योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-13, verse-65
यथा शिलामयी कन्या चोदितापि न नृत्यति ।
तथेयं कलना देहे न किंचिदवबुध्यते ॥ ६५ ॥
तथेयं कलना देहे न किंचिदवबुध्यते ॥ ६५ ॥
yathā śilāmayī kanyā coditāpi na nṛtyati ,
tatheyaṃ kalanā dehe na kiṃcidavabudhyate 65
tatheyaṃ kalanā dehe na kiṃcidavabudhyate 65
65.
yathā śilāmayī kanyā coditā api na nṛtyati
tathā iyaṃ kalanā dehe na kiṃcit avabudhyate
tathā iyaṃ kalanā dehe na kiṃcit avabudhyate
65.
yathā śilāmayī kanyā coditā api na nṛtyati
tathā iyaṃ kalanā dehe kiṃcit na avabudhyate
tathā iyaṃ kalanā dehe kiṃcit na avabudhyate
65.
Just as a maiden carved from stone does not dance even when urged, similarly, this ideation (kalanā) within the body does not perceive anything on its own.
Words meanings summery:
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- यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)
- शिलामयी (śilāmayī) - carved from stone, stone-made (made of stone, stony)
- कन्या (kanyā) - maiden (statue) (girl, maiden, daughter, statue)
- चोदिता (coditā) - urged, prompted (urged, impelled, commanded)
- अपि (api) - even when (even, also, too)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances
- तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)
- इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to kalanā) (this (feminine))
- कलना (kalanā) - ideation (as a faculty) (ideation, conceptualization, estimation, creation)
- देहे (dehe) - within the body (in the body)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (something, anything)
- अवबुध्यते (avabudhyate) - perceives (perceives, understands, recognizes)
Words meanings and morphology
यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)
(indeclinable)
शिलामयी (śilāmayī) - carved from stone, stone-made (made of stone, stony)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śilāmaya
śilāmaya - made of stone, stony
Derived from śilā (stone) with suffix maya.
Note: Agrees with kanyā.
कन्या (kanyā) - maiden (statue) (girl, maiden, daughter, statue)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter, virgin, statue
चोदिता (coditā) - urged, prompted (urged, impelled, commanded)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of codita
codita - urged, impelled, commanded, stimulated
Past Passive Participle
From root cud (to urge, impel).
Root: cud (class 10)
Note: Agrees with kanyā.
अपि (api) - even when (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
Note: Often implies 'even if/when' with a participle.
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (Lat) of nṛt
Root: nṛt (class 4)
तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)
(indeclinable)
इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to kalanā) (this (feminine))
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this
Note: Demonstrative pronoun.
कलना (kalanā) - ideation (as a faculty) (ideation, conceptualization, estimation, creation)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kalanā
kalanā - ideation, conceptualization, creation, calculation, estimation
Derived from root kal.
Root: kal (class 10)
देहे (dehe) - within the body (in the body)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, form, person
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (something, anything)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used adverbially or as indefinite pronoun.
अवबुध्यते (avabudhyate) - perceives (perceives, understands, recognizes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (Lat) of avabudh
Root budh with prefix ava, passive voice.
Prefix: ava
Root: budh (class 1)