योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-91, verse-45
घना न वासना यस्य पुनर्जननकारिणी ।
जीवन्मुक्तः स सत्त्वस्थश्चक्रभ्रमवदास्थितः ॥ ४५ ॥
जीवन्मुक्तः स सत्त्वस्थश्चक्रभ्रमवदास्थितः ॥ ४५ ॥
ghanā na vāsanā yasya punarjananakāriṇī ,
jīvanmuktaḥ sa sattvasthaścakrabhramavadāsthitaḥ 45
jīvanmuktaḥ sa sattvasthaścakrabhramavadāsthitaḥ 45
45.
ghanā na vāsanā yasya punar janana-kāriṇī
jīvanmuktaḥ sa sattva-sthaḥ cakra-bhrama-vat āsthitaḥ
jīvanmuktaḥ sa sattva-sthaḥ cakra-bhrama-vat āsthitaḥ
45.
yasya ghanā janana-kāriṇī vāsanā na (vidyate) sa
jīvanmuktaḥ sattva-sthaḥ cakra-bhrama-vat āsthitaḥ
jīvanmuktaḥ sattva-sthaḥ cakra-bhrama-vat āsthitaḥ
45.
He whose dense latent impressions (vāsanā) that cause rebirth are no longer present, that person is considered liberated while living (jīvanmukta), established in pure being (sattva), and his existence is like the spinning of a wheel (which continues by momentum).
Words meanings summery:
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- घना (ghanā) - dense, thick, intense, strong
- न (na) - not, no
- वासना (vāsanā) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental tendency, desire, imagination)
- यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom
- पुनर् (punar) - again, anew, back
- जनन-कारिणी (janana-kāriṇī) - causing birth/rebirth
- जीवन्मुक्तः (jīvanmuktaḥ) - liberated-while-living (jīvanmukta) (liberated while living)
- स (sa) - he, that
- सत्त्व-स्थः (sattva-sthaḥ) - established in pure being (sattva) (established in goodness/pure being)
- चक्र-भ्रम-वत् (cakra-bhrama-vat) - like the turning of a wheel
- आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - situated, abiding, established
Words meanings and morphology
घना (ghanā) - dense, thick, intense, strong
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ghana
ghana - dense, thick, solid, abundant, intense
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
वासना (vāsanā) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental tendency, desire, imagination)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā
vāsanā - latent impression, mental tendency, desire, imagination
from root vas
Root: vas (class 2)
यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that which
पुनर् (punar) - again, anew, back
(indeclinable)
जनन-कारिणी (janana-kāriṇī) - causing birth/rebirth
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of janana-kāriṇī
janana-kāriṇī - causing birth, generative of rebirth
from janana + kāriṇī
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janana+kāriṇī)
- janana – birth, production, generation
noun (neuter)
from root jan
Root: jan (class 4) - kāriṇī – causing, producing, making (feminine form)
adjective (feminine)
feminine of kārin, from root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
जीवन्मुक्तः (jīvanmuktaḥ) - liberated-while-living (jīvanmukta) (liberated while living)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvanmukta
jīvanmukta - one who is liberated while still alive
from jīvan (present active participle of jīv) + mukta (past passive participle of muc)
Compound type : karmadhāraya (jīvan+mukta)
- jīvan – living (present active participle)
adjective (masculine)
Present Active Participle
from root jīv
Root: jīv (class 1) - mukta – liberated, released, free
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root muc
Root: muc (class 6)
स (sa) - he, that
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
सत्त्व-स्थः (sattva-sthaḥ) - established in pure being (sattva) (established in goodness/pure being)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sattva-stha
sattva-stha - abiding in goodness/purity, established in pure being
from sattva + stha
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sattva+stha)
- sattva – pure being, essence, reality, goodness, mental purity
noun (neuter)
from sat + -tva
Root: as (class 2) - stha – standing, abiding, existing, situated in
adjective (masculine)
from root sthā
Root: sthā (class 1)
चक्र-भ्रम-वत् (cakra-bhrama-vat) - like the turning of a wheel
(indeclinable)
from cakra + bhrama + -vat (suffix for similarity)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cakra+bhrama)
- cakra – wheel, discus, circle
noun (neuter) - bhrama – turning, whirling, wandering, error
noun (masculine)
from root bhram
Root: bhram (class 1)
आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - situated, abiding, established
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita
āsthita - situated, standing, abiding, established
Past Passive Participle
from ā- √sthā + kta
Prefix: ā
Root: sthā (class 1)