योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-31

य इमं गुणसंघातं भावयन्सुखमीहते ।
प्रमार्ष्टि स जडो जाड्यं वह्निभावनया स्वया ॥ ३१ ॥

ya imaṃ guṇasaṃghātaṃ bhāvayansukhamīhate ,
pramārṣṭi sa jaḍo jāḍyaṃ vahnibhāvanayā svayā 31

31. yaḥ imam guṇasaṃghātam bhāvayan sukham īhate
pramārṣṭi saḥ jaḍaḥ jāḍyam vahni-bhāvanayā svayā

31. yaḥ imam guṇasaṃghātam bhāvayan sukham īhate
saḥ jaḍaḥ svayā vahni-bhāvanayā jāḍyam pramārṣṭi

31. Whoever desires happiness by contemplating this aggregate of qualities (guṇasaṃghāta), that dull person (jaḍa) merely attempts to wipe away his own dullness (jāḍya) through the imagination of fire (vahni-bhāvanā).

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - Refers to any individual. (whoever, which)

• इमम् (imam) - Refers to 'guṇasaṃghātam'. (this)

• गुणसंघातम् (guṇasaṁghātam) - Refers to the body, senses, mind, and intellect, which are manifestations of nature (prakṛti) and its qualities (guṇas). (aggregate of qualities, collection of attributes)

• भावयन् (bhāvayan) - By identifying with or intensely focusing on. (contemplating, imagining, producing, causing to be)

• सुखम् (sukham) - The desired outcome from engaging with the world. (happiness, pleasure, ease)

• ईहते (īhate) - The futile pursuit of happiness from illusory sources. (desires, strives for, wishes)

• प्रमार्ष्टि (pramārṣṭi) - The act of attempting to remove dullness. (cleanses, wipes away, purifies)

• सः (saḥ) - Refers back to 'yaḥ'. (he, that)

• जडः (jaḍaḥ) - Characterizes the person deluded by the world. (dull, ignorant, inert, foolish)

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - The ignorance that such a person attempts to remove. (dullness, ignorance, inertness, foolishness)

• वह्नि-भावनया (vahni-bhāvanayā) - The illusory means by which the dull person tries to remove dullness. (by the imagination of fire, by the contemplation of fire)

• स्वया (svayā) - Emphasizes that this imagination is the person's own, not external truth. (by one's own, by her own)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - Refers to any individual. (whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

इमम् (imam) - Refers to 'guṇasaṃghātam'. (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'guṇasaṃghātam'.

गुणसंघातम् (guṇasaṁghātam) - Refers to the body, senses, mind, and intellect, which are manifestations of nature (prakṛti) and its qualities (guṇas). (aggregate of qualities, collection of attributes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇasaṃghāta

guṇasaṁghāta - aggregate of qualities, collection of attributes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+saṃghāta)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, strand (of prakṛti)
  noun (masculine)
• saṃghāta – aggregate, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)
  From root `han` (to strike) with `sam` and derivative `ghāta`.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)

भावयन् (bhāvayan) - By identifying with or intensely focusing on. (contemplating, imagining, producing, causing to be)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvayat

bhāvayat - contemplating, causing to be, thinking, imagining

present active participle (causative)

Causative of root `bhū` (to be) + `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'yaḥ'.

सुखम् (sukham) - The desired outcome from engaging with the world. (happiness, pleasure, ease)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, joy, comfort, ease

ईहते (īhate) - The futile pursuit of happiness from illusory sources. (desires, strives for, wishes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of īh

Root: īh (class 1)

प्रमार्ष्टि (pramārṣṭi) - The act of attempting to remove dullness. (cleanses, wipes away, purifies)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of mṛj

Root `mṛj` (class 2) with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - Refers back to 'yaḥ'. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - Characterizes the person deluded by the world. (dull, ignorant, inert, foolish)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - dull, ignorant, inert, foolish, cold

Root: jaḍ

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - The ignorance that such a person attempts to remove. (dullness, ignorance, inertness, foolishness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - dullness, ignorance, inertness, foolishness

Abstract noun from `jaḍa` (dull) + `ya` (taddhita suffix).

वह्नि-भावनया (vahni-bhāvanayā) - The illusory means by which the dull person tries to remove dullness. (by the imagination of fire, by the contemplation of fire)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vahni-bhāvanā

vahni-bhāvanā - imagination/contemplation of fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vahni+bhāvanā)

• vahni – fire, sacrificial fire, Agni
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)
• bhāvanā – imagination, contemplation, notion, production, causing to be
  noun (feminine)
  From causative `bhāvayati` of root `bhū`.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वया (svayā) - Emphasizes that this imagination is the person's own, not external truth. (by one's own, by her own)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvanayā'.