योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-17

आत्मपीवरताहेतून्विकल्पांश्चायमुज्झति ।
संस्मृत्य प्रभुतामेषु जहाति तृणवत्तनुम् ॥ १७ ॥

ātmapīvaratāhetūnvikalpāṃścāyamujjhati ,
saṃsmṛtya prabhutāmeṣu jahāti tṛṇavattanum 17

17. ātmapīvaratāhetūn vikalpān ca ayam ujjhati
saṃsmṛtya prabhutām eṣu jahāti tṛṇavat tanum

17. ayam ātmapīvaratāhetūn vikalpān ca ujjhati
eṣu prabhutām saṃsmṛtya tṛṇavat tanum jahāti

17. This person abandons the causes that nourish the empirical self (ātman) and also his mental constructs. Having well recollected his mastery over these, he casts off the body like a blade of grass.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मपीवरताहेतून् (ātmapīvaratāhetūn) - the causes that strengthen or develop the ego (ātman) (the causes of the self's nourishment or growth)

• विकल्पान् (vikalpān) - doubts, options, mental constructs, misconceptions

• च (ca) - and, also

• अयम् (ayam) - this (person)

• उज्झति (ujjhati) - abandons, gives up, discards

• संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) - having recollected, having remembered well

• प्रभुताम् (prabhutām) - mastery, supremacy, power

• एषु (eṣu) - in these (causes of ego growth and mental constructs) (in these, among these)

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, gives up, forsakes

• तृणवत् (tṛṇavat) - like a blade of grass, like straw

• तनुम् (tanum) - body, physical form

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मपीवरताहेतून् (ātmapīvaratāhetūn) - the causes that strengthen or develop the ego (ātman) (the causes of the self's nourishment or growth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ātmapīvaratāhetu

ātmapīvaratāhetu - causes of the self's fatness or growth

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+pīvaratā+hetu)

• ātman – self, soul, individual soul, Supreme Soul, ego (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• pīvaratā – fatness, stoutness, strength, growth, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)

विकल्पान् (vikalpān) - doubts, options, mental constructs, misconceptions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vikalpa

vikalpa - option, alternative, doubt, mental construct, misconception

Prefix: vi

Root: kḷp (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

उज्झति (ujjhati) - abandons, gives up, discards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √ujjh

Root of class 6

Root: ujjh (class 6)

संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) - having recollected, having remembered well

(indeclinable)

Root √smṛ with prefix saṃ

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form

प्रभुताम् (prabhutām) - mastery, supremacy, power

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prabhutā

prabhutā - mastery, supremacy, power, lordship

एषु (eṣu) - in these (causes of ego growth and mental constructs) (in these, among these)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - these, this

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, gives up, forsakes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √hā

Root of class 3

Root: hā (class 3)

तृणवत् (tṛṇavat) - like a blade of grass, like straw

(indeclinable)

तनुम् (tanum) - body, physical form

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person, form

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