योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-33

देहे यस्मिंस्तु नो चित्तं नापि सत्त्वं च विद्यते ।
स तापे हिमवद्राम पञ्चत्वेन विलीयते ॥ ३३ ॥

dehe yasmiṃstu no cittaṃ nāpi sattvaṃ ca vidyate ,
sa tāpe himavadrāma pañcatvena vilīyate 33

33. dehe yasmin tu na u cittam na api sattvam ca
vidyate sa tāpe himavat rāma pañcatvena vilīyate

33. rāma yasmin dehe tu na u cittam na api sattvam
ca vidyate sa tāpe himavat pañcatvena vilīyate

33. O Rama, in a body where the mind (citta) is not present, and neither is consciousness (sattva), that body, like snow in heat, dissolves into the five elements (pañcatva).

33. אך גוף שאין בו לא חשיבה ולא שריד של טוהר (סַטְוָוה), נמס ומתפרק לחמשת היסודות בעת חום, רָאמָה, כמו שלג בחמה.

Words meanings summery:

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which, wherein

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• न (na) - not, no

• उ (u) - and, also, indeed, verily

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• न (na) - not, no

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - essential nature (sattva), consciousness, existence

• च (ca) - and

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

• स (sa) - that body (that, he)

• तापे (tāpe) - in heat, in torment, in suffering

• हिमवत् (himavat) - like snow, like the Himalayas

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• पञ्चत्वेन (pañcatvena) - by the state of five, into the five elements

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, melts, vanishes

Words meanings and morphology

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which, wherein

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'dehe'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - and, also, indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or connective particle, forming sandhi 'no' with 'na'.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness (citta), thought, heart

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - essential nature (sattva), consciousness, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - essential nature, consciousness (sattva), existence, reality, goodness (one of the three guṇas)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

स (sa) - that body (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'deha' (body).

तापे (tāpe) - in heat, in torment, in suffering

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, fever, torment, suffering

हिमवत् (himavat) - like snow, like the Himalayas

(adjective)

of himavat

himavat - snowy, icy, like snow, having snow (Himavat mountain range)

Note: Used adverbially here, meaning 'like snow'.

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name), pleasing, black (epithet of Vishnu)

पञ्चत्वेन (pañcatvena) - by the state of five, into the five elements

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pañcatva

pañcatva - the state of five, the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pañca+tva)

• pañca – five
  numeral
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'the state of being'
  suffix (neuter)

विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, melts, vanishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vi + lī

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

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