योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-27, verse-8

कायोऽयं पर्वताकारश्चिता यदि न चेत्यते ।
तत्किं नाम शरीरत्वं शरीरस्य शरीरिणाम् ॥ ८ ॥

kāyo'yaṃ parvatākāraścitā yadi na cetyate ,
tatkiṃ nāma śarīratvaṃ śarīrasya śarīriṇām 8

8. kāyaḥ ayam parvatākāraḥ citā yadi na cetyate
tat kim nāma śarīratvam śarīrasya śarīriṇām

8. yadi ayam parvatākāraḥ kāyaḥ citā na cetyate
tat śarīriṇām śarīrasya śarīratvam kim nāma

8. If this body, vast as a mountain, is not perceived by consciousness (citā), then what indeed is the true nature of being a body (śarīratva) for embodied beings (śarīriṇām)?

Words meanings summery:

• कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• पर्वताकारः (parvatākāraḥ) - mountain-shaped, mountain-like

• चिता (citā) - by consciousness

• यदि (yadi) - if

• न (na) - not

• चेत्यते (cetyate) - is perceived, is known, is understood

• तत् (tat) - then

• किम् (kim) - what

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, what

• शरीरत्वम् (śarīratvam) - the state of being a body, bodiness

• शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

• शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings

Words meanings and morphology

कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, form, collection

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

पर्वताकारः (parvatākāraḥ) - mountain-shaped, mountain-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvatākāra

parvatākāra - mountain-shaped, huge like a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvata+ākāra)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

चिता (citā) - by consciousness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure thought, spirit

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

चेत्यते (cetyate) - is perceived, is known, is understood

(verb)

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

passive voice

present indicative, passive, 3rd person singular

Root: cit (class 10)

तत् (tat) - then

(indeclinable)

Note: Also neuter nominative/accusative singular of 'tad' (that)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, why

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, what

(indeclinable)

शरीरत्वम् (śarīratvam) - the state of being a body, bodiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīratva

śarīratva - bodiness, the state of being a body

Derived with suffix -tva from śarīra

शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, possessing a body, an embodied being

Derived with suffix -in from śarīra

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