योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-25

मनो जीवो नरं विद्धि तदेवाकारमागतम् ।
आत्मनात्मानमादत्ते स्वविकल्पात्मकल्पितम् ॥ २५ ॥

mano jīvo naraṃ viddhi tadevākāramāgatam ,
ātmanātmānamādatte svavikalpātmakalpitam 25

25. manaḥ jīvaḥ naram viddhi tat eva ākāram āgatam
ātmanā ātmānam ādatte svavikalpātmakalpitam

25. manaḥ jīvaḥ naram viddhi.
tat eva ākāram āgatam.
ātmanā svavikalpātmakalpitam ātmānam ādatte.

25. Know the mind (manas) to be the individual living being (jīva), which has itself assumed a form. Through its own mental constructs (vikalpa), it creates itself, imagining its own nature.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mental faculty that processes thoughts and feelings (mind, intellect, thought, intention)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual conscious entity, the embodied spirit (jīva) (living being, soul, individual self)

• नरम् (naram) - the individual person or entity (man, human being, individual)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - consider, recognize (know, understand, realize)

• तत् (tat) - refers back to 'manaḥ' (mind) (that, it, this)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word, "that very one" (indeed, only, just, quite)

• आकारम् (ākāram) - a specific physical or conceptual form (form, shape, appearance)

• आगतम् (āgatam) - having taken, assumed (a form) (arrived, come, attained)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by its own nature or power (referring to the mind's own agency) (by the self, by oneself)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - its own individual self or identity, often taken reflexively (the self, oneself)

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - creates or brings into being (takes, grasps, receives, assumes, creates)

• स्वविकल्पात्मकल्पितम् (svavikalpātmakalpitam) - imagined or created by the mind's own conceptualizations (vikalpa) of its own nature (conceived by one's own mental constructs)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - the mental faculty that processes thoughts and feelings (mind, intellect, thought, intention)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, intention, heart

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual conscious entity, the embodied spirit (jīva) (living being, soul, individual self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; living being, soul, individual self

नरम् (naram) - the individual person or entity (man, human being, individual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Object of `viddhi`.

विद्धि (viddhi) - consider, recognize (know, understand, realize)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Imperative Mood

Root: vid (class 2)

तत् (tat) - refers back to 'manaḥ' (mind) (that, it, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to `manaḥ`, which is neuter.

एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word, "that very one" (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

आकारम् (ākāram) - a specific physical or conceptual form (form, shape, appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance, figure, aspect

Note: Object of `āgatam`.

आगतम् (āgatam) - having taken, assumed (a form) (arrived, come, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, attained, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root gam- (to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies `tat` (the mind).

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by its own nature or power (referring to the mind's own agency) (by the self, by oneself)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

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

Note: Refers to the mind's own agency.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - its own individual self or identity, often taken reflexively (the self, oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

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

Note: Object of `ādatte`, used reflexively.

आदत्ते (ādatte) - creates or brings into being (takes, grasps, receives, assumes, creates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of dā

Present Indicative

From root dā (to give) with prefix ā- (to take)

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

स्वविकल्पात्मकल्पितम् (svavikalpātmakalpitam) - imagined or created by the mind's own conceptualizations (vikalpa) of its own nature (conceived by one's own mental constructs)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svavikalpātmakalpita

svavikalpātmakalpita - conceived by one's own mental constructions (of the self)

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound of sva, vikalpa, ātma, and kalpita (PPP of kḷp-)

Compound type : bahuvrihi or tatpurusha (sva+vikalpa+ātma+kalpita)

• sva – one's own, self, own property
  pronoun (masculine)
• vikalpa – option, alternative, mental construct, imagination, doubt
  noun (masculine)
• ātma – self (often used as a stem in compounds or referring to mind/individual self)
  noun (masculine)
• kalpita – imagined, constructed, created, arranged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kḷp- (to be arranged, imagine)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Modifies `ātmānam`.

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