योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-83, verse-5

स्वसत्ता स्फुटतां याति दुःखाय तव चित्तक ।
तप्तकाञ्चनरुल्लासो दाहायैव स्वपार्श्वयोः ॥ ५ ॥

svasattā sphuṭatāṃ yāti duḥkhāya tava cittaka ,
taptakāñcanarullāso dāhāyaiva svapārśvayoḥ 5

5. sva-sattā sphuṭatām yāti duḥkhāya tava cittaka
tapta-kāñcana-ruḥ ullāsaḥ dāhāya eva sva-pārśvayoḥ

5. tava cittaka sva-sattā sphuṭatām duḥkhāya yāti
tapta-kāñcana-ruḥ ullāsaḥ sva-pārśvayoḥ dāhāya eva

5. O mind (cittaka), your own distinct existence leads to suffering. The very brilliance of heated gold is solely for burning its own surroundings.

5. חשיבתי, עצם התגלותך מביאה לך סבל, כשם שזוהרה של זהב מלוהט גורם לשריפת כל מה שסביבו.

Words meanings summery:

• स्व-सत्ता (sva-sattā) - one's own existence, one's individual being

• स्फुटताम् (sphuṭatām) - clarity, distinctness, manifestness

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for pain

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• चित्तक (cittaka) - O mind

• तप्त-काञ्चन-रुः (tapta-kāñcana-ruḥ) - the radiance of heated gold

• उल्लासः (ullāsaḥ) - splendor, radiance, gleam, joy

• दाहाय (dāhāya) - for burning, for combustion

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• स्व-पार्श्वयोः (sva-pārśvayoḥ) - of its own sides, for its own surroundings

Words meanings and morphology

स्व-सत्ता (sva-sattā) - one's own existence, one's individual being

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sva-sattā

sva-sattā - one's own existence

Compound of sva (one's own) and sattā (existence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+sattā)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  From root as (to be) with suffix -tā
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of `yāti`.

स्फुटताम् (sphuṭatām) - clarity, distinctness, manifestness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sphuṭatā

sphuṭatā - clarity, distinctness, manifestness

Formed from adjective sphuṭa (clear) with suffix -tā (state of being)

Root: sphuṭ

Note: Direct object of `yāti` (to go to, attain).

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: yā (class 2)

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for pain

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Qualifies `cittaka`.

चित्तक (cittaka) - O mind

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of cittaka

cittaka - mind, thought, consciousness

Diminutive or affectionate form of citta (mind)

Root: cit (class 1)

तप्त-काञ्चन-रुः (tapta-kāñcana-ruḥ) - the radiance of heated gold

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapta-kāñcana-rus

tapta-kāñcana-rus - light/lustre of heated gold

Compound ending in `rus` (feminine noun, light, lustre)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapta+kāñcana+rus)

• tapta – heated, burnt
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root tap (to heat, burn)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• kāñcana – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• rus – light, lustre, splendor
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ruś

Note: Subject of `dāhāya eva`.

उल्लासः (ullāsaḥ) - splendor, radiance, gleam, joy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ullāsa

ullāsa - flash, gleam, splendor, joy

From prefix ud- and root lās (to shine)

Prefix: ud

Root: lās (class 1)

दाहाय (dāhāya) - for burning, for combustion

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dāha

dāha - burning, combustion, heat

From root dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

स्व-पार्श्वयोः (sva-pārśvayoḥ) - of its own sides, for its own surroundings

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of sva-pārśva

sva-pārśva - one's own side, one's own surroundings

Compound of sva (own) and pārśva (side)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pārśva)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
• pārśva – side, flank, proximity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pṛś

Note: Here interpreted as a genitive of interest or for the benefit of/effect on, i.e., 'for its own surroundings to be burnt'.

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