योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-27

भूषिते दूषिते देहे न हि किंचिच्चितः क्षतम् ।
न चिदन्तमुपायाति नात्मा चलति राघव ॥ २७ ॥

bhūṣite dūṣite dehe na hi kiṃciccitaḥ kṣatam ,
na cidantamupāyāti nātmā calati rāghava 27

27. bhūṣite dūṣite dehe na hi kiñcit citaḥ kṣatam
na cit antam upayāti na ātmā calati rāghava

27. rāghava dehe bhūṣite dūṣite citaḥ kiñcit kṣatam
na hi cit antam na upayāti ātmā na calati

27. Whether the body is adorned or defiled, there is no injury whatsoever to consciousness (cit). Consciousness (cit) does not come to an end, nor does the self (ātman) move, O Rāghava.

Words meanings summery:

• भूषिते (bhūṣite) - adorned, embellished, decorated

• दूषिते (dūṣite) - defiled, polluted, corrupted, harmed

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatsoever, a little

• चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness, of thought

• क्षतम् (kṣatam) - injury, wound, damage, loss

• न (na) - not, no

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought

• अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit, destruction

• उपयाति (upayāti) - comes to, reaches, obtains

• न (na) - not, no

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit

• चलति (calati) - moves, stirs, trembles

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

भूषिते (bhūṣite) - adorned, embellished, decorated

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūṣita

bhūṣita - adorned, embellished, decorated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhūṣ with suffix -ita.

Root: bhūṣ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'dehe'.

दूषिते (dūṣite) - defiled, polluted, corrupted, harmed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dūṣita

dūṣita - defiled, polluted, corrupted, harmed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dūṣ with suffix -ita.

Root: dūṣ (class 10)

Note: Adjective modifying 'dehe'.

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatsoever, a little

(indeclinable)

Note: Here it emphasizes the negation of 'kṣatam'.

चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness, of thought

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, mind, understanding

क्षतम् (kṣatam) - injury, wound, damage, loss

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣata

kṣata - injury, wound, damage, loss

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṣaṇ, kṣan - to hurt, wound; here used as a noun.

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, mind, understanding

अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit, destruction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, destruction

उपयाति (upayāti) - comes to, reaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upa-√yā

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

चलति (calati) - moves, stirs, trembles

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √cal

Root: cal (class 1)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rama or Lakṣmaṇa)

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