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.

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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