योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-117, verse-11
मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतं यत्स्यादपि न किंचन ।
अविनाशं तदस्तीह तत्सदात्मेति कथ्यते ॥ ११ ॥
अविनाशं तदस्तीह तत्सदात्मेति कथ्यते ॥ ११ ॥
manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītaṃ yatsyādapi na kiṃcana ,
avināśaṃ tadastīha tatsadātmeti kathyate 11
avināśaṃ tadastīha tatsadātmeti kathyate 11
11.
manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam yat syāt api na kiṃcana
avināśam tat asti iha tat sadā ātma iti kathyate
avināśam tat asti iha tat sadā ātma iti kathyate
11.
yat manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam syāt api na kiṃcana
tat avināśam iha asti tat sadā ātma iti kathyate
tat avināśam iha asti tat sadā ātma iti kathyate
11.
That which transcends the mind and the six senses (counting the mind as the sixth), and which may even seem to be nothing at all, that imperishable reality truly exists here. That is always referred to as the Self (ātman).
Words meanings summery:
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- मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतम् (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam) - that which transcends the mind and the five senses (mind being the sixth sense). (that which transcends the mind and the six senses.)
- यत् (yat) - that which. (which, whatever.)
- स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be. (it should be, it might be.)
- अपि (api) - even. (also, even, although.)
- न (na) - not.
- किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing at all. (anything, at all, nothing.)
- अविनाशम् (avināśam) - imperishable. (imperishable, indestructible.)
- तत् (tat) - that (imperishable reality). (that.)
- अस्ति (asti) - exists. (is, exists.)
- इह (iha) - here (in this realm of experience). (here, in this world, in this case.)
- तत् (tat) - that (imperishable reality). (that.)
- सदा (sadā) - always. (always, ever.)
- आत्म (ātma) - Self (ātman). (Self, soul, essence.)
- इति (iti) - thus, as. (thus, in this manner, indicates quotation.)
- कथ्यते (kathyate) - is called. (is said, is told, is called.)
Words meanings and morphology
मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतम् (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam) - that which transcends the mind and the five senses (mind being the sixth sense). (that which transcends the mind and the six senses.)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātīta
manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātīta - beyond mind and the six senses
Compound type : bahuvrīhi / tatpuruṣa (manas+ṣaṣṭha+indriya+atīta)
- manas – mind, intellect, thought
noun (neuter) - ṣaṣṭha – sixth
adjective - indriya – sense organ, faculty
noun (neuter) - atīta – gone beyond, transcended, past
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefixes 'ati' and 'a'
Prefix: ati
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Agrees with implied 'yat' or 'tat'
यत् (yat) - that which. (which, whatever.)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, whatever
स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be. (it should be, it might be.)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as
Optative
3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice
Root: as (class 2)
अपि (api) - even. (also, even, although.)
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not.
(indeclinable)
किंचन (kiṁcana) - nothing at all. (anything, at all, nothing.)
(indeclinable)
अविनाशम् (avināśam) - imperishable. (imperishable, indestructible.)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of avināśa
avināśa - imperishable, indestructible, eternal
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vināśa)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable
Negative prefix - vināśa – destruction, perishing, loss
noun (masculine)
From root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'vi'
Prefix: vi
Root: naś (class 4)
Note: Agrees with 'tat' (the implied subject)
तत् (tat) - that (imperishable reality). (that.)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that
अस्ति (asti) - exists. (is, exists.)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Present
3rd person singular, present tense, active voice
Root: as (class 2)
इह (iha) - here (in this realm of experience). (here, in this world, in this case.)
(indeclinable)
तत् (tat) - that (imperishable reality). (that.)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that
सदा (sadā) - always. (always, ever.)
(indeclinable)
आत्म (ātma) - Self (ātman). (Self, soul, essence.)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath
Note: Used predicatively after 'iti'
इति (iti) - thus, as. (thus, in this manner, indicates quotation.)
(indeclinable)
कथ्यते (kathyate) - is called. (is said, is told, is called.)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kath
Present, Passive
3rd person singular, present tense, passive voice. From a denominative root of 'katha'.
Root: kath (class 10)