योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-24, verse-6

पदमासादयन्त्येतत्कथं सामान्यबुद्धयः ।
आत्मचिन्ताविलासिन्यास्तस्याः सख्यो महामुने ॥ ६ ॥

padamāsādayantyetatkathaṃ sāmānyabuddhayaḥ ,
ātmacintāvilāsinyāstasyāḥ sakhyo mahāmune 6

6. padam āsādayanti etat katham sāmānyabuddhayaḥ
ātmacintāvilāsinyāḥ tasyāḥ sakhyaḥ mahāmune

6. mahāmune sāmānyabuddhayaḥ ātmacintāvilāsinyāḥ
tasyāḥ sakhyaḥ padam etat katham āsādayanti

6. O great sage, how do people of ordinary understanding attain the state of companions to that one who revels in contemplation of the self (ātman)?

6. כיצד יכולה תבונה רגילה להגיע למצב נשגב זה? הוי מוּנִי דגול, מי הן חברותיה למסע של אותה התבוננות בעצמי?

Words meanings summery:

• पदम् (padam) - the state or position (state, position, place, footstep)

• आसादयन्ति (āsādayanti) - they attain, they reach, they obtain

• एतत् (etat) - this state (referring to 'padam') (this, this one)

• कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

• सामान्यबुद्धयः (sāmānyabuddhayaḥ) - those of ordinary intellect or understanding

• आत्मचिन्ताविलासिन्याः (ātmacintāvilāsinyāḥ) - of the one who delights in contemplation of the self

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that one (referring to the 'ātmacintāvilāsinī') (of her, of that)

• सख्यः (sakhyaḥ) - female companions or associates (companions, female friends)

• महामुने (mahāmune) - addressing Vasiṣṭha or another prominent sage (O great sage)

Words meanings and morphology

पदम् (padam) - the state or position (state, position, place, footstep)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, mark, position, state, word, quarter (of a verse)

आसादयन्ति (āsādayanti) - they attain, they reach, they obtain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of āsādaya

causative/denominative root

From root sad (to sit) with upasargas ā-sam, causative form, active voice

Prefixes: ā+sam

Root: sad (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this state (referring to 'padam') (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that

कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

(indeclinable)

सामान्यबुद्धयः (sāmānyabuddhayaḥ) - those of ordinary intellect or understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sāmānyabuddhi

sāmānyabuddhi - ordinary intellect, common understanding

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sāmānya+buddhi)

• sāmānya – ordinary, common, general
  adjective (neuter)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, discernment, perception
  noun (feminine)
  From root budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)

आत्मचिन्ताविलासिन्याः (ātmacintāvilāsinyāḥ) - of the one who delights in contemplation of the self

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of ātmacintāvilāsinī

ātmacintāvilāsinī - one who delights or revels in contemplation of the self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+cintā+vilāsinī)

• ātman – self, soul, supreme spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• cintā – thought, concern, contemplation, reflection
  noun (feminine)
  From root cit (to perceive, think)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vilāsinī – a playful or charming woman, one who sports or delights
  noun (feminine)
  nominalized feminine of 'vilāsin'
  From root las (to sport, play) with vi- prefix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: las (class 1)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that one (referring to the 'ātmacintāvilāsinī') (of her, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सख्यः (sakhyaḥ) - female companions or associates (companions, female friends)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sakhī

sakhī - female friend, companion, associate

महामुने (mahāmune) - addressing Vasiṣṭha or another prominent sage (O great sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmuni

mahāmuni - great sage, great ascetic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• muni – sage, ascetic, contemplative one
  noun (masculine)

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