योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-67, verse-8

संबन्धः क इव श्रीमन् शैलापरसमुद्रयोः ।
अन्तरे गिरिसंबाधे कश्च चित्तत्त्वबन्धयोः ॥ ८ ॥

saṃbandhaḥ ka iva śrīman śailāparasamudrayoḥ ,
antare girisaṃbādhe kaśca cittattvabandhayoḥ 8

8. saṃbandhaḥ kaḥ iva śrīman śailāparasamudrayoḥ
antare girisaṃbādhe kaḥ ca cittattvabandhayoḥ

8. śrīman śailāparasamudrayoḥ kaḥ iva saṃbandhaḥ
ca girisaṃbādhe antare cittattvabandhayoḥ kaḥ

8. O prosperous one, what connection exists, as it were, between a mountain and a distant ocean? And what connection is there between the principle of consciousness (cittattva) and bondage (bandha), even in a space obstructed by mountains?

Words meanings summery:

• संबन्धः (saṁbandhaḥ) - connection, relationship

• कः (kaḥ) - what, which

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• श्रीमन् (śrīman) - O prosperous one, O glorious one

• शैलापरसमुद्रयोः (śailāparasamudrayoḥ) - of the mountain and the other ocean

• अन्तरे (antare) - between, in the middle of, within

• गिरिसंबाधे (girisaṁbādhe) - in the mountain-obstructed, in the narrow mountain pass

• कः (kaḥ) - what, which

• च (ca) - and

• चित्तत्त्वबन्धयोः (cittattvabandhayoḥ) - of the principle of consciousness and bondage

Words meanings and morphology

संबन्धः (saṁbandhaḥ) - connection, relationship

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbandha

saṁbandha - connection, relation, bond, tie

Derived from the root bandh- (to bind) with the prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - what, which

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃbandhaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

श्रीमन् (śrīman) - O prosperous one, O glorious one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śrīmat

śrīmat - prosperous, glorious, beautiful, auspicious

Possessive adjective from śrī (prosperity, glory) + matUP suffix.

शैलापरसमुद्रयोः (śailāparasamudrayoḥ) - of the mountain and the other ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of śailāparasamudra

śailāparasamudra - mountain and other ocean (dvandva compound)

Compound type : dvandva (śaila+aparasamudra)

• śaila – mountain, rock, hill
  noun (masculine)
• aparasamudra – the other ocean, a distant ocean
  noun (masculine)

अन्तरे (antare) - between, in the middle of, within

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially, meaning 'between' or 'in the interval'.

गिरिसंबाधे (girisaṁbādhe) - in the mountain-obstructed, in the narrow mountain pass

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of girisaṃbādha

girisaṁbādha - mountain-obstructed, crowded by mountains, a mountain pass

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+saṃbādha)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbādha – crowded, obstructed, narrow, oppressed
  adjective
  Derived from the root bādh- (to oppress) with the prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bādh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied noun like 'pradeśe' (in the region) or 'sthāne' (in the place).

कः (kaḥ) - what, which

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'saṃbandhaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चित्तत्त्वबन्धयोः (cittattvabandhayoḥ) - of the principle of consciousness and bondage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of cittattvabandha

cittattvabandha - the principle of consciousness and bondage (dvandva compound)

Compound type : dvandva (cittattva+bandha)

• cittattva – the quality or principle of consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from cit (consciousness, thought) with the suffix -tva (abstract noun).
• bandha – bond, bondage, fetter, tying
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root bandh- (to bind).
  Root: bandh (class 1)

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