योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-43, verse-27

हृद्गुहावासिचित्तत्त्वं मुख्यं सानातनं वपुः ।
शङ्खचक्रगदाहस्तो गौण आकार आत्मनः ॥ २७ ॥

hṛdguhāvāsicittattvaṃ mukhyaṃ sānātanaṃ vapuḥ ,
śaṅkhacakragadāhasto gauṇa ākāra ātmanaḥ 27

27. hṛd-guhā-vāsi-cittatvam mukhyam sānātanam vapuḥ
śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-hastaḥ gauṇaḥ ākāraḥ ātmanaḥ

27. hṛd-guhā-vāsi-cittatvam mukhyam sānātanam vapuḥ
śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-hastaḥ gauṇaḥ ātmanaḥ ākāraḥ

27. The consciousness principle dwelling in the cave of the heart is the principal and eternal form. The form with a conch, discus, and mace in hand is a secondary manifestation of the self (ātman).

27. מהות התודעה השוכנת במערת הלב היא הגוף המרכזי והנצחי של האל. הצורה הנושאת קונכייה, דיסקוס ואלה אינה אלא מראה משני של העצמי.

Words meanings summery:

• हृद्-गुहा-वासि-चित्तत्वम् (hṛd-guhā-vāsi-cittatvam) - the principle of consciousness dwelling in the cave of the heart

• मुख्यम् (mukhyam) - principal, chief, primary

• सानातनम् (sānātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, shape, nature

• शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-हस्तः (śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-hastaḥ) - having conch, discus, and mace in hand

• गौणः (gauṇaḥ) - secondary, subordinate, derivative

• आकारः (ākāraḥ) - form, shape, appearance, manifestation

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul

Words meanings and morphology

हृद्-गुहा-वासि-चित्तत्वम् (hṛd-guhā-vāsi-cittatvam) - the principle of consciousness dwelling in the cave of the heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛd-guhā-vāsi-cittatva

hṛd-guhā-vāsi-cittatva - consciousness principle residing in the heart-cave

Compound type : Tatpurusha (hṛd+guhā+vāsin+cittatva)

• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)
• guhā – cave, hiding place
  noun (feminine)
  Root: guh (class 1)
• vāsin – dwelling, residing, inhabiting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun (adjectival)
  Derived from root vas (to dwell) with suffix -in
  Root: vas (class 1)
• cittatva – nature of consciousness, principle of thought/mind
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from citta (mind, thought) with suffix -tva (abstract noun)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied 'is'.

मुख्यम् (mukhyam) - principal, chief, primary

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukhya

mukhya - principal, chief, primary, main

Derived from mukha (face, chief part).

Note: Predicate adjective.

सानातनम् (sānātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sānātana

sānātana - eternal, primeval, everlasting (often a variant of sanātana)

Likely a variant form or emphatic sa + nātana (though nātana alone is rare), or simply sanātana with elongated initial vowel.

Note: Predicate adjective.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, shape, nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, nature

s-stem noun.

Root: vap (class 1)

शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-हस्तः (śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-hastaḥ) - having conch, discus, and mace in hand

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-hasta

śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-hasta - having a conch, discus, and mace in hand (epithet of Viṣṇu)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śaṅkha+cakra+gadā+hasta)

• śaṅkha – conch, conch-shell
  noun (masculine)
• cakra – discus, wheel
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to ākāraḥ.

गौणः (gauṇaḥ) - secondary, subordinate, derivative

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gauṇa

gauṇa - secondary, subordinate, minor, accessory

From guṇa (quality, attribute).

Note: Predicate adjective.

आकारः (ākāraḥ) - form, shape, appearance, manifestation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance, aspect

From ā-kṛ (to fashion, to form).

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

n-stem noun.

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Possessive, 'of the self'.

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