योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-52

रूपालोकमनस्कारतत्ताकालक्रियात्मकम् ।
कुम्भकारो घटमिव चेतो हन्ति करोति च ॥ ५२ ॥

rūpālokamanaskāratattākālakriyātmakam ,
kumbhakāro ghaṭamiva ceto hanti karoti ca 52

52. rūpa-āloka-manas-kāra-tattā-kāla-kriyā-ātmakam
| kumbhakāraḥ ghaṭam iva cetaḥ hanti karoti ca

52. kumbhakāraḥ ghaṭam iva,
cetaḥ rūpa-āloka-manas-kāra-tattā-kāla-kriyā-ātmakam hanti ca karoti ca

52. Just as a potter (kumbhakāra) creates and destroys a pot, so too, consciousness (cetas) creates and destroys that which is characterized by the nature (ātman) of form, perception, mental impression, reality, time, and action.

52. כשהיא מורכבת מצורה, אור, תשומת לב, זהות, זמן ופעולה – החשיבה בוראת ומכלה, בדיוק כפי שיוצר פחמים בורא ושוברי כדים.

Words meanings summery:

• रूप-आलोक-मनस्-कार-तत्ता-काल-क्रिया-आत्मकम् (rūpa-āloka-manas-kāra-tattā-kāla-kriyā-ātmakam) - having the nature of form, perception, mental impression, reality, time, and action

• कुम्भकारः (kumbhakāraḥ) - potter, one who makes pots

• घटम् (ghaṭam) - pot, jar

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - consciousness, mind, intellect

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, removes

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, creates, performs

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

रूप-आलोक-मनस्-कार-तत्ता-काल-क्रिया-आत्मकम् (rūpa-āloka-manas-kāra-tattā-kāla-kriyā-ātmakam) - having the nature of form, perception, mental impression, reality, time, and action

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa-āloka-manas-kāra-tattā-kāla-kriyā-ātmaka

rūpa-āloka-manas-kāra-tattā-kāla-kriyā-ātmaka - constituting form, perception, mental impression, reality, time, and action; having the nature of these elements

Compound type : tatpurusha (rūpa+āloka+manas-kāra+tattā+kāla+kriyā+ātmaka)

• rūpa – form, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – perception, vision, light, seeing
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)
• manas-kāra – mental impression, attention, thought, consideration
  noun (masculine)
• tattā – reality, truth, suchness, nature
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)
• kriyā – action, activity, ritual
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātmaka – constituting, having the nature (ātman) of, characterized by, belonging to the self (ātman)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ātman (self, soul)

कुम्भकारः (kumbhakāraḥ) - potter, one who makes pots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakāra

kumbhakāra - potter (one who makes pots)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kumbha+kāra)

• kumbha – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  Noun derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

घटम् (ghaṭam) - pot, jar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghaṭa

ghaṭa - pot, jar, pitcher

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

चेतः (cetaḥ) - consciousness, mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - consciousness, mind, intellect, understanding

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, removes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, creates, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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