योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-15

चित्तस्य बाधिका शक्तिर्भावाभावोपतापदा ।
आत्मतामागते चित्ते तस्य किं बाधते कथम् ॥ १५ ॥

cittasya bādhikā śaktirbhāvābhāvopatāpadā ,
ātmatāmāgate citte tasya kiṃ bādhate katham 15

15. cittasya bādhikā śaktiḥ bhāvābhāvopatapādā
ātmatām āgate citte tasya kim bādhate katham

15. cittasya bādhikā bhāvābhāvopatapādā śaktiḥ
citte ātmatām āgate tasya kim katham bādhate

15. The power (śakti) that obstructs the mind (citta) and causes distress from states of existence and non-existence—when the mind (citta) has attained the nature of the Self (ātman), then what can obstruct it, and how?

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind, of consciousness

• बाधिका (bādhikā) - obstructing, hindering, troublesome

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, capability (śakti)

• भावाभावोपतपादा (bhāvābhāvopatapādā) - giving distress from existence and non-existence, causing affliction from being and non-being

• आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - the nature of the Self (ātman), self-hood

• आगते (āgate) - having come, having reached, having attained (locative absolute)

• चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, in consciousness

• तस्य (tasya) - its, of that, to him

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• बाधते (bādhate) - obstructs, troubles, harasses

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind, of consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

Root: cit (class 10)

बाधिका (bādhikā) - obstructing, hindering, troublesome

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bādhika

bādhika - hindering, obstructing, troublesome, oppressing

From root bādh + suffix -ika

Root: bādh (class 1)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, capability (śakti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, strength, faculty, divine female power (śakti)

Root: śak (class 5)

भावाभावोपतपादा (bhāvābhāvopatapādā) - giving distress from existence and non-existence, causing affliction from being and non-being

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvābhāvopatapādā

bhāvābhāvopatapādā - causing affliction from being and non-being/existence and non-existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāvābhāva+upatāpa+dā)

• bhāvābhāva – existence and non-existence, being and non-being
  noun (masculine)
• upatāpa – pain, distress, heat, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: tap (class 1)
• dā – giving, bestowing, grantor (suffix)
  adjective
  From root 'dā' (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - the nature of the Self (ātman), self-hood

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ātmatā

ātmatā - self-hood, the nature of the Self (ātman), individuality

Derived from ātman + suffix -tā for abstract noun

आगते (āgate) - having come, having reached, having attained (locative absolute)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

Root: cit (class 10)

तस्य (tasya) - its, of that, to him

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

बाधते (bādhate) - obstructs, troubles, harasses

(verb)

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

Root: bādh (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

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