योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-23

नात्मा संसारिपुरुषो न शरीरं न शोणितम् ।
जडं सर्वं शरीरादि देही स्ववदलेपकः ॥ २३ ॥

nātmā saṃsāripuruṣo na śarīraṃ na śoṇitam ,
jaḍaṃ sarvaṃ śarīrādi dehī svavadalepakaḥ 23

23. na ātmā saṃsāripuruṣaḥ na śarīram na śoṇitam
jaḍam sarvam śarīrādi dehī svavat alepakaḥ

23. ātmā na saṃsāripuruṣaḥ,
na śarīram,
na śoṇitam.
śarīrādi sarvam jaḍam.
dehī svavat alepakaḥ.

23. The true self (ātman) is not the worldly individual (saṃsāripuruṣa), nor the physical body, nor even blood. Everything, beginning with the body, is inert. The embodied consciousness (dehin) is, like its own nature, unattached.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the ultimate self or consciousness (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit, essential nature)

• संसारिपुरुषः (saṁsāripuruṣaḥ) - an individual subject to the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) (a worldly person, an individual caught in the cycle of transmigration)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, physical form

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

• जडम् (jaḍam) - lifeless, lacking consciousness (inert, dull, unconscious, senseless)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, the entirety (all, whole, every)

• शरीरादि (śarīrādi) - everything from the body onwards, implying physical and material elements (starting with the body, body and so on)

• देही (dehī) - the consciousness or self (ātman) that resides in a body (deha) (the embodied one, the soul)

• स्ववत् (svavat) - in accordance with its inherent nature, which is unattached (like oneself, like its own nature, according to one's own self)

• अलेपकः (alepakaḥ) - remaining unaffected and unblemished (unattached, unstained, pure)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the ultimate self or consciousness (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit, essential nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, breath

संसारिपुरुषः (saṁsāripuruṣaḥ) - an individual subject to the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) (a worldly person, an individual caught in the cycle of transmigration)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāripuruṣa

saṁsāripuruṣa - a worldly person, one who transmigrates

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsārin+puruṣa)

• saṃsārin – one who transmigrates, worldly
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from saṃsāra
• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being; the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, physical form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame, form

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood; red, crimson

जडम् (jaḍam) - lifeless, lacking consciousness (inert, dull, unconscious, senseless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, stiff, inert, inanimate, dull, senseless

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, the entirety (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

शरीरादि (śarīrādi) - everything from the body onwards, implying physical and material elements (starting with the body, body and so on)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīrādi

śarīrādi - body and so on, beginning with the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+ādi)

• śarīra – body, physical frame, form
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, first, and so on
  indeclinable

देही (dehī) - the consciousness or self (ātman) that resides in a body (deha) (the embodied one, the soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - an embodied being, the soul, spirit, individual

स्ववत् (svavat) - in accordance with its inherent nature, which is unattached (like oneself, like its own nature, according to one's own self)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat added to sva

अलेपकः (alepakaḥ) - remaining unaffected and unblemished (unattached, unstained, pure)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alepaka

alepaka - unattached, unstained, pure, free from sin or impurity

Negative prefix 'a-' + lepaka

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+lepaka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• lepaka – smearing, attaching, staining, defiling
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root lip (to smear, stain)
  Root: lip (class 6)

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