योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-23

अतत्त्वालोकजातेयमहंकारचमत्कृतिः ।
तापेन हिमलेखेव तत्त्वालोके विलीयते ॥ २३ ॥

atattvālokajāteyamahaṃkāracamatkṛtiḥ ,
tāpena himalekheva tattvāloke vilīyate 23

23. atattvālokajātā iyam ahaṅkāracamatkṛtiḥ
tāpena himalekhā iva tattvālokae vilīyate

23. atattvālokajātā iyam ahaṅkāracamatkṛtiḥ
tattvālokae tāpena himalekhā iva vilīyate

23. This marvelous creation of ego (ahaṅkāra), born from the non-perception of reality, dissolves into nothingness upon the perception of reality, just as a line of frost melts away from heat.

Words meanings summery:

• अतत्त्वालोकजाता (atattvālokajātā) - born from the non-perception of reality

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• अहङ्कारचमत्कृतिः (ahaṅkāracamatkṛtiḥ) - the wonderful creation/illusion of ego (ahaṅkāra)

• तापेन (tāpena) - by heat (in the simile) (by heat, by suffering)

• हिमलेखा (himalekhā) - line of snow/frost

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तत्त्वालोकए (tattvālokae) - in the perception of reality/truth

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - melts away, dissolves, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

अतत्त्वालोकजाता (atattvālokajātā) - born from the non-perception of reality

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atattvālokajāta

atattvālokajāta - born from the non-perception of truth/reality

Past Passive Participle

Compound of a-tattva-āloka-jāta. tattva-āloka is perception of reality. a-tattva-āloka is non-perception of reality. jāta is born.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (a+tattva+āloka+jāta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• tattva – reality, truth, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – perception, seeing, light
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-lok
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)
• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies ahaṅkāracamatkṛtiḥ.

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Qualifies ahaṅkāracamatkṛtiḥ.

अहङ्कारचमत्कृतिः (ahaṅkāracamatkṛtiḥ) - the wonderful creation/illusion of ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkāracamatkṛti

ahaṅkāracamatkṛti - the marvel/illusion/wonder of ego

Compound type : Tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+camatkṛti)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egotism, self-consciousness
  noun (masculine)
• camatkṛti – wonder, marvel, astonishment, illusion
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

तापेन (tāpena) - by heat (in the simile) (by heat, by suffering)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, warmth, burning, suffering

From root tap (to heat, suffer).

Root: tap (class 1)

हिमलेखा (himalekhā) - line of snow/frost

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of himalekhā

himalekhā - line of snow, streak of frost

Compound of hima (snow) and lekhā (line).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (hima+lekhā)

• hima – snow, frost, cold
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, drawing, writing
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तत्त्वालोकए (tattvālokae) - in the perception of reality/truth

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tattvāloka

tattvāloka - perception of reality, light of truth

Compound of tattva (reality) and āloka (perception).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (tattva+āloka)

• tattva – reality, truth, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – perception, seeing, light
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-lok
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)

विलीयते (vilīyate) - melts away, dissolves, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lī

Present tense, Middle voice, third person singular

From root lī with prefix vi. (lī, 4th class Atmanepada)

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

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