योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-88, verse-15
वीतहव्यो मनोमात्रं मनोहंत्वमिवैन्द्रियः ।
मनो जगदिदं कृत्स्नमन्यतानन्यते तु के ॥ १५ ॥
मनो जगदिदं कृत्स्नमन्यतानन्यते तु के ॥ १५ ॥
vītahavyo manomātraṃ manohaṃtvamivaindriyaḥ ,
mano jagadidaṃ kṛtsnamanyatānanyate tu ke 15
mano jagadidaṃ kṛtsnamanyatānanyate tu ke 15
15.
vītahavyaḥ manomātram manohaṃtvam iva aindriyaḥ
manaḥ jagat idam kṛtsnam anyatā ananyatā tu ke
manaḥ jagat idam kṛtsnam anyatā ananyatā tu ke
15.
vītahavyaḥ manomātram aindriyaḥ manohaṃtvam iva
idam kṛtsnam jagat manaḥ tu anyatā ananyatā ke
idam kṛtsnam jagat manaḥ tu anyatā ananyatā ke
15.
Vitahavya is pure consciousness (mind-only). He is like the destruction of the (conventional) mind (manohaṃtvam), even though he is an embodied being (aindriyaḥ) operating through the senses. This entire world is mind. So, what then are notions of difference (anyatā) and non-difference (ananyatā)?
Words meanings summery:
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- वीतहव्यः (vītahavyaḥ) - Vitahavya (name of a sage)
- मनोमात्रम् (manomātram) - merely mind, mind-only, pure consciousness
- मनोहंत्वम् (manohaṁtvam) - the state of being a killer of the mind, mind-destruction
- इव (iva) - like, as if, as
- ऐन्द्रियः (aindriyaḥ) - sensory, related to the senses, perceptible by the senses, an embodied being
- मनः (manaḥ) - mind, consciousness
- जगत् (jagat) - world, universe
- इदम् (idam) - this
- कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire, whole, complete
- अन्यता (anyatā) - difference, otherness
- अनन्यता (ananyatā) - non-difference, identity
- तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed
- के (ke) - what (are they)?
Words meanings and morphology
वीतहव्यः (vītahavyaḥ) - Vitahavya (name of a sage)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vītahavya
vītahavya - Vitahavya (a proper name, lit. 'whose sacrificial offering has ceased')
bahuvrihi compound vīta (gone) + havya (offering)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vīta+havya)
- vīta – gone, departed, ceased
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from √i (to go) with vi (prefix)
Prefix: vi
Root: i (class 2) - havya – offering, oblation
noun (neuter)
Gerundive
from √hu (to offer)
Root: hu (class 3)
Note: Subject.
मनोमात्रम् (manomātram) - merely mind, mind-only, pure consciousness
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of manomātra
manomātra - merely mind, mind-only, pure consciousness
Tatpurusha compound: manas (mind) + mātra (only, mere)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+mātra)
- manas – mind, intellect, consciousness (manas)
noun (neuter) - mātra – only, mere, just
adjective (neuter)
suffix indicating 'mere'
मनोहंत्वम् (manohaṁtvam) - the state of being a killer of the mind, mind-destruction
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manohaṃtva
manohaṁtva - the state of being a killer of the mind, mind-destruction
Tatpurusha compound: manas (mind) + hantṛ (killer) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+hantṛ+tva)
- manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
noun (neuter) - hantṛ – killer, destroyer
noun (masculine)
Agent noun
from √han (to kill)
Root: han (class 2) - tva – state, quality (suffix for abstract noun)
suffix (neuter)
Note: Used adverbially with iva.
इव (iva) - like, as if, as
(indeclinable)
particle of comparison
ऐन्द्रियः (aindriyaḥ) - sensory, related to the senses, perceptible by the senses, an embodied being
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of aindriya
aindriya - sensory, related to the senses, perceptible by the senses, an embodied being (one who experiences through senses)
from indriya (sense organ) + aṇ (suffix for 'related to')
Note: Qualifies Vītahavyaḥ.
मनः (manaḥ) - mind, consciousness
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, consciousness (manas)
Note: Predicate nominative for jagat idam kṛtsnam.
जगत् (jagat) - world, universe
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, that which moves
from √gam (to go), present participle stem
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Subject.
इदम् (idam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, here, present
Note: Qualifies jagat.
कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire, whole, complete
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛtsna
kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete, all
Note: Qualifies jagat.
अन्यता (anyatā) - difference, otherness
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of anyatā
anyatā - difference, otherness
from anya (other) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)
Note: Part of the dual subject.
अनन्यता (ananyatā) - non-difference, identity
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ananyatā
ananyatā - non-difference, identity, oneness
from an-anya (not other) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+anyatā)
- an – not, non
indeclinable
negative prefix - anyatā – difference, otherness
noun (feminine)
from anya + tā
Note: Part of the dual subject.
तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed
(indeclinable)
particle
Note: Introduces a contrasting idea.
के (ke) - what (are they)?
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, dual of kim
kim - who, what, which
Note: Interrogative pronoun, referring to anyatā and ananyatā.