योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-17

अस्मिन्दृष्टे परे बन्धावुद्दामानन्ददायिनि ।
आयान्ति दृष्टयस्तास्ता याभिर्भङ्गो विलीयते ॥ १७ ॥

asmindṛṣṭe pare bandhāvuddāmānandadāyini ,
āyānti dṛṣṭayastāstā yābhirbhaṅgo vilīyate 17

17. asmin dṛṣṭe pare bandhau uddāmānandadāyini
āyānti dṛṣṭayaḥ tāḥ tāḥ yābhiḥ bhaṅgaḥ vilīyate

17. asmin pare uddāmānandadāyini bandhau dṛṣṭe,
tāḥ tāḥ dṛṣṭayaḥ āyānti,
yābhiḥ bhaṅgaḥ vilīyate

17. When this supreme kinsman (bandhu), the bestower of boundless bliss, is perceived, those profound insights (dṛṣṭi) arise by which all delusion (bhaṅga) completely dissolves.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - when this (supreme kinsman) (in this, on this)

• दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - when perceived (referring to the supreme kinsman) (when seen, in the seen, perceived)

• परे (pare) - in the supreme (kinsman) (in the supreme, in the highest, in the other)

• बन्धौ (bandhau) - in the kinsman (bandhu) (in the kinsman, in the relative, in the friend)

• उद्दामानन्ददायिनि (uddāmānandadāyini) - the one who bestows boundless bliss (in the bestower of boundless joy)

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - (those insights) arise (they come, they arrive, they appear)

• दृष्टयः (dṛṣṭayaḥ) - (profound) insights (dṛṣṭi) (insights, views, perceptions)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (insights) (those)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (insights), emphasizing variety/many (those)

• याभिः (yābhiḥ) - by which (insights) (by which, through which)

• भङ्गः (bhaṅgaḥ) - delusion (bhaṅga) (breaking, shattering, destruction, delusion, interruption)

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - completely dissolves (dissolves, vanishes, melts away)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मिन् (asmin) - when this (supreme kinsman) (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - when perceived (referring to the supreme kinsman) (when seen, in the seen, perceived)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

From √dṛś

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute phrase 'asmin dṛṣṭe' meaning 'when this is seen'.

परे (pare) - in the supreme (kinsman) (in the supreme, in the highest, in the other)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

बन्धौ (bandhau) - in the kinsman (bandhu) (in the kinsman, in the relative, in the friend)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bandhu

bandhu - kinsman, relative, friend, relation

From √bandh

Root: √bandh (class 9)

Note: Refers to the Supreme Being as the ultimate relation.

उद्दामानन्ददायिनि (uddāmānandadāyini) - the one who bestows boundless bliss (in the bestower of boundless joy)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of uddāmānandadāyin

uddāmānandadāyin - bestowing boundless joy/bliss

Compound of uddāma (boundless), ānanda (bliss), and dāyin (giver, bestower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uddāma+ānanda+dāyin)

• uddāma – unrestrained, boundless, immense
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
• ānanda – joy, bliss, happiness
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√nand
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √nand (class 1)
• dāyin – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  From √dā with suffix in
  Root: √dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with bandhau.

आयान्ति (āyānti) - (those insights) arise (they come, they arrive, they appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of āyāti

From ā-√yā

Prefix: ā

Root: √yā (class 2)

दृष्टयः (dṛṣṭayaḥ) - (profound) insights (dṛṣṭi) (insights, views, perceptions)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, vision, view, insight

From √dṛś

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of āyānti.

ताः (tāḥ) - those (insights) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Repeated for emphasis (tāḥ tāḥ).

ताः (tāḥ) - those (insights), emphasizing variety/many (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

याभिः (yābhiḥ) - by which (insights) (by which, through which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to dṛṣṭayaḥ.

भङ्गः (bhaṅgaḥ) - delusion (bhaṅga) (breaking, shattering, destruction, delusion, interruption)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhaṅga

bhaṅga - breaking, shattering, destruction, delusion, interruption

From √bhañj

Root: √bhañj (class 7)

Note: Subject of vilīyate.

विलीयते (vilīyate) - completely dissolves (dissolves, vanishes, melts away)

(verb)

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

From vi-√lī

Prefix: vi

Root: √lī (class 4)

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