योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-16, verse-3

जानुस्तम्भेन महता धार्यते सुतरुर्यथा ।
अहंकारेण देहोऽयं तथैव किल धार्यते ॥ ३ ॥

jānustambhena mahatā dhāryate sutaruryathā ,
ahaṃkāreṇa deho'yaṃ tathaiva kila dhāryate 3

3. jānu-stambhena mahatā dhāryate su-taruḥ yathā
ahaṅkāreṇa dehaḥ ayam tathā eva kila dhāryate

3. yathā su-taruḥ mahatā jānu-stambhena dhāryate
tathā eva ayam dehaḥ ahaṅkāreṇa kila dhāryate

3. Just as a great tree is sustained by a mighty trunk, so too, this body (deha) is indeed supported by ego (ahaṅkāra).

3. כשם שאילן חזק נתמך על ידי גזעו המרכזי, כך בדיוק הגוף הזה נתמך על ידי תחושת האגו.

Words meanings summery:

• जानु-स्तम्भेन (jānu-stambhena) - by the mighty trunk of a tree (by a strong support, by a trunk)

• महता (mahatā) - by a mighty (trunk) (by a great, by a mighty)

• धार्यते (dhāryate) - the tree is supported (is supported, is held, is sustained)

• सु-तरुः (su-taruḥ) - a great tree (a good tree, a beautiful tree, a mighty tree)

• यथा (yathā) - introduces a comparison (as, just as, in the manner that)

• अहङ्कारेण (ahaṅkāreṇa) - by the ego (ahaṅkāra) (by ego, by self-sense)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - this body (body)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)

• तथा (tathā) - in the same way (as the tree) (so, thus, in the same way)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the similarity (only, indeed, just so)

• किल (kila) - reinforces the statement (indeed, surely, as is well known)

• धार्यते (dhāryate) - this body is supported (is supported, is held, is sustained)

Words meanings and morphology

जानु-स्तम्भेन (jānu-stambhena) - by the mighty trunk of a tree (by a strong support, by a trunk)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jānu-stambha

jānu-stambha - strong trunk (of a tree), pillar-like support

Compound type : tatpurusha (jānu+stambha)

• jānu – knee, a kind of strong wood/tree
  noun (neuter)
• stambha – pillar, post, support, trunk (of a tree)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: stambh (class 5)

Note: Agent of passive verb `dhāryate`

महता (mahatā) - by a mighty (trunk) (by a great, by a mighty)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

धार्यते (dhāryate) - the tree is supported (is supported, is held, is sustained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dhṛ

present passive

3rd singular present passive of √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सु-तरुः (su-taruḥ) - a great tree (a good tree, a beautiful tree, a mighty tree)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of su-taru

su-taru - a good tree, a great tree

`su` (good, excellent) + `taru` (tree)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+taru)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of `dhāryate`

यथा (yathā) - introduces a comparison (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कारेण (ahaṅkāreṇa) - by the ego (ahaṅkāra) (by ego, by self-sense)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, self-sense, I-making

Note: Agent of passive verb `dhāryate`

देहः (dehaḥ) - this body (body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal form, physical frame

Root: dih (class 1)

Note: Subject of `dhāryate`

अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

तथा (tathā) - in the same way (as the tree) (so, thus, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the similarity (only, indeed, just so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Sandhi with `tathā` forms `tathaiva`.

किल (kila) - reinforces the statement (indeed, surely, as is well known)

(indeclinable)

धार्यते (dhāryate) - this body is supported (is supported, is held, is sustained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dhṛ

present passive

3rd singular present passive of √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

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