योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-11, verse-5

प्रोल्लङ्घयेन्द्रियजां वृत्तिं यत्स्थितं तत्कथं किल ।
याति प्रत्यक्षतां जन्तोः प्रत्यक्षातीतवृत्तिमत् ॥ ५ ॥

prollaṅghayendriyajāṃ vṛttiṃ yatsthitaṃ tatkathaṃ kila ,
yāti pratyakṣatāṃ jantoḥ pratyakṣātītavṛttimat 5

5. prollaṅghya indriyajām vṛttim yat sthitam tat katham
kila yāti pratyakṣatām jantoḥ pratyakṣātītavṛttimat

5. yat pratyakṣātītavṛttimat indriyajām vṛttim prollaṅghya
sthitam tat jantoḥ katham pratyakṣatām kila yāti

5. How can that which completely transcends the activity arising from the senses, and which possesses a nature beyond direct perception, ever become perceptible to a living being?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रोल्लङ्घ्य (prollaṅghya) - having completely transcended, having overcome, having jumped over

• इन्द्रियजाम् (indriyajām) - born of the senses, arising from the senses

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - activity, modification, state, mode of being, function

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, abiding, existing, established

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, perhaps, it is said

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

• प्रत्यक्षताम् (pratyakṣatām) - perceptibility, visibility, state of being directly perceived

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature, of a person

• प्रत्यक्षातीतवृत्तिमत् (pratyakṣātītavṛttimat) - having a state or nature that transcends direct perception

Words meanings and morphology

प्रोल्लङ्घ्य (prollaṅghya) - having completely transcended, having overcome, having jumped over

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from the root 'laṅgh' with prefixes 'pra' and 'ud', and the suffix 'lyap' for absolutives in compound verbs.

Prefixes: pra+ud

Root: laṅgh (class 1)

इन्द्रियजाम् (indriyajām) - born of the senses, arising from the senses

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of indriyaja

indriyaja - born from the senses, produced by the senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indriya+ja)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced, caused by
  adjective
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born) with suffix 'ḍa' (P. 3.2.14).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'vṛttim'.

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - activity, modification, state, mode of being, function

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - activity, function, mode, state, modification, mental fluctuation

Derived from root 'vṛt' (to turn, exist) with suffix 'ktin'.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which (relative pronoun)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, abiding, existing, established

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, firm, established

past passive participle

Formed from root 'sthā' with suffix 'kta'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'yat'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

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

Note: Refers back to 'yat'.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, perhaps, it is said

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, attains, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

प्रत्यक्षताम् (pratyakṣatām) - perceptibility, visibility, state of being directly perceived

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratyakṣatā

pratyakṣatā - perceptibility, state of being manifest or directly visible

Derived from 'pratyakṣa' with the suffix 'tā'.

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature, of a person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man, person

Derived from root 'jan' (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

प्रत्यक्षातीतवृत्तिमत् (pratyakṣātītavṛttimat) - having a state or nature that transcends direct perception

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣātītavṛttimat

pratyakṣātītavṛttimat - possessing a state or mode of being that is beyond direct perception

Compound formed with a possessive suffix 'mat' from 'pratyakṣātītavṛtti'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pratyakṣa+atīta+vṛtti+mat)

• pratyakṣa – direct perception, perceptible, visible
  noun (neuter)
  From 'prati' + 'akṣa'.
  Prefix: prati
• atīta – gone beyond, past, transcended
  adjective
  past passive participle
  From 'ati' + root 'i' (to go) + 'kta'.
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)
• vṛtti – activity, modification, state, mode of being
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' (to turn, exist) with suffix 'ktin'.
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• mat – possessing, having (possessive suffix)
  suffix
  Suffix 'matup' for forming possessive adjectives.

Note: Agrees with 'yat'.

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