योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-24

सा समग्रजगद्भूतखगबन्धनवागुरा ।
यः स्वप्नभूमिवद्भ्रान्तमसत्सद्ह्येकनिश्चयः ॥ २४ ॥

sā samagrajagadbhūtakhagabandhanavāgurā ,
yaḥ svapnabhūmivadbhrāntamasatsadhyekaniścayaḥ 24

24. sā samagrajagatbhūtakhagabandhanavāgurā yaḥ
svapnabhūmivat bhrāntam asat sat hi ekaniścayaḥ

24. sā samagrajagatbhūtakhagabandhanavāgurā (asti).
yaḥ svapnabhūmivat asat sat bhrāntam hi ekaniścayaḥ

24. Such a perception (dṛṣṭi) is a snare (vāgurā) that binds all creatures (bhūta) and birds (khaga) in the entire world (samagra jagat). He who, like someone in a dream-world, holds a singular conviction (eka niścayaḥ) and is deluded regarding what is non-existent (asat) and what is existent (sat)...

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - that (perception) (that, she)

• समग्रजगत्भूतखगबन्धनवागुरा (samagrajagatbhūtakhagabandhanavāgurā) - a snare for binding all living beings and birds in the world

• यः (yaḥ) - He who (who, which)

• स्वप्नभूमिवत् (svapnabhūmivat) - like someone in a dream-world (like a dream-land)

• भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - deluded (deluded, confused, wandering)

• असत् (asat) - non-existent (non-existent, unreal)

• सत् (sat) - existent (existent, real)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• एकनिस्चयः (ekaniscayaḥ) - holds a singular conviction (having a single conviction)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - that (perception) (that, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समग्रजगत्भूतखगबन्धनवागुरा (samagrajagatbhūtakhagabandhanavāgurā) - a snare for binding all living beings and birds in the world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samagrajagatbhūtakhagabandhanavāgurā

samagrajagatbhūtakhagabandhanavāgurā - a net or snare for binding all beings and birds of the entire world

Long compound word.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (samagra+jagat+bhūta+khaga+bandhana+vāgurā)

• samagra – entire, whole, complete
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• khaga – bird, one who goes in the sky
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'kha' (sky) and 'ga' (goer) - Upapada Tatpuruṣa
  Root: gam (class 1)
• bandhana – binding, bondage, fetter
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'bandh' (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• vāgurā – snare, net, trap
  noun (feminine)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'sā'.

यः (yaḥ) - He who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

स्वप्नभूमिवत् (svapnabhūmivat) - like someone in a dream-world (like a dream-land)

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'svapnabhūmi' (dream-land) with suffix '-vat' (like).

भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - deluded (deluded, confused, wandering)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - deluded, confused, wandering, mistaken

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhram' (to wander, to err)

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective, describing the state of 'yaḥ'.

असत् (asat) - non-existent (non-existent, unreal)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false

Present Active Participle

Negation of sat (being, existing). Derived from 'as' (to be) with 'na' (not)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used as a noun, referring to unreality.

सत् (sat) - existent (existent, real)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, good, real

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of delusion, alongside 'asat'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

एकनिस्चयः (ekaniscayaḥ) - holds a singular conviction (having a single conviction)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekaniscaya

ekaniscaya - having a single firm resolve or conviction

Compound of 'eka' (one) and 'niścaya' (conviction).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (eka+niścaya)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral
• niścaya – firm conviction, certainty, determination
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ci' (to collect, observe) with prefix 'nis-'
  Prefix: nis
  Root: ci (class 5)

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