योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-78, verse-7

चित्तचित्तपरिस्पन्दपक्षयोरेकसंक्षये ।
स्वयं गुणगुणी स्थित्वा नश्यतो द्वौ न संशयः ॥ ७ ॥

cittacittaparispandapakṣayorekasaṃkṣaye ,
svayaṃ guṇaguṇī sthitvā naśyato dvau na saṃśayaḥ 7

7. cittacittaparispandapakṣayoḥ ekasaṃkṣaye svayam
guṇaguṇī sthitvā naśyataḥ dvau na saṃśayaḥ

7. cittacittaparispandapakṣayoḥ ekasaṃkṣaye dvau
guṇaguṇī svayam sthitvā naśyataḥ na saṃśayaḥ

7. When one of the two aspects—the mind (citta) or the activity of the mind—is completely destroyed, then both the quality and the possessor of that quality themselves perish; there is no doubt about this.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तचित्तपरिस्पन्दपक्षयोः (cittacittaparispandapakṣayoḥ) - of the two sides/aspects: mind and the vibration of the mind

• एकसंक्षये (ekasaṁkṣaye) - in the complete destruction, in the destruction of one

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

• गुणगुणी (guṇaguṇī) - the quality and the qualified, the attribute and its possessor

• स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having stood, having remained, existing

• नश्यतः (naśyataḥ) - they perish, they are destroyed

• द्वौ (dvau) - two, both

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तचित्तपरिस्पन्दपक्षयोः (cittacittaparispandapakṣayoḥ) - of the two sides/aspects: mind and the vibration of the mind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of cittacittaparispandapakṣa

cittacittaparispandapakṣa - the two aspects of mind and its vibration

Compound type : Dvandva and Tatpuruṣa (citta+citta+parispanda+pakṣa)

• citta – mind, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• citta – mind, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• parispanda – vibration, movement, tremor
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root spand with prefix pari.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: spand (class 1)
• pakṣa – side, wing, party, aspect
  noun (masculine)

एकसंक्षये (ekasaṁkṣaye) - in the complete destruction, in the destruction of one

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekasaṃkṣaya

ekasaṁkṣaya - complete destruction, perishing of one

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (eka+saṃkṣaya)

• eka – one, single
  adjective
• saṃkṣaya – destruction, annihilation, perishing
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṣi with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

गुणगुणी (guṇaguṇī) - the quality and the qualified, the attribute and its possessor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of guṇaguṇin

guṇaguṇin - the quality and the possessor of the quality

Compound type : Dvandva (guṇa+guṇin)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, strand, secondary aspect
  noun (masculine)
• guṇin – possessing qualities, qualified, possessor of attributes
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix -in.

Note: Dual form of the compound guṇaguṇin.

स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having stood, having remained, existing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā.

Root: sthā (class 1)

नश्यतः (naśyataḥ) - they perish, they are destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of naś

Present active

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Dual form of 3rd person present active verb.

द्वौ (dvau) - two, both

(numeral)

Note: Refers to guṇaguṇī (quality and qualified).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Derived from root śī with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Previous Verse Next Verse