योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-13

अविद्या संपरिज्ञाता यदैव हि तदैव हि ।
सा परिक्षीयते भूयः स्वप्नेनेव हि भोगभूः ॥ १३ ॥

avidyā saṃparijñātā yadaiva hi tadaiva hi ,
sā parikṣīyate bhūyaḥ svapneneva hi bhogabhūḥ 13

13. avidyā samparijñātā yadā eva hi tadā eva hi sā
parikṣīyate bhūyaḥ svapnena iva hi bhoga-bhūḥ

13. hi,
yadā eva avidyā samparijñātā (bhavati),
tadā eva hi sā bhūyaḥ parikṣīyate,
svapnena iva hi bhoga-bhūḥ.

13. Indeed, when ignorance (avidyā) is fully comprehended, then, at that very moment, it is utterly destroyed, just as a world of experience (bhoga-bhū) disappears with a dream.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, spiritual nescience (avidyā)

• सम्परिज्ञाता (samparijñātā) - completely known, fully comprehended

• यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, exactly

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, exactly

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• सा (sā) - she, that

• परिक्षीयते (parikṣīyate) - is completely destroyed, wastes away, diminishes

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, completely, to a greater degree

• स्वप्नेन (svapnena) - by a dream

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• भोग-भूः (bhoga-bhūḥ) - the land of enjoyment, the world of experience

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, spiritual nescience (avidyā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, spiritual nescience (avidyā)

Negation 'a' + 'vidyā' (knowledge)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the clause.

सम्परिज्ञाता (samparijñātā) - completely known, fully comprehended

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samparijñāta

samparijñāta - completely known, fully comprehended

Past Passive Participle

From root jñā with upasargas sam and pari

Prefixes: sam+pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Predicate adjective.

यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb of time

Note: Forms a temporal clause with `tadā`.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Emphatic/causal particle

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative adverb of time

Note: Correlates with `yadā`.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Emphatic/causal particle

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of the main clause, refers to `avidyā`.

परिक्षीयते (parikṣīyate) - is completely destroyed, wastes away, diminishes

(verb)

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

Present Passive/Middle

From root kṣi (to destroy/perish) with upasarga pari, often used in middle voice for 'to be destroyed'

Prefix: pari

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: The meaning is effectively passive here.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, completely, to a greater degree

(indeclinable)

Comparative adverb from bahu (much)

Note: Modifies `parikṣīyate`.

स्वप्नेन (svapnena) - by a dream

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

From root svap

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Specifies the agent of destruction in the analogy.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

भोग-भूः (bhoga-bhūḥ) - the land of enjoyment, the world of experience

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhoga-bhū

bhoga-bhū - land of enjoyment, place of experience

Tatpurusha compound: bhoga (enjoyment/experience) + bhū (land/place)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhoga+bhū)

• bhoga – enjoyment, experience, possession, food
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhuj
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• bhū – earth, land, place
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The subject in the analogy.

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