योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-73

रज्ज्वामिव भुजङ्गत्वं द्वीन्दुत्वं स्वीक्षितादिव ।
शुद्धैव संवित्त्रिजगत्सवेद्यं नान्यदस्त्यलम् ॥ ७३ ॥

rajjvāmiva bhujaṅgatvaṃ dvīndutvaṃ svīkṣitādiva ,
śuddhaiva saṃvittrijagatsavedyaṃ nānyadastyalam 73

73. rajjvām iva bhujangatvam dvi-indutvam sva-īkṣitāt iva
śuddhā eva saṃvit tri-jagat-saṃvedyam na anyat asti alam

73. yathā rajjvām bhujangatvam iva,
yathā sva-īkṣitāt dvi-indutvam iva,
tathā śuddhā eva saṃvit tri-jagat-saṃvedyam (asti) na anyat asti alam

73. Just as the characteristic of a snake (bhujangatva) is perceived in a rope, and the state of being two moons (dvi-indutva) is perceived due to one's own (defective) vision, so too is pure consciousness (saṃvit) itself the knowable three worlds (trijagat-saṃvedyam). Nothing else truly exists.

73. כמו חבל הנחשב לנחש, או ירח כפול הנראה עקב פזילה, המודעות הטהורה לבדה היא כל מה שנתפס בשלושת העולמות, ואין שום דבר מלבדה.

Words meanings summery:

• रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope, on a rope

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• भुजन्गत्वम् (bhujangatvam) - the state of being a snake, snake-nature

• द्वि-इन्दुत्वम् (dvi-indutvam) - the state of being two moons

• स्व-ईक्षितात् (sva-īkṣitāt) - from one's own defective vision causing illusion (from one's own vision/perception)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• शुद्धा (śuddhā) - pure, clean, undefiled

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness

• त्रि-जगत्-संवेद्यम् (tri-jagat-saṁvedyam) - the knowable three worlds

• न (na) - not

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, anything else

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, truly, indeed

Words meanings and morphology

रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope, on a rope

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rajju

rajju - rope, cord

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

भुजन्गत्वम् (bhujangatvam) - the state of being a snake, snake-nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhujangatva

bhujangatva - state of being a snake, snakehood

from bhujanga + suffix tva

Note: Subject of implied verb.

द्वि-इन्दुत्वम् (dvi-indutvam) - the state of being two moons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvi-indutva

dvi-indutva - the state of appearing as two moons, doubleness of the moon (an optical illusion)

from dvi-indu + suffix tva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+indu+tva)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• indu – moon
  noun (masculine)
• tva – state of being, -ness, -hood
  indeclinable (neuter)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

Note: Subject of implied verb.

स्व-ईक्षितात् (sva-īkṣitāt) - from one's own defective vision causing illusion (from one's own vision/perception)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sva-īkṣita

sva-īkṣita - one's own vision, self-seen

from sva + īkṣita (past passive participle of īkṣ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+īkṣita)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• īkṣita – seen, observed; sight, observation
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root īkṣ
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: The t becomes d in sandhi before a vowel.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

शुद्धा (śuddhā) - pure, clean, undefiled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, faultless

Past Passive Participle

from root śudh (to purify)

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies saṃvit.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

from root vid with sam prefix

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

त्रि-जगत्-संवेद्यम् (tri-jagat-saṁvedyam) - the knowable three worlds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tri-jagat-saṃvedya

tri-jagat-saṁvedya - the three worlds which are to be known/perceived

compound of tri-jagat and saṃvedya

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tri-jagat+saṃvedya)

• tri – three
  numeral
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• saṃvedya – knowable, perceivable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root vid with sam prefix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Predicate noun for saṃvit.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, anything else

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Subject of asti.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice

Present indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, truly, indeed

(indeclinable)

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