योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-43

चित्तवेतालमुद्वास्य स्वशरीरकमन्दिरात् ।
संसारशून्यनगरे न बिभेति कदाचन ॥ ४३ ॥

cittavetālamudvāsya svaśarīrakamandirāt ,
saṃsāraśūnyanagare na bibheti kadācana 43

43. citta-vetālam udvāsya sva-śarīraka-mandirāt
saṃsāra-śūnya-nagare na bibheti kadācana

43. sva-śarīraka-mandirāt citta-vetālam udvāsya,
saṃsāra-śūnya-nagare kadācana na bibheti

43. Having banished the fiend of the mind from the temple of one's own body, one never fears in the desolate city of worldly existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• चित्त-वेतालम् (citta-vetālam) - the fiend of the mind, the ghost of the mind

• उद्वास्य (udvāsya) - having expelled, having banished, having driven out

• स्व-शरीरक-मन्दिरात् (sva-śarīraka-mandirāt) - from the temple of one's own body

• संसार-शून्य-नगरे (saṁsāra-śūnya-nagare) - in the empty/desolate city of worldly existence (saṃsāra)

• न (na) - not, no

• बिभेति (bibheti) - fears, is afraid

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with 'na') (ever, at any time)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्त-वेतालम् (citta-vetālam) - the fiend of the mind, the ghost of the mind

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cittavetāla

cittavetāla - the mind-ghost, the fiend of the mind (a personification of a restless or problematic mind)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+vetāla)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• vetāla – ghost, vampire, fiend, demon
  noun (masculine)

उद्वास्य (udvāsya) - having expelled, having banished, having driven out

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from upasarga 'ud' + root 'vas' (to dwell) in the causative sense 'to cause to leave/expel', with 'ya' suffix.

Prefix: ud

Root: vas (class 1)

स्व-शरीरक-मन्दिरात् (sva-śarīraka-mandirāt) - from the temple of one's own body

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of svaśarīrakamandira

svaśarīrakamandira - the temple-like body of oneself

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+śarīraka+mandira)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• śarīraka – body; small body
  noun (neuter)
• mandira – temple, dwelling, house
  noun (neuter)

संसार-शून्य-नगरे (saṁsāra-śūnya-nagare) - in the empty/desolate city of worldly existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃsāraśūnyanagara

saṁsāraśūnyanagara - a city empty of worldly existence, a desolate city of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+śūnya+nagara)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• śūnya – empty, void, desolate, zero
  adjective
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बिभेति (bibheti) - fears, is afraid

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd singular

Root 'bhī' (class 3, reduplicated).

Root: bhī (class 3)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with 'na') (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

From 'kadā' + 'cana'

Compound type : compound (kadā+cana)

• kadā – when?
  indeclinable
• cana – indeed, even, ever (particle)
  indeclinable

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