योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-72, verse-5

गतेतरेतरापेक्षः सरःपङ्कामलाम्भसाम् ।
यथा राघव संबन्धस्तथा देहेन्द्रियात्मनाम् ॥ ५ ॥

gatetaretarāpekṣaḥ saraḥpaṅkāmalāmbhasām ,
yathā rāghava saṃbandhastathā dehendriyātmanām 5

5. gata-itaretarāpekṣaḥ saraḥ-paṅka-amala-ambhasām
yathā rāghava sambandhaḥ tathā deha-indriya-ātmanām

5. rāghava,
yathā saraḥ-paṅka-amala-ambhasām gata-itaretarāpekṣaḥ sambandhaḥ,
tathā deha-indriya-ātmanām (sambandhaḥ).

5. O Rāghava, just as the mutual dependence of a lake, mud, and clear waters is established, similarly, such is the connection of the body, senses, and the self (ātman).

5. כשם שאין כל תלות פנימית בין מי האגם הטהורים לבין הבוץ שבקרקעיתו, הו רָאגְהַוַה, כך אין תלות אמיתית בין הָעַצְמִי לבין הגוף והחושים.

Words meanings summery:

• गत-इतरेतरापेक्षः (gata-itaretarāpekṣaḥ) - mutually dependent, having established mutual dependence

• सरः-पङ्क-अमल-अम्भसाम् (saraḥ-paṅka-amala-ambhasām) - of a lake, mud, and clear waters

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu))

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, association

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, in that way

• देह-इन्द्रिय-आत्मनाम् (deha-indriya-ātmanām) - of the body, senses, and the self

Words meanings and morphology

गत-इतरेतरापेक्षः (gata-itaretarāpekṣaḥ) - mutually dependent, having established mutual dependence

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata-itaretarāpekṣa

gata-itaretarāpekṣa - having attained or being in mutual dependence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gata+itaretarāpekṣa)

• gata – gone, attained, existing, established
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root `gam` (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• itaretarāpekṣa – mutual dependence, reciprocity
  noun (feminine)

सरः-पङ्क-अमल-अम्भसाम् (saraḥ-paṅka-amala-ambhasām) - of a lake, mud, and clear waters

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of saraḥ-paṅka-amala-ambhas

saraḥ-paṅka-amala-ambhas - lake, mud, and clear water (as a collective noun)

Compound type : dvandva (saras+paṅka+amala+ambhas)

• saras – lake, pond
  noun (neuter)
• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• amala – clear, pure, spotless
  adjective (neuter)
• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet of Rāma)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, association

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relationship, union

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, in that way

(indeclinable)

देह-इन्द्रिय-आत्मनाम् (deha-indriya-ātmanām) - of the body, senses, and the self

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deha-indriya-ātman

deha-indriya-ātman - body, sense organs, and self

Compound type : dvandva (deha+indriya+ātman)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul
  noun (masculine)

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