योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-53, verse-7
जीव्यते म्रियते चेति कुविकल्पकमालिनी ।
कलना मनसामेव नात्मनो विमलात्मनः ॥ ७ ॥
कलना मनसामेव नात्मनो विमलात्मनः ॥ ७ ॥
jīvyate mriyate ceti kuvikalpakamālinī ,
kalanā manasāmeva nātmano vimalātmanaḥ 7
kalanā manasāmeva nātmano vimalātmanaḥ 7
7.
jīvyate mriyate ca iti kuvikalpakmālinī
kalanā manasām eva na ātmanaḥ vimalātmanaḥ
kalanā manasām eva na ātmanaḥ vimalātmanaḥ
7.
jīvyate mriyate ca iti (eṣā) kuvikalpakmālinī kalanā manasām eva (asti),
na vimalātmanaḥ ātmanaḥ.
na vimalātmanaḥ ātmanaḥ.
7.
The idea that 'one lives and dies' is merely a garland of delusive notions, a mental fabrication (kalanā) belonging only to minds (manas), not to the stainless (vimala) Self (ātman).
Words meanings summery:
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- जीव्यते (jīvyate) - (one) lives
- म्रियते (mriyate) - (one) dies
- च (ca) - and
- इति (iti) - thus, such (marking quotation)
- कुविकल्पक्मालिनी (kuvikalpakmālinī) - a garland of bad imaginings or false notions
- कलना (kalanā) - mental fabrication, conceptualization
- मनसाम् (manasām) - of minds
- एव (eva) - only, indeed
- न (na) - not, no
- आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self (ātman)
- विमलात्मनः (vimalātmanaḥ) - of the pure Self (ātman), of the stainless Self
Words meanings and morphology
जीव्यते (jīvyate) - (one) lives
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of √jīv
Root: √jīv (class 1)
म्रियते (mriyate) - (one) dies
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of √mṛ
Root: √mṛ (class 4)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
इति (iti) - thus, such (marking quotation)
(indeclinable)
कुविकल्पक्मालिनी (kuvikalpakmālinī) - a garland of bad imaginings or false notions
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kuvikalpakmālinī
kuvikalpakmālinī - a garland of bad imaginings, delusive notions, false concepts
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ku+vikalpaka+mālinī)
- ku – bad, evil, contemptible
prefix/indeclinable - vikalpaka – causing doubt, imagining, delusive, false notion, differentiation
noun/adjective (masculine/neuter)
agent noun
derived from vikalpa (doubt, alternative, false notion)
Prefix: vi
Root: √kḷp - mālinī – garland, string, row
noun (feminine)
feminine form of mālin (having a garland), from mālā (garland)
कलना (kalanā) - mental fabrication, conceptualization
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kalanā
kalanā - calculation, perception, mental activity, fabrication, illusion
noun derived from root kal (to calculate, to move)
Root: √kal
मनसाम् (manasām) - of minds
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of manas
manas - mind, intellect, heart, faculty of thought
एव (eva) - only, indeed
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self (ātman)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, vital breath (ātman)
derived from root at (to breathe)
Root: √at
विमलात्मनः (vimalātmanaḥ) - of the pure Self (ātman), of the stainless Self
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of vimalātman
vimalātman - pure Self, stainless Self
Compound type : karmadhāraya (vimala+ātman)
- vimala – pure, stainless, spotless, clean
adjective
composed of vi (without) + mala (stain, impurity) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, vital breath (ātman)
noun (masculine)
derived from root at (to breathe)
Root: √at