योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-3

परया प्रज्ञया धीरविचारगततीक्ष्णया ।
गलत्यलमहंकारकालमेघे हृदम्बरे ॥ ३ ॥

parayā prajñayā dhīravicāragatatīkṣṇayā ,
galatyalamahaṃkārakālameghe hṛdambare 3

3. parayā prajñayā dhīravicāragatatīkṣṇayā
galati alam ahaṅkārakālameghe hṛdambare

3. parayā dhīravicāragatatīkṣṇayā prajñayā,
hṛdambare ahaṅkārakālameghe alam galati

3. By supreme wisdom (prajñā), made sharp through steady contemplation, the dark cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra) completely dissolves in the sky of the heart.

Words meanings summery:

• परया (parayā) - by supreme (by supreme, by highest)

• प्रज्ञया (prajñayā) - by wisdom (prajñā) (by wisdom, by insight)

• धीरविचारगततीक्ष्णया (dhīravicāragatatīkṣṇayā) - made sharp through steady contemplation (by that which has become sharp through steady thought)

• गलति (galati) - dissolves (melts, flows, vanishes, dissolves)

• अलम् (alam) - completely (enough, completely, sufficiently)

• अहङ्कारकालमेघे (ahaṅkārakālameghe) - the dark cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra) (as the dissolving entity) (in the dark cloud of ego, the dark cloud of ego)

• हृदम्बरे (hṛdambare) - in the sky of the heart

Words meanings and morphology

परया (parayā) - by supreme (by supreme, by highest)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Modifies prajñayā

प्रज्ञया (prajñayā) - by wisdom (prajñā) (by wisdom, by insight)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, insight, understanding, intelligence

derived from root jñā (to know) with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

धीरविचारगततीक्ष्णया (dhīravicāragatatīkṣṇayā) - made sharp through steady contemplation (by that which has become sharp through steady thought)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhīravicāragatatīkṣṇā

dhīravicāragatatīkṣṇā - made sharp by steady thought/discernment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhīra+vicāra+gata+tīkṣṇa)

• dhīra – steady, firm, calm, thoughtful
  adjective (masculine)
• vicāra – consideration, deliberation, discernment, thought
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root car with upasarga vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root gam (to go) with suffix -ta
  Root: gam (class 1)
• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, acute
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Modifies prajñayā

गलति (galati) - dissolves (melts, flows, vanishes, dissolves)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of gal

present indicative, third person singular

from root gal (class 1)

Root: gal (class 1)

Note: Subject is ahaṅkārakālameghe (understood semantically as nominative)

अलम् (alam) - completely (enough, completely, sufficiently)

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कारकालमेघे (ahaṅkārakālameghe) - the dark cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra) (as the dissolving entity) (in the dark cloud of ego, the dark cloud of ego)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkārakālamegha

ahaṅkārakālamegha - dark cloud of ego

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ahaṅkāra+kālamegha)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, sense of self
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: aham-
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kālamegha – dark cloud, rain cloud
  noun (masculine)

Note: Despite the locative case ending, it functions as the subject (the thing that dissolves) due to the context of galati (dissolves).

हृदम्बरे (hṛdambare) - in the sky of the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdambara

hṛdambara - heart-sky, space of the heart

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛd+ambara)

• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)

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