योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-6

प्रबुद्धोऽपि सुषुप्तस्थः सुषुप्तस्थः प्रबुद्धवत् ।
तुर्यमालम्ब्य कायान्तस्तिष्ठामि स्तम्भितस्थितिः ॥ ६ ॥

prabuddho'pi suṣuptasthaḥ suṣuptasthaḥ prabuddhavat ,
turyamālambya kāyāntastiṣṭhāmi stambhitasthitiḥ 6

6. prabuddhaḥ api suṣuptasthaḥ suṣuptasthaḥ prabuddhavat
| turyam ālambya kāyāntaḥ tiṣṭhāmi stambhitasthitiḥ ||

6. prabuddhaḥ api suṣuptasthaḥ,
suṣuptasthaḥ prabuddhavat (aham) kāyāntaḥ turyam ālambya stambhitasthitiḥ tiṣṭhāmi

6. Though awakened, I am like one in deep sleep; though in deep sleep, I am like one awakened. Taking refuge in the transcendent (turiya) state while within the body, I remain with my condition completely still.

6. ער אף על פי שאני בשינה עמוקה, ובשינה עמוקה כאילו אני ער, אני נסמך על תודעה טהורה בתוך הגוף ועומד ללא ניע.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रबुद्धः (prabuddhaḥ) - awakened, enlightened, fully aware

• अपि (api) - though (even, also, though, indeed)

• सुषुप्तस्थः (suṣuptasthaḥ) - situated in deep sleep, abiding in deep sleep

• सुषुप्तस्थः (suṣuptasthaḥ) - situated in deep sleep, abiding in deep sleep

• प्रबुद्धवत् (prabuddhavat) - like one awakened, as if enlightened

• तुर्यम् (turyam) - the transcendent (turiya) state (the fourth (state), the transcendent state (turiya))

• आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - taking refuge in (having taken support of, having resorted to, having clung to)

• कायान्तः (kāyāntaḥ) - within the body (within the body, inside the body)

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I abide

• स्तम्भितस्थितिः (stambhitasthitiḥ) - my condition completely still (whose state is motionless, with a stopped/still condition)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रबुद्धः (prabuddhaḥ) - awakened, enlightened, fully aware

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabuddha

prabuddha - awakened, enlightened, bloomed, fully conscious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root budh with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

अपि (api) - though (even, also, though, indeed)

(indeclinable)

सुषुप्तस्थः (suṣuptasthaḥ) - situated in deep sleep, abiding in deep sleep

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suṣuptastha

suṣuptastha - situated in deep sleep, abiding in deep sleep

Compound type : tatpurusha (suṣupta+stha)

• suṣupta – deep sleep, profound slumber
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root svap with upasarga su
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)
• stha – standing, staying, situated, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

सुषुप्तस्थः (suṣuptasthaḥ) - situated in deep sleep, abiding in deep sleep

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suṣuptastha

suṣuptastha - situated in deep sleep, abiding in deep sleep

Compound type : tatpurusha (suṣupta+stha)

• suṣupta – deep sleep, profound slumber
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root svap with upasarga su
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)
• stha – standing, staying, situated, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रबुद्धवत् (prabuddhavat) - like one awakened, as if enlightened

(indeclinable)

Derived from prabuddha with suffix -vat

Compound type : tatpurusha (prabuddha+vat)

• prabuddha – awakened, enlightened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root budh with upasarga pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)
• vat – like, as, in the manner of
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity

तुर्यम् (turyam) - the transcendent (turiya) state (the fourth (state), the transcendent state (turiya))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of turya

turya - the fourth, the fourth state of consciousness (turiya)

आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - taking refuge in (having taken support of, having resorted to, having clung to)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root lamb with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

कायान्तः (kāyāntaḥ) - within the body (within the body, inside the body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāyānta

kāyānta - end of the body, interior of the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāya+anta)

• kāya – body
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, interior, inside
  noun (masculine)

Note: Here, functioning adverbially to mean 'within the body'.

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I abide

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्तम्भितस्थितिः (stambhitasthitiḥ) - my condition completely still (whose state is motionless, with a stopped/still condition)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stambhitasthiti

stambhitasthiti - whose state is motionless, with a stopped/still condition

Compound type : bahuvrihi (stambhita+sthiti)

• stambhita – stopped, made rigid, motionless, paralysed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root stambh
  Root: stambh (class 1)
• sthiti – state, condition, standing, position
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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