योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-67, verse-6

मनसि क्षुब्धतां याते चित्त्वस्याङ्ग किमागतम् ।
तरङ्गजलसंताने वैपरीत्यं किमम्बुधेः ॥ ६ ॥

manasi kṣubdhatāṃ yāte cittvasyāṅga kimāgatam ,
taraṅgajalasaṃtāne vaiparītyaṃ kimambudheḥ 6

6. manasi kṣubdhatām yāte cittvasya aṅga kim āgatam
taraṅgajalasaṃtāne vaiparītyam kim ambudheḥ

6. aṅga manasi kṣubdhatām yāte cittvasya kim āgatam
taraṅgajalasaṃtāne ambudheḥ kim vaiparītyam

6. O dear one, when the mind becomes agitated, what has happened to the principle of consciousness (cittva)? What change or reversal occurs to the ocean when there is an expanse of waves and water?

Words meanings summery:

• मनसि (manasi) - in the mind

• क्षुब्धताम् (kṣubdhatām) - agitation, disturbance

• याते (yāte) - having gone, having reached, having entered

• चित्त्वस्य (cittvasya) - of the principle of consciousness

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, verily, indeed

• किम् (kim) - what

• आगतम् (āgatam) - come, happened

• तरङ्गजलसंताने (taraṅgajalasaṁtāne) - in the expanse/flow of waves and water

• वैपरीत्यम् (vaiparītyam) - reversal, opposition, abnormality

• किम् (kim) - what

• अम्बुधेः (ambudheḥ) - of the ocean

Words meanings and morphology

मनसि (manasi) - in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, spirit

क्षुब्धताम् (kṣubdhatām) - agitation, disturbance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṣubdhatā

kṣubdhatā - agitation, disturbance, commotion, perturbation

Derived from kṣubdha (agitated) with the suffix -tā (femininizing, abstract noun).

याते (yāte) - having gone, having reached, having entered

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root yā- (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, referring to 'manasi'.

चित्त्वस्य (cittvasya) - of the principle of consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cittva

cittva - the quality or principle of consciousness

Derived from cit (consciousness, thought) with the suffix -tva (abstract noun).

अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, verily, indeed

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'āgatam'.

आगतम् (āgatam) - come, happened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, happened, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root gam- (to go) with the prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

तरङ्गजलसंताने (taraṅgajalasaṁtāne) - in the expanse/flow of waves and water

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of taraṅgajalasaṃtāna

taraṅgajalasaṁtāna - expanse/flow/continuum of waves and water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+jala+saṃtāna)

• taraṅga – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• saṃtāna – continuum, flow, expanse, progeny
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root tan- (to stretch) with the prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)

वैपरीत्यम् (vaiparītyam) - reversal, opposition, abnormality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaiparītya

vaiparītya - contrariety, opposition, abnormality, perversion, reversal

Abstract noun derived from viparīta (opposite, contrary).

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'vaiparītyam'.

अम्बुधेः (ambudheḥ) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ambudhi

ambudhi - ocean (lit. water-holder)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+dhi)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – holder, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root dhā- (to hold).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

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