योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-30

सारसाः सरसीवैते सर्वस्मिञ्जनचेतसि ।
भोगा एव स्फुरन्त्यन्तर्न तु स्वपददृष्टयः ॥ ३० ॥

sārasāḥ sarasīvaite sarvasmiñjanacetasi ,
bhogā eva sphurantyantarna tu svapadadṛṣṭayaḥ 30

30. sārasāḥ sarasī iva ete sarvasmin jana-cetasi
bhogāḥ eva sphuranti antaḥ na tu svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ

30. ete bhogāḥ sārasāḥ sarasī iva sarvasmin jana-cetasi eva antaḥ sphuranti,
tu svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ na (sphuranti).

30. Like cranes in a lake, these worldly enjoyments (bhoga) alone flash forth within all people's minds; but not insights into their own true (svapada) nature.

30. כמו עגורים באגם, בחשיבתם של כל בני האדם עולים ונראים רק תענוגות החושים, ולא הראייה של טבעם האמיתי.

Words meanings summery:

• सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes (as a comparison for enjoyments) (cranes, a kind of bird)

• सरसी (sarasī) - in a lake (in a lake, pond)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• एते (ete) - these (referring to the bhogāḥ) (these, those)

• सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all (people's) (in all)

• जन-चेतसि (jana-cetasi) - in people's minds (in the mind of people)

• भोगाः (bhogāḥ) - worldly enjoyments (enjoyments, worldly pleasures, experiences)

• एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, truly)

• स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flicker, they manifest (they flash, vibrate, manifest, appear)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (the mind) (inside, within, in the interior)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

• स्वपद-दृष्टयः (svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - insights into one's true (svapada) nature (visions of one's own nature/state)

Words meanings and morphology

सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes (as a comparison for enjoyments) (cranes, a kind of bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sārasa

sārasa - crane, marshy, watery

Note: Used in simile.

सरसी (sarasī) - in a lake (in a lake, pond)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sarasī

sarasī - lake, pond, pool

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

एते (ete) - these (referring to the bhogāḥ) (these, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, that

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to bhogāḥ.

सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin) - in all (people's) (in all)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

pronominal adjective

जन-चेतसि (jana-cetasi) - in people's minds (in the mind of people)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janacetas

janacetas - mind of a person, people's mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+cetas)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• cetas – mind, intelligence, heart
  noun (neuter)

भोगाः (bhogāḥ) - worldly enjoyments (enjoyments, worldly pleasures, experiences)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, experience, possession, food

from root bhuj- (to enjoy, eat)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Subject of sphuranti.

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, truly)

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flicker, they manifest (they flash, vibrate, manifest, appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Present Active

from root sphur- (to throb, flash)

Root: sphur (class 6)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (the mind) (inside, within, in the interior)

(indeclinable)

adverb of place

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

particle of contrast

स्वपद-दृष्टयः (svapada-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - insights into one's true (svapada) nature (visions of one's own nature/state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svapadadṛṣṭi

svapadadṛṣṭi - insight into one's own nature/state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pada+dṛṣṭi)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• pada – foot, step, position, state, nature, word
  noun (neuter)
• dṛṣṭi – seeing, vision, insight, view
  noun (feminine)
  from root dṛś- (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of implied sphuranti (or dṛśyante).

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