योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-44, verse-15

लीलयैव यदादत्ते दिक्कालकलितं वपुः ।
तदैव जीवपर्यायं वासनावेशतत्परम् ॥ १५ ॥

līlayaiva yadādatte dikkālakalitaṃ vapuḥ ,
tadaiva jīvaparyāyaṃ vāsanāveśatatparam 15

15. līlayā eva yadā ādatte dikkāla-kalitam vapuḥ
tadā eva jīva-paryāyam vāsanā-āveśa-tatparam

15. yadā līlayā eva dikkāla-kalitam vapuḥ (ca) jīva-paryāyam vāsanā-āveśa-tatparam ādatte,
tadā eva (tat bhavati)

15. When, purely by its sport (līlā), it assumes a form (vapu) imbued with space and time, then it also assumes the state of a living being (jīva), wholly absorbed in the influx of latent impressions (vāsanā).

15. כשרק לשם שעשוע הוא עוטה גוף המוגדר במקום ובזמן, הוא הופך ליצור חי הלכוד בסערת רשמיו הנסתרים.

Words meanings summery:

• लीलया (līlayā) - by sport, by play, playfully

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes, takes, obtains

• दिक्काल-कलितम् (dikkāla-kalitam) - pervaded/defined by space and time

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, shape

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• जीव-पर्यायम् (jīva-paryāyam) - the state of a living being (jīva), the turn/role of a jīva

• वासना-आवेश-तत्परम् (vāsanā-āveśa-tatparam) - intent on the influx of latent impressions (vāsanā)

Words meanings and morphology

लीलया (līlayā) - by sport, by play, playfully

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, divine sport (līlā)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes, takes, obtains

(verb)

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

present tense, middle voice

3rd person singular, present indicative, middle voice (ātmanepada) of prefixed root `ā-dā`

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

दिक्काल-कलितम् (dikkāla-kalitam) - pervaded/defined by space and time

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dikkāla-kalita

dikkāla-kalita - pervaded by space and time, measured by space and time

Compound modifying `vapuḥ`

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dikkāla+kalita)

• dik – direction, space
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• kalita – counted, calculated, held, pervaded, composed of
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √kal
  Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Modifies `vapuḥ`

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, shape

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, essence

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

जीव-पर्यायम् (jīva-paryāyam) - the state of a living being (jīva), the turn/role of a jīva

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīva-paryāya

jīva-paryāya - the state of a living being (jīva), the course of life, turn of a jīva

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jīva+paryāya)

• jīva – living being, soul (jīva), individual self
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• paryāya – turn, course, order, mode, state
  noun (masculine)
  From pari-√i
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of `ādatte`, referring to the state assumed along with the `vapuḥ`.

वासना-आवेश-तत्परम् (vāsanā-āveśa-tatparam) - intent on the influx of latent impressions (vāsanā)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāsanā-āveśa-tatpara

vāsanā-āveśa-tatpara - absorbed in the influx of latent impressions (vāsanā), devoted to the entrance of vāsanās

Compound adjective modifying `jīvaparyāyam` (or `vapuḥ`)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vāsanā-āveśa+tatpara)

• vāsanā – latent impression, mental tendency, predisposition (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 4)
• āveśa – entrance, absorption, intense application, influx
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ā-√viś
  Prefix: ā
  Root: viś (class 6)
• tatpara – devoted to, intent on, absorbed in
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies `jīva-paryāyam` (or `vapuḥ`).

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