योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-32, verse-33

मृगतृष्णाम्बुबुद्ध्येव याति जन्तुरिवान्तरम् ।
तरन्ति ते भवाम्भोधिं स्वप्रवाहधियैव ये ॥ ३३ ॥

mṛgatṛṣṇāmbubuddhyeva yāti janturivāntaram ,
taranti te bhavāmbhodhiṃ svapravāhadhiyaiva ye 33

33. mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-buddhyā eva yāti jantuḥ iva antaram
taranti te bhavāmbhodhim sva-pravāha-dhiyā eva ye

33. jantuḥ mṛgatṛṣṇāmbubuddhyā iva antaram eva yāti
ye sva-pravāhadhiyā eva te bhavāmbhodhim taranti

33. Like a creature pursuing the water of a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu), it (the mind/self) enters into an internal state. Those who traverse the ocean of existence (bhavāmbhodhi) do so solely by their own flow of understanding (svapravāhadhī).

33. בדומה לאמונה במים מדומים במדבר, היצור החי נלכד באשליה פנימית. אך אלה שחוצים את ים הקיום התופעתי באמצעות הבנת זרימת תודעתם...

Words meanings summery:

• मृगतृष्णाम्बु-बुद्ध्या (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-buddhyā) - by the perception/understanding of mirage-water

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• याति (yāti) - he/she/it goes, moves, proceeds

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - interior, within, internal state

• तरन्ति (taranti) - they cross, overcome, traverse

• ते (te) - they

• भवाम्भोधिम् (bhavāmbhodhim) - the ocean of existence/rebirth

• स्व-प्रवाह-धिया (sva-pravāha-dhiyā) - by one's own stream/flow of understanding

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• ये (ye) - who, those who

Words meanings and morphology

मृगतृष्णाम्बु-बुद्ध्या (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-buddhyā) - by the perception/understanding of mirage-water

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇāmbubuddhi

mṛgatṛṣṇāmbubuddhi - the perception or intellect related to the water of a mirage

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu+buddhi)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage, illusion
  noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, mind
  noun (feminine)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - he/she/it goes, moves, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person, man

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

अन्तरम् (antaram) - interior, within, internal state

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interior, middle, interval, difference, soul

तरन्ति (taranti) - they cross, overcome, traverse

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of tṛ

Root: tṛ (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

भवाम्भोधिम् (bhavāmbhodhim) - the ocean of existence/rebirth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavāmbhodhi

bhavāmbhodhi - the ocean of saṃsāra (cycle of birth and death)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhava+ambhodhi)

• bhava – being, existence, world, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
• ambhodhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

स्व-प्रवाह-धिया (sva-pravāha-dhiyā) - by one's own stream/flow of understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svapravāhadhī

svapravāhadhī - one's own innate flow of intellect or understanding

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+pravāha+dhī)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective
• pravāha – flow, current, stream, continuous course
  noun (masculine)
• dhī – intellect, understanding, thought, mind
  noun (feminine)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

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