योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-79, verse-3

इमा घटपटाकाराः पदार्थशतपङ्क्तयः ।
आत्मैव नान्यदस्तीति निश्चयः सम्यगीक्षणम् ॥ ३ ॥

imā ghaṭapaṭākārāḥ padārthaśatapaṅktayaḥ ,
ātmaiva nānyadastīti niścayaḥ samyagīkṣaṇam 3

3. imāḥ ghaṭapaṭākārāḥ padārthaśatapaṅktayaḥ ātmā
eva na anyat asti iti niścayaḥ samyagīkṣaṇam

3. imāḥ ghaṭapaṭākārāḥ padārthaśatapaṅktayaḥ ātmā eva [santi]
na anyat asti iti niścayaḥ [saḥ] samyagīkṣaṇam [asti]

3. These hundreds of rows of objects (padārtha), appearing as pots and cloths, are the Self (ātman) alone, and nothing else exists. This conviction is perfect perception (samyagīkṣaṇa).

3. מאות סדרות האובייקטים הללו, הלובשות צורות של כדים ובגדים, אינן אלא העצמי בלבד ואין בלעדיו. קביעה נחושה זו היא הראייה הנכונה.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• घटपटाकाराः (ghaṭapaṭākārāḥ) - having the forms of pots and cloths; appearing as pots and cloths

• पदार्थशतपङ्क्तयः (padārthaśatapaṅktayaḥ) - hundreds of rows of objects (padārtha); countless arrays of entities

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self (ātman), the soul, the essence

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different, another

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, marking quotation

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm conviction, certainty, determination

• सम्यगीक्षणम् (samyagīkṣaṇam) - perfect vision, right perception, accurate insight (samyagīkṣaṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

घटपटाकाराः (ghaṭapaṭākārāḥ) - having the forms of pots and cloths; appearing as pots and cloths

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghaṭapaṭākāra

ghaṭapaṭākāra - having the form of pots and cloths

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghaṭa+paṭa+ākāra)

• ghaṭa – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
• paṭa – cloth, garment, fabric
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, semblance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

पदार्थशतपङ्क्तयः (padārthaśatapaṅktayaḥ) - hundreds of rows of objects (padārtha); countless arrays of entities

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of padārthaśatapaṅkti

padārthaśatapaṅkti - hundreds of rows of objects/entities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padārtha+śata+paṅkti)

• padārtha – object, thing, category, meaning of a word (padārtha)
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• paṅkti – row, line, series, array, host
  noun (feminine)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self (ātman), the soul, the essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another, else

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm conviction, certainty, determination

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - firm conviction, certainty, determination, resolution

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

सम्यगीक्षणम् (samyagīkṣaṇam) - perfect vision, right perception, accurate insight (samyagīkṣaṇa)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samyagīkṣaṇa

samyagīkṣaṇa - perfect vision, right perception, accurate insight

Compound type : karmadhāraya (samyak+īkṣaṇa)

• samyak – right, proper, true, complete
  indeclinable
• īkṣaṇa – seeing, perception, vision, sight
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

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