योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-17

दिनानि जीव्यते तानि सानन्दास्ते क्रियाक्रमाः ।
आत्मचन्द्रोदिता येषु चिज्ज्योत्स्ना हृदयाम्बरे ॥ १७ ॥

dināni jīvyate tāni sānandāste kriyākramāḥ ,
ātmacandroditā yeṣu cijjyotsnā hṛdayāmbare 17

17. dināni jīvyate tāni sa-ānandāḥ te kriyā-kramāḥ
ātman-candra-uditā yeṣu cit-jyotsnā hṛdaya-ambare

17. yeṣu hṛdaya-ambare ātman-candra-uditā cit-jyotsnā (asti),
tāni dināni jīvyate,
te kriyā-kramāḥ sa-ānandāḥ (bhavanti)

17. Only those days are truly lived, and only those activities are joyful, in which the moonlight of consciousness (cit), arisen from the moon of the individual self (ātman), shines in the firmament of the heart.

Words meanings summery:

• दिनानि (dināni) - days

• जीव्यते (jīvyate) - are lived, is lived

• तानि (tāni) - those

• स-आनन्दाः (sa-ānandāḥ) - joyful, blissful, with joy

• ते (te) - those

• क्रिया-क्रमाः (kriyā-kramāḥ) - sequences of actions, activities

• आत्मन्-चन्द्र-उदिता (ātman-candra-uditā) - risen by the moon of the self (ātman)

• येषु (yeṣu) - in which

• चित्-ज्योत्स्ना (cit-jyotsnā) - the moonlight of consciousness (cit)

• हृदय-अम्बरे (hṛdaya-ambare) - in the sky of the heart

Words meanings and morphology

दिनानि (dināni) - days

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dina

dina - day

जीव्यते (jīvyate) - are lived, is lived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Impersonal passive construction.

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'dināni'.

स-आनन्दाः (sa-ānandāḥ) - joyful, blissful, with joy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sānanda

sānanda - joyful, blissful, happy

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+ānanda)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix
• ānanda – bliss (ānanda), joy, happiness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kriyā-kramāḥ'.

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'kriyā-kramāḥ'.

क्रिया-क्रमाः (kriyā-kramāḥ) - sequences of actions, activities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kriyākrama

kriyākrama - sequence of actions, method of procedure, activity

Compound type : tatpurusha (kriyā+krama)

• kriyā – action, activity, ritual
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• krama – order, sequence, step
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

आत्मन्-चन्द्र-उदिता (ātman-candra-uditā) - risen by the moon of the self (ātman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātmacandrodita

ātmacandrodita - arisen from the moon of the self

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+candra+udita)

• ātman – self (ātman), soul, essence
  noun (masculine)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• udita – risen, appeared, spoken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' with prefix 'ud'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'cit-jyotsnā'.

येषु (yeṣu) - in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who

Note: Refers to 'dināni' and 'kriyā-kramāḥ'.

चित्-ज्योत्स्ना (cit-jyotsnā) - the moonlight of consciousness (cit)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cij-jyotsnā

cij-jyotsnā - the moonlight of consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+jyotsnā)

• cit – consciousness (cit), intellect
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• jyotsnā – moonlight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dyut (class 1)

हृदय-अम्बरे (hṛdaya-ambare) - in the sky of the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdayāmbara

hṛdayāmbara - the sky of the heart

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hṛdaya+ambara)

• hṛdaya – heart, mind, essence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, cloth
  noun (neuter)

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