योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-28

न ब्रह्म विकृतिं याति किंवा देहक्षये क्षतम् ।
भ्रमच्चक्रोपरिष्ठो हि पूर्वचक्रोपचक्रवत् ॥ २८ ॥

na brahma vikṛtiṃ yāti kiṃvā dehakṣaye kṣatam ,
bhramaccakropariṣṭho hi pūrvacakropacakravat 28

28. na brahma vikṛtim yāti kiṃvā dehakṣaye kṣatam
bhramatcakropariṣṭhaḥ hi pūrvacakropacakravat

28. brahma vikṛtim na yāti kiṃvā dehakṣaye kṣatam na
hi bhramatcakropariṣṭhaḥ pūrvacakropacakravat

28. Brahman does not undergo any transformation, nor is it harmed upon the body's destruction. Indeed, it is like one standing on a rotating wheel, (experiencing an illusion) similar to a sub-wheel within a larger wheel.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the absolute reality

• विकृतिम् (vikṛtim) - transformation, change, modification, perversion

• याति (yāti) - goes, undergoes, reaches

• किंवा (kiṁvā) - or, or else, what else

• देहक्षये (dehakṣaye) - in the destruction of the body, upon the body's perishing

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

• भ्रमत्चक्रोपरिष्ठः (bhramatcakropariṣṭhaḥ) - one standing on a rotating wheel

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

• पूर्वचक्रोपचक्रवत् (pūrvacakropacakravat) - like a sub-wheel of a previous wheel (i.e. part of a larger illusion of rotation)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the absolute reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth

विकृतिम् (vikṛtim) - transformation, change, modification, perversion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vikṛti

vikṛti - change, alteration, transformation, modification, degeneration

याति (yāti) - goes, undergoes, reaches

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

किंवा (kiṁvā) - or, or else, what else

(indeclinable)

देहक्षये (dehakṣaye) - in the destruction of the body, upon the body's perishing

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehakṣaya

dehakṣaya - destruction of the body, body's end

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+kṣaya)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, decay
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṣi
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

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)

भ्रमत्चक्रोपरिष्ठः (bhramatcakropariṣṭhaḥ) - one standing on a rotating wheel

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhramatcakropariṣṭha

bhramatcakropariṣṭha - one standing on a rotating wheel

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (bhramatcakra+upariṣṭha)

• bhramatcakra – rotating wheel
  noun (neuter)
• upariṣṭha – standing on, situated above
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from upari (above) and stha (standing, from root sthā)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

पूर्वचक्रोपचक्रवत् (pūrvacakropacakravat) - like a sub-wheel of a previous wheel (i.e. part of a larger illusion of rotation)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pūrvacakra+upacakra+vat)

• pūrvacakra – previous wheel, former wheel
  noun (neuter)
• upacakra – sub-wheel, minor wheel, subordinate wheel
  noun (neuter)
  upa as a prefix indicating 'subordinate' or 'near'
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity

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