योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-19

छायातपप्रसरयोः प्रकाशतमसोर्यथा ।
न संभवति संबन्धस्तथा वै देहदेहिनोः ॥ १९ ॥

chāyātapaprasarayoḥ prakāśatamasoryathā ,
na saṃbhavati saṃbandhastathā vai dehadehinoḥ 19

19. chāyātapa-prasarayoḥ prakāśa-tamasoḥ yathā na
saṃbhavati saṃbandhaḥ tathā vai deha-dehinoḥ

19. yathā chāyātapa-prasarayoḥ prakāśa-tamasoḥ
saṃbandhaḥ na saṃbhavati tathā vai deha-dehinoḥ

19. Just as there can be no connection between the spread of shadow and sunlight, or between light and darkness, similarly, there is indeed no such connection between the body and the embodied soul (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• छायातप-प्रसरयोः (chāyātapa-prasarayoḥ) - of the spread of shadow and sunlight

• प्रकाश-तमसोः (prakāśa-tamasoḥ) - of light and darkness

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• न (na) - not

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, exists, occurs

• संबन्धः (saṁbandhaḥ) - connection, relation, bond

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (particle)

• देह-देहिनोः (deha-dehinoḥ) - of the body and the embodied soul (ātman) (of the body and the embodied one)

Words meanings and morphology

छायातप-प्रसरयोः (chāyātapa-prasarayoḥ) - of the spread of shadow and sunlight

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of chāyātapa-prasara

chāyātapa-prasara - spread of shadow and sunlight

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'chāyātapa' (Dvaṃdva: shadow and sunlight) and 'prasara' (spread).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (chāyātapa+prasara)

• chāyātapa – shadow and sunlight
  noun (masculine)
  Dvaṃdva compound of 'chāyā' (shadow) and 'ātapa' (sunlight).
• prasara – spread, extension, diffusion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sṛ' (to go) with prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

प्रकाश-तमसोः (prakāśa-tamasoḥ) - of light and darkness

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of prakāśa-tamas

prakāśa-tamas - light and darkness

Dvaṃdva compound of 'prakāśa' (light) and 'tamas' (darkness).

Compound type : dvaṃdva (prakāśa+tamas)

• prakāśa – light, luminosity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'kāś' (to shine) with prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• tamas – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, exists, occurs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃbhav

Root 'bhū' (to be, exist) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

संबन्धः (saṁbandhaḥ) - connection, relation, bond

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbandha

saṁbandha - connection, relation, bond

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

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

देह-देहिनोः (deha-dehinoḥ) - of the body and the embodied soul (ātman) (of the body and the embodied one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of deha-dehin

deha-dehin - body and embodied one

Dvaṃdva compound of 'deha' (body) and 'dehin' (embodied one).

Compound type : dvaṃdva (deha+dehin)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• dehin – embodied one, soul, living being
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'deha' with possessive suffix 'in'.

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