योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-25, verse-70

प्राणापानोद्भवस्थाने बाह्याभ्यन्तरमास्थिते ।
ये द्वे योगिपदाधारस्तच्चित्तत्त्वमुपास्महे ॥ ७० ॥

prāṇāpānodbhavasthāne bāhyābhyantaramāsthite ,
ye dve yogipadādhārastaccittattvamupāsmahe 70

70. prāṇa-apāna-udbhava-sthāne bāhya-ābhyantaram āsthite
ye dve yogi-pada-ādhārau tat citta-tattvam upāsmahe

70. ye dve prāṇa-apāna-udbhava-sthāne bāhya-ābhyantaram
āsthite ca yogi-pada-ādhārau tat citta-tattvam upāsmahe

70. We venerate that fundamental reality of consciousness (citta-tattva) which inheres in the two places (or states) where the upward-moving (prāṇa) and downward-moving (apāna) vital energies arise, which are established both externally and internally, and which two constitute the very foundation of the yogi's (yoga) realization.

70. אנו סוגדים למהות התודעה, שהיא מקום הנובע של ה-פְּרָאṇַה וה-אַפָּאנַה, הפנימית והחיצונית, המשמשות משענת ליוגי המשיג את משכנו.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राण-अपान-उद्भव-स्थाने (prāṇa-apāna-udbhava-sthāne) - in the two places/states where the vital energies (prāṇa and apāna) arise (in the place/state of origin of prāṇa and apāna)

• बाह्य-आभ्यन्तरम् (bāhya-ābhyantaram) - both externally and internally (external and internal)

• आस्थिते (āsthite) - established, situated (situated, abiding, standing)

• ये (ye) - which two (referring to the 'sthāne') (which (two))

• द्वे (dve) - two (referring to the 'sthāne') (two)

• योगि-पद-आधारौ (yogi-pada-ādhārau) - the foundation of the yogi's (yoga) realization (the support of the yogi's state/path)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, that (thing))

• चित्त-तत्त्वम् (citta-tattvam) - the fundamental reality of consciousness (citta-tattva) (the reality/essence of consciousness)

• उपास्महे (upāsmahe) - we venerate, we worship (we worship, we serve, we attend to)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राण-अपान-उद्भव-स्थाने (prāṇa-apāna-udbhava-sthāne) - in the two places/states where the vital energies (prāṇa and apāna) arise (in the place/state of origin of prāṇa and apāna)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of prāṇa-apāna-udbhava-sthāna

prāṇa-apāna-udbhava-sthāna - place/state of origin of prāṇa and apāna

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāṇa+apāna+udbhava+sthāna)

• prāṇa – vital breath, life force, inhalation
  noun (masculine)
  From √an (to breathe) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• apāna – downward-moving vital breath, exhalation
  noun (masculine)
  From √an (to breathe) with prefix apa-
  Prefix: apa
  Root: an (class 2)
• udbhava – origin, production, birth, rise
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be) with prefix ud-
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sthāna – place, stand, position, state
  noun (neuter)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

बाह्य-आभ्यन्तरम् (bāhya-ābhyantaram) - both externally and internally (external and internal)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāhya-ābhyantara

bāhya-ābhyantara - external and internal

Compound type : dvandva (bāhya+ābhyantara)

• bāhya – external, outer
  adjective (neuter)
  From bahis (outside)
• ābhyantara – internal, inner
  adjective (neuter)
  From abhyantara (inside)

Note: Adverbial usage, describing the state of being situated.

आस्थिते (āsthite) - established, situated (situated, abiding, standing)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, dual of āsthita

āsthita - situated, standing, abiding, established

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇa-apāna-udbhava-sthāne'.

ये (ye) - which two (referring to the 'sthāne') (which (two))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Relative pronoun, masculine dual. Can also be neuter dual 'ye' in some contexts, agreeing with 'dve'.

द्वे (dve) - two (referring to the 'sthāne') (two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of dvi

dvi - two

Note: Nominative dual neuter form of 'dvi'.

योगि-पद-आधारौ (yogi-pada-ādhārau) - the foundation of the yogi's (yoga) realization (the support of the yogi's state/path)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yogi-pada-ādhāra

yogi-pada-ādhāra - the support of the yogi's state/path

Compound type : tatpurusha (yogin+pada+ādhāra)

• yogin – yogi, practitioner of yoga
  noun (masculine)
• pada – step, foot, state, path, word
  noun (neuter)
• ādhāra – support, basis, container, foundation
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to hold) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ye dve'.

तत् (tat) - that (that, that (thing))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, such

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

चित्त-तत्त्वम् (citta-tattvam) - the fundamental reality of consciousness (citta-tattva) (the reality/essence of consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta-tattva

citta-tattva - the reality of consciousness, the essence of mind/thought

Compound type : tatpurusha (citta+tattva)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root cit (to perceive, to know)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• tattva – reality, truth, essence, principle, fundamental nature
  noun (neuter)
  From pronoun tad (that) + suffix -tva

Note: Object of the verb 'upāsmahe'.

उपास्महे (upāsmahe) - we venerate, we worship (we worship, we serve, we attend to)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of upās

Root ās (to sit) with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: First person plural, Ātmanepada.

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