योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-59, verse-10

तदत्र तावन्मांसास्थि नाहमेतदचेतनम् ।
न चैतन्मम संश्लेषमेत्यब्जस्य यथा जलम् ॥ १० ॥

tadatra tāvanmāṃsāsthi nāhametadacetanam ,
na caitanmama saṃśleṣametyabjasya yathā jalam 10

10. tat atra tāvat māṃsāsthi na aham etat acetanam |
na ca etat mama saṃśleṣam eti abjasya yathā jalam

10. tat atra tāvat aham etat acetanam māṃsāsthi na ca
etat yathā abjasya jalam mama saṃśleṣam na eti

10. Therefore, I am not this inert mass of flesh and bone. Nor does it attach itself to me, just as water does not cling to a lotus (abja).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• तावत् (tāvat) - first, for now, so long

• मांसास्थि (māṁsāsthi) - flesh and bone

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एतत् (etat) - this (inert flesh and bone) (this)

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, insentient, inert

• न (na) - nor, not

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एतत् (etat) - this (flesh and bone) (this)

• मम (mama) - my, to me

• संश्लेषम् (saṁśleṣam) - contact, adhesion, connection, union

• एति (eti) - it goes, it reaches, it attains, it comes into contact

• अब्जस्य (abjasya) - of the lotus, to the lotus

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• जलम् (jalam) - water

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - first, for now, so long

(indeclinable)

मांसास्थि (māṁsāsthi) - flesh and bone

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsāsthi

māṁsāsthi - flesh and bone

Compound type : dvandva (māṃsa+asthi)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat, muscle
  noun (neuter)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

एतत् (etat) - this (inert flesh and bone) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, insentient, inert

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, inanimate, inert

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation)
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, sentient, animate, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - nor, not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (flesh and bone) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

मम (mama) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

संश्लेषम् (saṁśleṣam) - contact, adhesion, connection, union

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśleṣa

saṁśleṣa - union, contact, adhesion, embrace

Prefix: sam

Root: śliṣ (class 1)

एति (eti) - it goes, it reaches, it attains, it comes into contact

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

अब्जस्य (abjasya) - of the lotus, to the lotus

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of abja

abja - lotus (born from water)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ap+ja)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• ja – born from, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  kṛt suffix
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

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