योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-25, verse-18
तं बाह्यरेचकं विद्याच्चिन्त्यमानं विमुक्तिदम् ।
द्वादशान्ताद्यदुत्थाय रूपपीवरता परा ॥ १८ ॥
द्वादशान्ताद्यदुत्थाय रूपपीवरता परा ॥ १८ ॥
taṃ bāhyarecakaṃ vidyāccintyamānaṃ vimuktidam ,
dvādaśāntādyadutthāya rūpapīvaratā parā 18
dvādaśāntādyadutthāya rūpapīvaratā parā 18
18.
tam bāhyarecakam vidyāt cintyamānam vimuktidam
| dvādaśāntāt yat utthāya rūpapīvaratā parā
| dvādaśāntāt yat utthāya rūpapīvaratā parā
18.
One should know that external exhalation (recaka) to be meditated upon as conferring liberation (vimukti). That supreme fullness of form (rūpapīvaratā) arises from the dvādaśānta (twelve-finger measure).
Words meanings summery:
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- तम् (tam) - that, him, it
- बाह्यरेचकम् (bāhyarecakam) - external exhalation (recaka)
- विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, he should know
- चिन्त्यमानम् (cintyamānam) - being meditated upon, being contemplated
- विमुक्तिदम् (vimuktidam) - conferring liberation (vimukti), giving freedom
- द्वादशान्तात् (dvādaśāntāt) - from the dvādaśānta (twelve-finger measure)
- यत् (yat) - which (neuter)
- उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, having emerged
- रूपपीवरता (rūpapīvaratā) - plumpness/fullness of form, supreme beauty
- परा (parā) - supreme, highest, excellent
Words meanings and morphology
तम् (tam) - that, him, it
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, it
बाह्यरेचकम् (bāhyarecakam) - external exhalation (recaka)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhyarecaka
bāhyarecaka - external exhalation (a type of prāṇāyāma)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāhya+recaka)
- bāhya – external, outer
adjective (neuter) - recaka – exhalation, emptying, expelling
noun (masculine)
agent noun
from root ric (to empty, to leave)
Root: ric (class 7)
विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, he should know
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
चिन्त्यमानम् (cintyamānam) - being meditated upon, being contemplated
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of cintyamāna
cintyamāna - being meditated upon, being thought of, being contemplated
Present Passive Participle
from root cint (causative of cit) + śānac suffix
Root: cit (class 10)
विमुक्तिदम् (vimuktidam) - conferring liberation (vimukti), giving freedom
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vimuktidā
vimuktidā - granting liberation (vimukti), giving freedom
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimukti+dā)
- vimukti – liberation (mokṣa), release, freedom
noun (feminine)
Prefix: vi
Root: muc (class 6) - dā – giving, bestowing, granting
adjective (masculine)
agent noun/suffix
from root dā (to give)
Root: dā (class 3)
द्वादशान्तात् (dvādaśāntāt) - from the dvādaśānta (twelve-finger measure)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of dvādaśānta
dvādaśānta - the point twelve finger-breadths (dvādaśānta) above the head; the end of twelve (measures)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvādaśa+anta)
- dvādaśa – twelve
numeral - anta – end, limit, boundary
noun (masculine)
यत् (yat) - which (neuter)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that
उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, having emerged
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
from ud-sthā
Prefix: ud
Root: sthā (class 1)
रूपपीवरता (rūpapīvaratā) - plumpness/fullness of form, supreme beauty
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of rūpapīvaratā
rūpapīvaratā - plumpness of form, fullness of beauty, corpulence of body
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rūpa+pīvara+tā)
- rūpa – form, shape, beauty, appearance
noun (neuter) - pīvara – fat, plump, luxuriant, large
adjective (masculine) - tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood, -ity
suffix (feminine)
परा (parā) - supreme, highest, excellent
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of para
para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant