योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-28

चिज्ज्योत्स्ना यावदेवान्तरहंकारघनावृता ।
विकासयति नो तावत्परमार्थकुमुद्वतीम् ॥ २८ ॥

cijjyotsnā yāvadevāntarahaṃkāraghanāvṛtā ,
vikāsayati no tāvatparamārthakumudvatīm 28

28. cij-jyotsnā yāvat eva antarahaṅkāraghanāvṛtā
vikāsayati no tāvat paramārthakumudvatīm

28. yāvat cij-jyotsnā antarahaṅkāraghanāvṛtā
eva tāvat paramārthakumudvatīm no vikāsayati

28. As long as the moonlight of consciousness (cit) remains enveloped by the dense cloud of inner ego (ahaṅkāra), it cannot cause the night-lotus of ultimate reality (paramārtha) to bloom.

Words meanings summery:

• चिज्-ज्योत्स्ना (cij-jyotsnā) - moonlight of consciousness

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, while

• एव (eva) - still, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• अन्तरहङ्कारघनावृता (antarahaṅkāraghanāvṛtā) - covered by the dense cloud of inner ego

• विकासयति (vikāsayati) - causes to bloom, develops, expands

• नो (no) - not, no

• तावत् (tāvat) - then (correlating with 'yāvat') (so much, so far, thus, then, therefore)

• परमार्थकुमुद्वतीम् (paramārthakumudvatīm) - the night-lotus of ultimate reality/truth

Words meanings and morphology

चिज्-ज्योत्स्ना (cij-jyotsnā) - moonlight of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit-jyotsnā

cit-jyotsnā - the moonlight of consciousness (cit)

compound of 'cit' (consciousness) and 'jyotsnā' (moonlight)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (cit+jyotsnā)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge, intellect
  noun (feminine)
• jyotsnā – moonlight, moonshine
  noun (feminine)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, while

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - still, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

अन्तरहङ्कारघनावृता (antarahaṅkāraghanāvṛtā) - covered by the dense cloud of inner ego

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of antarahaṅkāraghanāvṛta

antarahaṅkāraghanāvṛta - enveloped by the thick cloud of inner ego (ahaṅkāra)

compound of 'antar' (inner), 'ahaṅkāra' (ego), 'ghana' (dense cloud), and 'āvṛta' (covered)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (antar+ahaṅkāra+ghana+āvṛta)

• antar – inner, internal, within
  indeclinable
• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, self-sense
  noun (masculine)
• ghana – dense, thick, cloud
  noun (masculine)
• āvṛta – covered, enveloped, concealed
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from ā- (prefix) + vṛ (to cover)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'cij-jyotsnā'.

विकासयति (vikāsayati) - causes to bloom, develops, expands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vikāsa

present causative active

from vi- (prefix) + kas (to open, expand) + ṇic (causative suffix), present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: vi

Root: kas (class 1)

नो (no) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - then (correlating with 'yāvat') (so much, so far, thus, then, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with 'yāvat'.

परमार्थकुमुद्वतीम् (paramārthakumudvatīm) - the night-lotus of ultimate reality/truth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramārthakumudvatī

paramārthakumudvatī - the night-lotus (kumudvatī) representing ultimate reality (paramārtha)

compound of 'paramārtha' (ultimate reality) and 'kumudvatī' (night-lotus)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (paramārtha+kumudvatī)

• paramārtha – ultimate reality, supreme truth, highest purpose
  noun (masculine)
  compound of 'parama' (supreme) and 'artha' (meaning, purpose, reality)
• kumudvatī – night-lotus, water lily (blooming at night)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'vikāsayati'.

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