (nirvikalpaka-cinmātra-parispanda-eka-dharmakāḥ) - whose sole intrinsic nature (dharma) is the vibration of mere undifferentiated consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirvikalpaka-cinmātra-parispanda-eka-dharmaka

nirvikalpaka-cinmātra-parispanda-eka-dharmaka - whose sole intrinsic nature is the vibration of mere undifferentiated consciousness

Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'having only the vibration of pure undifferentiated consciousness as its nature'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nirvikalpaka+cit+mātra+parispanda+eka+dharmaka)

• nirvikalpaka – undifferentiated, without specific cognition, free from mental constructs
  adjective
  Prefix nir- (without) + vikalpa (distinction, specific thought) + -ka suffix.
  Prefix: nir
• cit – consciousness, intelligence, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  indeclinable
• parispanda – vibration, pulsation, tremor
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from prefix pari- + root √spand (to vibrate, throb).
  Prefix: pari
  Root: spand (class 1)
• eka – one, sole, single
  numeral
• dharmaka – having the nature of, possessing a quality or intrinsic nature (dharma)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from dharma with -ka suffix.

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