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5,53

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-10

रक्तमांसमयो देहो मनो नष्टं विचारणात् ।
जडाश्चित्तादयः सर्वे कुतोऽहंभावभावना ॥ १० ॥
raktamāṃsamayo deho mano naṣṭaṃ vicāraṇāt ,
jaḍāścittādayaḥ sarve kuto'haṃbhāvabhāvanā 10
10. raktamāṃsamayaḥ dehaḥ manaḥ naṣṭam vicāraṇāt
jaḍāḥ cittādayaḥ sarve kutaḥ ahaṃbhāvabhāvanā
10. raktamāṃsamayaḥ dehaḥ manaḥ vicāraṇāt naṣṭam
sarve cittādayaḥ jaḍāḥ kutaḥ ahaṃbhāvabhāvanā
10. The body is composed of blood and flesh. The mind (manas) vanishes upon investigation. All faculties like the intellect (citta) and others are inert. From where, then, can a sense of 'I' (ahaṃbhāva) arise?

Words meanings summery:

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  • रक्तमांसमयः (raktamāṁsamayaḥ) - made of blood and flesh, fleshy
  • देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form
  • मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect
  • नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, vanished
  • विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - by investigation, by consideration, from discernment
  • जडाः (jaḍāḥ) - inert, insentient, dull
  • चित्तादयः (cittādayaḥ) - refers to the internal organs like intellect (buddhi), ego (ahaṅkāra), and mind (manas). (mind (citta) and others, beginning with mind)
  • सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole, entire
  • कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?
  • अहंभावभावना (ahaṁbhāvabhāvanā) - the conception of egoism, the feeling of 'I-ness'

Words meanings and morphology

रक्तमांसमयः (raktamāṁsamayaḥ) - made of blood and flesh, fleshy
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of raktamāṃsamaya
raktamāṁsamaya - made of blood and flesh, consisting of blood and flesh
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakta+māṃsa+maya)
  • rakta – blood, red
    noun (neuter)
    Past passive participle of rañj (to color)
    Root: rañj (class 1)
  • māṃsa – flesh, meat
    noun (neuter)
  • maya – made of, consisting of, full of
    suffix (adjectival) (masculine)
    Suffix -maya
देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body
From root dih (to smear, form)
Root: dih (class 4)
मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, thought
Root: man (class 4)
नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, vanished
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa
naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, vanished
Past Passive Participle
From root naś (to perish, be lost)
Root: naś (class 4)
विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - by investigation, by consideration, from discernment
(noun)
Ablative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā
vicāraṇā - investigation, inquiry, deliberation
From vi + root car (to move) + ṇic + ana
Prefix: vi
Root: car (class 1)
जडाः (jaḍāḥ) - inert, insentient, dull
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jaḍa
jaḍa - inert, inanimate, dull, senseless
Note: Agrees with cittādayaḥ (masculine plural).
चित्तादयः (cittādayaḥ) - refers to the internal organs like intellect (buddhi), ego (ahaṅkāra), and mind (manas). (mind (citta) and others, beginning with mind)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of cittādi
cittādi - mind (citta) etc., beginning with mind
Compound type : bahuvrihi (citta+ādi)
  • citta – mind, consciousness, thought
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root cit (to perceive, think)
    Root: cit (class 1)
  • ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
    noun (masculine)
Note: The plural form implies "citta, etc." as a collective noun.
सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole, entire
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Agrees with `cittādayaḥ`.
कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?
(indeclinable)
From kim (what) + ablative suffix
अहंभावभावना (ahaṁbhāvabhāvanā) - the conception of egoism, the feeling of 'I-ness'
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃbhāvabhāvanā
ahaṁbhāvabhāvanā - the feeling or conception of ego, egoism
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṃbhāva+bhāvanā)
  • ahaṃbhāva – the notion of 'I', ego, egohood
    noun (masculine)
  • bhāvanā – conception, notion, imagination, contemplation, feeling
    noun (feminine)
    From root bhū (to be, exist), causative
    Root: bhū (class 1)