योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-82

संसाररचना सर्वा संसक्तं पातयत्यलम् ।
न धनं न जनो नात्मा सत्यं राघव वस्तुतः ॥ ८२ ॥

saṃsāraracanā sarvā saṃsaktaṃ pātayatyalam ,
na dhanaṃ na jano nātmā satyaṃ rāghava vastutaḥ 82

82. saṃsāraracanā sarvā saṃsaktam pātayati alam na
dhanam na janaḥ na ātmā satyam rāghava vastutaḥ

82. sarvā saṃsāraracanā saṃsaktam alam pātayati
rāghava vastutaḥ dhanam na janaḥ na ātmā na satyam

82. The entire structure of transmigration (saṃsāra) completely brings down the person who is attached. Truly, O Rāghava, in reality, neither wealth, nor people, nor the individual self (ātman) is ultimately real.

Words meanings summery:

• संसाररचना (saṁsāraracanā) - the entire structure of transmigration (saṃsāra) (the structure/arrangement of transmigration)

• सर्वा (sarvā) - the entire (all, entire, whole)

• संसक्तम् (saṁsaktam) - one who is attached (attached, clinging, connected)

• पातयति (pātayati) - brings down (causes to fall, throws down, degrades)

• अलम् (alam) - completely, indeed (enough, sufficient, completely, indeed)

• न (na) - neither, not (not, no)

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (wealth, riches)

• न (na) - neither, not (not, no)

• जनः (janaḥ) - people, kinsmen (person, people, kinsmen)

• न (na) - neither, not (not, no)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) [as perceived in saṃsāra] (self, soul, spirit, the individual soul (ātman))

• सत्यम् (satyam) - ultimately real/true (truth, reality, real)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava [Rāma] (descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, essentially (in reality, in fact, essentially)

Words meanings and morphology

संसाररचना (saṁsāraracanā) - the entire structure of transmigration (saṃsāra) (the structure/arrangement of transmigration)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsāraracanā

saṁsāraracanā - creation/structure of saṃsāra

Compound of saṃsāra and racanā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+racanā)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sṛ (to flow) with prefix saṃ-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• racanā – creation, arrangement, construction, composition
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root rac (to make, to arrange)
  Root: rac (class 10)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

सर्वा (sarvā) - the entire (all, entire, whole)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Qualifies 'saṃsāraracanā'.

संसक्तम् (saṁsaktam) - one who is attached (attached, clinging, connected)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsakta

saṁsakta - attached, clinging, adherent, devoted

Past Passive Participle

Root sañj (to cling) with prefix saṃ-

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Object of 'pātayati'.

पातयति (pātayati) - brings down (causes to fall, throws down, degrades)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat

causative present active (parasmaipada)

Causative form of root pat (class 1), 3rd person singular

Root: pat (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - completely, indeed (enough, sufficient, completely, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use, emphasizes the action of 'pātayati'.

न (na) - neither, not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to negate the following nouns.

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (wealth, riches)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, property, riches, money

Root dhā (to place, to hold)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Part of the list of things that are not 'satyam'.

न (na) - neither, not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जनः (janaḥ) - people, kinsmen (person, people, kinsmen)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, people, race, kinsman

Root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Part of the list of things that are not 'satyam'.

न (na) - neither, not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) [as perceived in saṃsāra] (self, soul, spirit, the individual soul (ātman))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, essence

Note: Refers to the ego-self or the body-mind identification, not the ultimate Brahman (ātman).

सत्यम् (satyam) - ultimately real/true (truth, reality, real)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, real, true

Derived from sat (being)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate to the negated subjects (dhanam, janaḥ, ātmā).

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava [Rāma] (descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

Patronymic from Raghu

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, essentially (in reality, in fact, essentially)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas from vastu (reality, thing)

Note: Emphasizes the true nature of the statement.

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