योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-55

देहालये स्फुरत्यस्मिन् राम चित्तपिशाचके ।
अस्यानन्तविलासस्य किमिवागतमात्मनः ॥ ५५ ॥

dehālaye sphuratyasmin rāma cittapiśācake ,
asyānantavilāsasya kimivāgatamātmanaḥ 55

55. deha-ālaye sphurati asmin rāma citta-piśācake
asya ananta-vilāsasya kim iva āgatam ātmanaḥ

55. rāma,
asmin deha-ālaye citta-piśācake sphurati,
asya ananta-vilāsasya ātmanaḥ kim iva āgatam?

55. O Rama, while this mind-demon (cittapiśācaka) is stirring within the abode of the body, what indeed has come to the (true) self (ātman) from its infinite play and sport?

55. הו רָאמָה, כאשר שד החשיבה משתולל בבית-הגוף הזה, מה לזה ולעצמי הפנימי, שממילא מצוי בשעשוע אינסופי ואינו מושפע מכך?

Words meanings summery:

• देह-आलये (deha-ālaye) - in the body-abode, in the dwelling of the body

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - stirring, manifesting (throbs, quivers, flashes, shines, becomes manifest)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (mind-demon) (in this, on this)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• चित्त-पिशाचके (citta-piśācake) - in the mind-demon, in the demon of the mind

• अस्य (asya) - of this mind-demon (of this, its)

• अनन्त-विलासस्य (ananta-vilāsasya) - of infinite play, of endless sport

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative) (what, why)

• इव (iva) - indeed (emphatic) (like, as, as it were, indeed)

• आगतम् (āgatam) - come (to, resulted for) (come, arrived, obtained)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - to the (true) self (ātman) (of the self, to the self, for the self)

Words meanings and morphology

देह-आलये (deha-ālaye) - in the body-abode, in the dwelling of the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha-ālaya

deha-ālaya - body-abode, dwelling of the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+ālaya)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih
• ālaya – dwelling, abode, house
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ā' + root 'lī' (to cling, to dwell).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Refers to the physical body as a dwelling.

स्फुरति (sphurati) - stirring, manifesting (throbs, quivers, flashes, shines, becomes manifest)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sphur

Present indicative

3rd person singular present active.

Root: sphur (class 6)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (mind-demon) (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name), pleasing, charming

Note: Addressee.

चित्त-पिशाचके (citta-piśācake) - in the mind-demon, in the demon of the mind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of citta-piśācaka

citta-piśācaka - mind-demon, demon of the mind

Diminutive form of piśāca, but often used without diminutive sense.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+piśācaka)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  From root cit (to perceive, to think).
  Root: cit
• piśācaka – little demon, demon
  noun (masculine)
  Diminutive of 'piśāca'.

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with 'sphurati'.

अस्य (asya) - of this mind-demon (of this, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अनन्त-विलासस्य (ananta-vilāsasya) - of infinite play, of endless sport

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ananta-vilāsa

ananta-vilāsa - infinite play, endless sport

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ananta+vilāsa)

• ananta – infinite, endless, boundless
  adjective
  'an' (not) + 'anta' (end).
• vilāsa – play, sport, amusement, grace
  noun (masculine)
  From 'vi' + root 'las' (to shine, to play).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: las (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative) (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Interrogative pronoun.

इव (iva) - indeed (emphatic) (like, as, as it were, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison or emphasis.

आगतम् (āgatam) - come (to, resulted for) (come, arrived, obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

gam - to go, to come

Past Passive Participle

From 'ā' (to, towards) + root 'gam' (to go).

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - to the (true) self (ātman) (of the self, to the self, for the self)

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Used in dative sense here (to the self).

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