योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-4, verse-20
चित्तमेव नरो नान्यदिति यत्प्रतिपादितम् ।
लक्षणादिविचारेण कच्चित्स्मरसि साधु तत् ॥ २० ॥
लक्षणादिविचारेण कच्चित्स्मरसि साधु तत् ॥ २० ॥
cittameva naro nānyaditi yatpratipāditam ,
lakṣaṇādivicāreṇa kaccitsmarasi sādhu tat 20
lakṣaṇādivicāreṇa kaccitsmarasi sādhu tat 20
20.
cittam eva naraḥ na anyat iti yat pratipāditam
lakṣaṇa-ādi-vicāreṇa kaccit smarasi sādhu tat
lakṣaṇa-ādi-vicāreṇa kaccit smarasi sādhu tat
20.
kaccit tvam lakṣaṇa-ādi-vicāreṇa yat cittam eva
naraḥ na anyat iti pratipāditam tat sādhu smarasi
naraḥ na anyat iti pratipāditam tat sādhu smarasi
20.
Do you properly remember that which was expounded – namely, that a person is the mind (citta) alone, and not anything else – through deliberation on definitions (lakṣaṇa) and other such considerations?
Words meanings summery:
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- चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect
- एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, precisely
- नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being
- न (na) - not, no
- अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different
- इति (iti) - thus, so, (marker for quoted speech or thought)
- यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)
- प्रतिपादितम् (pratipāditam) - expounded, established, demonstrated, taught
- लक्षण-आदि-विचारेण (lakṣaṇa-ādi-vicāreṇa) - by means of deliberation on definitions, etc.
- कच्चित् (kaccit) - an interrogative particle implying an affirmative answer is expected (surely?, do you remember?, perhaps?)
- स्मरसि (smarasi) - you remember, you recall
- साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, rightly, good
- तत् (tat) - that [proposition/statement] (that (demonstrative pronoun))
Words meanings and morphology
चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect
(noun)
neuter, singular of citta
citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect, heart
Past Passive Participle
From root 'cit'
Root: cit (class 1)
एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, precisely
(indeclinable)
नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, person, human being
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different, distinct
Note: Refers to 'cittam'
इति (iti) - thus, so, (marker for quoted speech or thought)
(indeclinable)
यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, that, what (relative pronoun)
Note: Refers to the entire preceding proposition.
प्रतिपादितम् (pratipāditam) - expounded, established, demonstrated, taught
(adjective)
neuter, singular of pratipādita
pratipādita - expounded, established, demonstrated, taught, ascertained
Past Passive Participle
From root 'pad' with upasargas 'prati' and 'ā'
Prefixes: prati+ā
Root: pad (class 4)
Note: Agrees with 'yat'
लक्षण-आदि-विचारेण (lakṣaṇa-ādi-vicāreṇa) - by means of deliberation on definitions, etc.
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of lakṣaṇa-ādi-vicāra
lakṣaṇa-ādi-vicāra - deliberation on characteristics or definitions, etc.
Compound type : tatpurusha (lakṣaṇa+ādi+vicāra)
- lakṣaṇa – definition, characteristic, mark, sign
noun (neuter)
Root: lakṣ (class 10) - ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
indeclinable - vicāra – deliberation, investigation, consideration
noun (masculine)
From root 'car' with upasarga 'vi'
Prefix: vi
Root: car (class 1)
कच्चित् (kaccit) - an interrogative particle implying an affirmative answer is expected (surely?, do you remember?, perhaps?)
(indeclinable)
स्मरसि (smarasi) - you remember, you recall
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of smṛ
Present Indicative
Root verb, 3rd class, Parasmaipada
Root: smṛ (class 1)
साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, rightly, good
(indeclinable)
तत् (tat) - that [proposition/statement] (that (demonstrative pronoun))
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of tad
tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)
Note: Refers to the entire preceding proposition marked by 'yat' and 'iti'.