योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-91, verse-89
यदा संकल्प्य संकल्प्य संवित्स्वं विन्दते वपुः ।
तदास्य जन्मजालस्य सैव गच्छति बीजताम् ॥ ८९ ॥
तदास्य जन्मजालस्य सैव गच्छति बीजताम् ॥ ८९ ॥
yadā saṃkalpya saṃkalpya saṃvitsvaṃ vindate vapuḥ ,
tadāsya janmajālasya saiva gacchati bījatām 89
tadāsya janmajālasya saiva gacchati bījatām 89
89.
yadā saṅkalpya saṅkalpya saṃvit svam vindate vapuḥ
tadā asya janma-jālasya sā eva gacchati bījatām
tadā asya janma-jālasya sā eva gacchati bījatām
89.
yadā saṃvit saṅkalpya saṅkalpya svam vapuḥ vindate,
tadā sā eva asya janma-jālasya bījatām gacchati
tadā sā eva asya janma-jālasya bījatām gacchati
89.
When consciousness, by repeatedly forming intentions and visualizing, perceives its own form, then that very consciousness becomes the seed for this entire network of births.
Words meanings summery:
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- यदा (yadā) - introduces a temporal clause, 'when' (when, at what time)
- सङ्कल्प्य (saṅkalpya) - having formed an intention or having visualized something (having intended, having resolved, having imagined)
- सङ्कल्प्य (saṅkalpya) - repeatedly forming intentions or visualizing (having intended, having resolved, having imagined)
- संवित् (saṁvit) - the ultimate conscious principle or individual consciousness (consciousness, awareness, knowledge)
- स्वम् (svam) - its own (form, referring to consciousness's form) (own, one's own, property, self)
- विन्दते (vindate) - perceives or experiences (its own form) (obtains, finds, perceives, knows)
- वपुः (vapuḥ) - the form or manifestation (that consciousness takes) (body, form, essence)
- तदा (tadā) - introduces the consequence, 'then' (then, at that time)
- अस्य (asya) - of this (network of births) (of this, of him, of it)
- जन्म-जालस्य (janma-jālasya) - of this entire cycle of repeated births (of the network of births, of the cycle of existences)
- सा (sā) - that very consciousness (she, that (feminine))
- एव (eva) - emphasizes 'that very' consciousness (indeed, only, just, quite)
- गच्छति (gacchati) - becomes or attains (the state of being a seed) (goes, moves, attains, becomes)
- बीजताम् (bījatām) - becomes the fundamental cause or origin (the state of being a seed, seed-ness)
Words meanings and morphology
यदा (yadā) - introduces a temporal clause, 'when' (when, at what time)
(indeclinable)
सङ्कल्प्य (saṅkalpya) - having formed an intention or having visualized something (having intended, having resolved, having imagined)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Formed from `sam` + `√kḷp` (to be suitable, to imagine) with `-ya` suffix.
Prefix: sam
Root: kḷp (class 1)
सङ्कल्प्य (saṅkalpya) - repeatedly forming intentions or visualizing (having intended, having resolved, having imagined)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Formed from `sam` + `√kḷp` (to be suitable, to imagine) with `-ya` suffix.
Prefix: sam
Root: kḷp (class 1)
संवित् (saṁvit) - the ultimate conscious principle or individual consciousness (consciousness, awareness, knowledge)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit
saṁvit - consciousness, awareness, knowledge, understanding
Derived from `sam` + `√vid` (to know, to perceive).
Prefix: sam
Root: vid (class 2)
स्वम् (svam) - its own (form, referring to consciousness's form) (own, one's own, property, self)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sva
sva - own, one's own, self, property
विन्दते (vindate) - perceives or experiences (its own form) (obtains, finds, perceives, knows)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of √vid
Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada). Root class 7. It can also belong to class 6 or 2 with different meanings.
Root: vid (class 7)
वपुः (vapuḥ) - the form or manifestation (that consciousness takes) (body, form, essence)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus
vapus - body, form, figure, essence, nature
तदा (tadā) - introduces the consequence, 'then' (then, at that time)
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - of this (network of births) (of this, of him, of it)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one, the present
जन्म-जालस्य (janma-jālasya) - of this entire cycle of repeated births (of the network of births, of the cycle of existences)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of janmajāla
janmajāla - network of births, cycle of existence, transmigration
Compound noun.
Compound type : tatpurusha (janman+jāla)
- janman – birth, origin, existence, life
noun (neuter)
Root: jan (class 4) - jāla – net, network, snare, multitude
noun (neuter)
सा (sā) - that very consciousness (she, that (feminine))
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it
एव (eva) - emphasizes 'that very' consciousness (indeed, only, just, quite)
(indeclinable)
गच्छति (gacchati) - becomes or attains (the state of being a seed) (goes, moves, attains, becomes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √gam
Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.
Root: gam (class 1)
बीजताम् (bījatām) - becomes the fundamental cause or origin (the state of being a seed, seed-ness)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bījatā
bījatā - the state or condition of being a seed, seed-ness
Formed from 'bīja' (seed) with the suffix '-tā' indicating a state or quality.