योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-57

न पश्यामि नभोदीपे ज्वलिते तिमिरं यथा ।
तस्याहंकारयक्षस्य मनोविवरवासिनः ॥ ५७ ॥

na paśyāmi nabhodīpe jvalite timiraṃ yathā ,
tasyāhaṃkārayakṣasya manovivaravāsinaḥ 57

57. na paśyāmi nabhodīpe jvalite timiram yathā
tasya ahaṃkārayakṣasya manovivaravāsinaḥ

57. yathā nabhodīpe jvalite timiram na paśyāmi
tasya manovivaravāsinaḥ ahaṃkārayakṣasya

57. Just as darkness is not seen when the sky-lamp (sun) is shining, so too I do not perceive that yakṣa of ego (ahaṅkāra) dwelling in the cave of the mind.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• नभोदीपे (nabhodīpe) - in the sun (in the sky-lamp, in the sun)

• ज्वलिते (jvalite) - when shining brightly (when shining, when lit, when burning brightly)

• तिमिरम् (timiram) - darkness, gloom

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

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

• अहंकारयक्षस्य (ahaṁkārayakṣasya) - of the ego-yakṣa, of the spirit of ego

• मनोविवरवासिनः (manovivaravāsinaḥ) - of the one dwelling in the cave of the mind

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, Parasmaipada

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नभोदीपे (nabhodīpe) - in the sun (in the sky-lamp, in the sun)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nabhodīpa

nabhodīpa - sky-lamp, sun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+dīpa)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, heaven
  noun (neuter)
• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the sun in a locative absolute construction.

ज्वलिते (jvalite) - when shining brightly (when shining, when lit, when burning brightly)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jvalita

jvalita - shining, lit, blazing, ignited

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jval (to burn, to shine)

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Functions as part of a locative absolute construction with 'nabhodīpe'.

तिमिरम् (timiram) - darkness, gloom

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of timira

timira - darkness, gloom, obscurity

Note: Object of 'paśyāmi'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the ego-yakṣa.

अहंकारयक्षस्य (ahaṁkārayakṣasya) - of the ego-yakṣa, of the spirit of ego

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ahaṃkārayakṣa

ahaṁkārayakṣa - yakṣa of ego, spirit of ego

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ahaṃkāra+yakṣa)

• ahaṃkāra – ego, self-sense, individualism
  noun (masculine)
• yakṣa – a class of benevolent (sometimes malevolent) nature-spirits or semi-divine beings
  noun (masculine)

मनोविवरवासिनः (manovivaravāsinaḥ) - of the one dwelling in the cave of the mind

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manovivaravāsin

manovivaravāsin - dweller in the mind's cave

Derived from manas + vivara + vāsin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+vivara+vāsin)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• vivara – cavity, hole, cave, opening
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, resident, inhabiting
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ahaṃkārayakṣasya'.

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