योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-15, verse-2

आत्मा त्यक्तात्मरूपाभो मलिनामाप तद्दृशम् ।
चित्तं समनुसंधत्ते धत्ते च कलनामलम् ॥ २ ॥

ātmā tyaktātmarūpābho malināmāpa taddṛśam ,
cittaṃ samanusaṃdhatte dhatte ca kalanāmalam 2

2. ātmā tyaktātmarūpābhaḥ malinām āpa tat dṛśam
cittam samanusandhatte dhatte ca kalanāmalam

2. ātmā tyaktātmarūpābhaḥ tat malinām dṛśam āpa
cittam kalanāmalam ca samanusandhatte dhatte

2. The individual self (ātman), having forsaken the semblance of its true nature, acquired that tainted perception. And the mind (citta) then contemplates and retains the impurity stemming from conceptualization (kalanā).

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मा (ātmā) - The individual self. (self, soul, spirit)

• त्यक्तात्मरूपाभः (tyaktātmarūpābhaḥ) - having abandoned the appearance of its true nature

• मलिनाम् (malinām) - stained, dirty, impure

• आप (āpa) - obtained, reached, got

• तत् (tat) - Referring to a perception. (that)

• दृशम् (dṛśam) - perception, vision, sight

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

• समनुसन्धत्ते (samanusandhatte) - connects with, contemplates, investigates thoroughly

• धत्ते (dhatte) - retains, maintains (bears, holds, places, performs)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• कलनामलम् (kalanāmalam) - the impurity of conceptualization/imagination

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मा (ātmā) - The individual self. (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman), essential nature

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Subject of `āpa`.

त्यक्तात्मरूपाभः (tyaktātmarūpābhaḥ) - having abandoned the appearance of its true nature

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyaktātmarūpābha

tyaktātmarūpābha - having abandoned the appearance of its self-nature, whose self-form's likeness is forsaken

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'tyakta' (abandoned) + 'ātman' (self) + 'rūpa' (form) + 'ābha' (appearance/likeness).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+ātman+rūpa+ābha)

• tyakta – abandoned, forsaken, given up
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root tyaj (to abandon)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)
• ābha – light, luster, appearance, resemblance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ābhā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `ātmā`.

मलिनाम् (malinām) - stained, dirty, impure

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of malina

malina - dirty, stained, impure, dark, defiled

Root: mal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `dṛśam`.

आप (āpa) - obtained, reached, got

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of āp

perfect active

From root āp. 3rd person singular.

Root: āp (class 5)

तत् (tat) - Referring to a perception. (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Adjectival use with `dṛśam`.

दृशम् (dṛśam) - perception, vision, sight

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛś

dṛś - sight, vision, appearance, perception, eye

From root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of `āpa`.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness (citta)

From root cit (to perceive, know).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of `samanusandhatte` and `dhatte`.

समनुसन्धत्ते (samanusandhatte) - connects with, contemplates, investigates thoroughly

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

From sam + anu + sandhā (from sam + dhā)

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: dhā (class 3)

धत्ते (dhatte) - retains, maintains (bears, holds, places, performs)

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

From root dhā. 3rd person singular.

Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

कलनामलम् (kalanāmalam) - the impurity of conceptualization/imagination

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalanāmala

kalanāmala - impurity of imagination, taint of conceptualization, dirt of mental construction

Compound of `kalanā` (imagination/conceptualization) and `mala` (impurity/dirt).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kalanā+mala)

• kalanā – imagination, conceptualization, enumeration, calculation
  noun (feminine)
  From root kal (to count, imagine)
  Root: kal (class 1)
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain, defilement, sin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `dhatte`.

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