योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-62

प्रावृडम्बुभरस्नातः शान्तदाव इवाचलः ।
प्रमार्जितेहमित्यस्मिन्पदे स्वार्थविचारतः ॥ ६२ ॥

prāvṛḍambubharasnātaḥ śāntadāva ivācalaḥ ,
pramārjitehamityasminpade svārthavicārataḥ 62

62. prāvṛṭ ambubharasnātaḥ śāntadāvaḥ iva acalaḥ
pramārjitaḥ aham iti asmin pade svārthavicārataḥ

62. acalaḥ śāntadāvaḥ prāvṛṭ-ambubharasnātaḥ iva,
asmin pade svārthavicārataḥ,
aham pramārjitaḥ iti [vadāmi].

62. Like a mountain, whose forest fire is calmed and which is bathed by the abundance of monsoon waters, I am purified, thinking 'I am cleansed,' in this state, through the contemplation of my own essential nature (svārtha).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रावृट् (prāvṛṭ) - rainy season, monsoon

• अम्बुभरस्नातः (ambubharasnātaḥ) - bathed by the abundance of monsoon waters (bathed by the abundance of water, bathed by the fullness of water)

• शान्तदावः (śāntadāvaḥ) - one whose forest fire is calmed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अचलः (acalaḥ) - mountain, immobile

• प्रमार्जितः (pramārjitaḥ) - cleansed, purified, wiped away

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - marking the preceding phrase as a thought or realization (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech or thought)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• पदे (pade) - in this state/position (in the state, in the word, in the step)

• स्वार्थविचारतः (svārthavicārataḥ) - through the contemplation of my own essential nature (svārtha) (by the consideration of one's own meaning/purpose/nature)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रावृट् (prāvṛṭ) - rainy season, monsoon

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, monsoon

अम्बुभरस्नातः (ambubharasnātaḥ) - bathed by the abundance of monsoon waters (bathed by the abundance of water, bathed by the fullness of water)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambubharasnāta

ambubharasnāta - bathed by abundance of water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+bhara+snāta)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• bhara – burden, abundance, fullness
  noun (masculine)
• snāta – bathed, purified
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: snā

शान्तदावः (śāntadāvaḥ) - one whose forest fire is calmed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāntadāva

śāntadāva - one whose forest fire is calmed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śānta+dāva)

• śānta – calm, pacified, ceased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: śam
• dāva – forest fire
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अचलः (acalaḥ) - mountain, immobile

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - immovable, mountain

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+cala)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• cala – moving, trembling
  adjective
  Root: cal

प्रमार्जितः (pramārjitaḥ) - cleansed, purified, wiped away

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramārjita

pramārjita - cleansed, purified, wiped away

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

इति (iti) - marking the preceding phrase as a thought or realization (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

पदे (pade) - in this state/position (in the state, in the word, in the step)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, state, position, word

स्वार्थविचारतः (svārthavicārataḥ) - through the contemplation of my own essential nature (svārtha) (by the consideration of one's own meaning/purpose/nature)

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -tasil to indicate 'from/by means of'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+artha+vicāra)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• vicāra – consideration, reflection, deliberation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car

Note: The -taḥ suffix (tasil) here denotes 'by means of' or 'from'.

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