योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-23

सत्तद्ब्रह्मेति यस्यान्तर्निश्चयः सोऽपि मोक्षभाक् ।
चलाचलाकृतिर्या या दृष्टिरावद्धभावना ॥ २३ ॥

sattadbrahmeti yasyāntarniścayaḥ so'pi mokṣabhāk ,
calācalākṛtiryā yā dṛṣṭirāvaddhabhāvanā 23

23. sat tat brahma iti yasya antaḥ niścayaḥ saḥ api
mokṣabhāk calācalākṛtiḥ yā yā dṛṣṭiḥ āvaddhabhāvanā

23. yasya antaḥ sat tat brahma iti niścayaḥ,
saḥ api mokṣabhāk.
yā yā calācalākṛtiḥ āvaddhabhāvanā dṛṣṭiḥ

23. He who has the firm conviction within himself, 'That reality (sat) is the ultimate reality (brahman),' also attains liberation (mokṣa). Any perception (dṛṣṭi) that takes on a moving or unmoving form and is bound by mental conceptions (bhāvanā)...

Words meanings summery:

• सत् (sat) - reality (sat) (existent, real, truth, being)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman, the ultimate reality)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, that

• यस्य (yasya) - in whose (whose, of whom)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within himself, in the interior (inside, within, interior)

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm conviction (firm conviction, certainty, determination)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• मोक्षभाक् (mokṣabhāk) - attains liberation (mokṣa) (partaker of liberation, attaining liberation)

• चलाचलाकृतिः (calācalākṛtiḥ) - that which has a moving and unmoving form (having a moving and unmoving form)

• या (yā) - which, whatever

• या (yā) - which, whatever

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - perception (dṛṣṭi) (perception, view, sight)

• आवद्धभावना (āvaddhabhāvanā) - bound by mental conceptions (bhāvanā) (bound by conception, having conceptions tied to it)

Words meanings and morphology

सत् (sat) - reality (sat) (existent, real, truth, being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, good, real

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of the direct quote 'That is Brahman'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Part of the direct quote 'That is Brahman'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman, the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, ultimate reality, sacred word, prayer

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Part of the direct quote 'That is Brahman'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, that

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - in whose (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Agrees with an implied 'man' or 'person'.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within himself, in the interior (inside, within, interior)

(indeclinable)

Note: Sandhi form of 'antar' when followed by a voiceless consonant.

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm conviction (firm conviction, certainty, determination)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - firm conviction, certainty, determination, resolution

From root 'ci' (to collect, observe) with prefix 'nis-'

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Subject of the first sentence.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

मोक्षभाक् (mokṣabhāk) - attains liberation (mokṣa) (partaker of liberation, attaining liberation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣabhāj

mokṣabhāj - partaking in liberation, obtaining freedom

Compound of mokṣa (liberation) and bhāj (partaking).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+bhāj)

• mokṣa – liberation, freedom, emancipation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'muc' (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• bhāj – partaker, sharer, possessing
  adjective
  From root 'bhaj' (to divide, partake)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'saḥ'.

चलाचलाकृतिः (calācalākṛtiḥ) - that which has a moving and unmoving form (having a moving and unmoving form)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of calācalākṛti

calācalākṛti - having a form that is both moving and unmoving

Compound of 'cala' (moving), 'acala' (unmoving), and 'ākṛti' (form).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (cala+acala+ākṛti)

• cala – moving, trembling, unstable
  adjective
  From root 'cal' (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• acala – unmoving, steady, firm
  adjective
  Negation of 'cala'
  Prefix: a
• ākṛti – form, shape, figure
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to make) with prefix 'ā-'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'dṛṣṭiḥ'.

या (yā) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

या (yā) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - perception (dṛṣṭi) (perception, view, sight)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, view, perception, understanding

From root 'dṛś' (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आवद्धभावना (āvaddhabhāvanā) - bound by mental conceptions (bhāvanā) (bound by conception, having conceptions tied to it)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āvaddhabhāvanā

āvaddhabhāvanā - that whose conceptualization is bound, bound by mental images

Compound of 'āvaddha' (bound) and 'bhāvanā' (conception).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (āvaddha+bhāvanā)

• āvaddha – bound, tied, fettered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bandh' (to bind) with prefix 'ā-'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• bhāvanā – conception, mental image, meditation, cultivation
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, become) in the causative sense
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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