योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-23

चिन्मयः कलनाकालप्रकाशतिमिरादिकम् ।
वासनां वासितारं च प्राणस्पन्दनपूर्वकम् ॥ २३ ॥

cinmayaḥ kalanākālaprakāśatimirādikam ,
vāsanāṃ vāsitāraṃ ca prāṇaspandanapūrvakam 23

23. cinmayaḥ kalanākālaprakāśatimirādikam
vāsanām vāsitāram ca prāṇaspandanapūrvakam

23. cinmayaḥ kalanākālaprakāśatimirādikam
vāsanām vāsitāram ca prāṇaspandanapūrvakam

23. The one who is pure consciousness (cinmayaḥ) comprehends perception, time, light, darkness, and so forth; as well as latent impressions (vāsanā), the one who imprints them, and all that arises from the pulsation of vital energy (prāṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्मयः (cinmayaḥ) - The one who is pure consciousness (full of consciousness, consisting of consciousness)

• कलनाकालप्रकाशतिमिरादिकम् (kalanākālaprakāśatimirādikam) - The totality of perception, time, light, darkness, and similar phenomena (perception, time, light, darkness, etc.)

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, desire, habit, inclination)

• वासितारम् (vāsitāram) - the agent who creates or imprints such latent impressions (the imprinter, the one who causes to dwell, the perfumer)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्राणस्पन्दनपूर्वकम् (prāṇaspandanapūrvakam) - all that is brought forth by the vibration of vital energy (prāṇa) (preceded by the vibration of vital breath)

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्मयः (cinmayaḥ) - The one who is pure consciousness (full of consciousness, consisting of consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cinmaya

cinmaya - consisting of consciousness, full of consciousness

From cit (consciousness) + maya (full of, consisting of)

Note: Used substantively as 'the conscious one'.

कलनाकालप्रकाशतिमिरादिकम् (kalanākālaprakāśatimirādikam) - The totality of perception, time, light, darkness, and similar phenomena (perception, time, light, darkness, etc.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalanākālaprakāśatimirādika

kalanākālaprakāśatimirādika - perception, time, light, darkness, and so forth

Compound noun, with ādika as a suffix.

Compound type : dvandva/tatpurusha with ādika (kalanā+kāla+prakāśa+timira+ādika)

• kalanā – apprehension, perception, calculation, knowing
  noun (feminine)
  From root kal (to count, to know)
  Root: kal (class 1)
• kāla – time, black
  noun (masculine)
• prakāśa – light, luster, manifestation, fame
  noun (masculine)
  From pra + root kāś
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• timira – darkness, obscurity, blindness
  noun (masculine)
• ādika – beginning with, and so forth, etc.
  adjective
  From ādi + ka (taddhita suffix)

Note: The suffix ādika makes it an adjective often used substantively.

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, desire, habit, inclination)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, desire, habit, inclination

From root vas (to dwell, to perfume)

Root: vas (class 1)

वासितारम् (vāsitāram) - the agent who creates or imprints such latent impressions (the imprinter, the one who causes to dwell, the perfumer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsitṛ

vāsitṛ - imprinter, perfumer, one who causes to dwell

agent noun

From root vas (to dwell, to perfume) + tṛ (agent suffix)

Root: vas (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

प्राणस्पन्दनपूर्वकम् (prāṇaspandanapūrvakam) - all that is brought forth by the vibration of vital energy (prāṇa) (preceded by the vibration of vital breath)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāṇaspandanapūrvaka

prāṇaspandanapūrvaka - preceded by the pulsation of vital breath, arising from vital breath's movement

Compound adjective.

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāṇaspandana) + bahuvrihi (pūrvaka) (prāṇa+spandana+pūrvaka)

• prāṇa – vital breath, life-force, vital energy
  noun (masculine)
  From pra + root an (to breathe)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• spandana – vibration, pulsation, tremor, movement
  noun (neuter)
  From root spand (to tremble, vibrate)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• pūrvaka – preceded by, accompanied by, having as a cause
  adjective
  From pūrva (before) + ka (taddhita suffix)

Note: Here used substantively in the accusative.

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