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).

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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