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?

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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