योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-59

यत्करोति यदादत्ते देहयन्त्रमिदं चलम् ।
वातरज्जुयुतं राम तदहंकारचेष्टितम् ॥ ५९ ॥

yatkaroti yadādatte dehayantramidaṃ calam ,
vātarajjuyutaṃ rāma tadahaṃkāraceṣṭitam 59

59. yat karoti yat ādatte dehayantram idam calam
vātarajjuyutam rāma tat ahaṅkāraceṣṭitam

59. O Rama, whatever this moving body-machine, held by the rope of life-force (vāyu), does or takes in, all of that is the activity of the ego (ahaṅkāra).

59. כל מה שמכונת הגוף הנעה הזו עושה או לוקחת, כשהיא מופעלת בידי חבלי הנשימה, הו רָאמָה, אינו אלא תנועתו של ה-אַהַנְקָארָה (תחושת האגו).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - takes, receives, grasps

• देहयन्त्रम् (dehayantram) - body-machine

• इदम् (idam) - this

• चलम् (calam) - moving, unsteady

• वातरज्जुयुतम् (vātarajjuyutam) - joined/connected by the rope of air/breath

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• तत् (tat) - that

• अहङ्कारचेष्टितम् (ahaṅkāraceṣṭitam) - activity of the ego

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Functions as the subject of `karoti`.

करोति (karoti) - does, makes

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The verb for the body's action.

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Functions as the subject of `ādatte`.

आदत्ते (ādatte) - takes, receives, grasps

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-dā

Derived from root `dā` (to give) with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The verb for the body's perception/taking.

देहयन्त्रम् (dehayantram) - body-machine

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehayantra

dehayantra - body-machine, physical mechanism

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+yantra)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• yantra – machine, instrument, device, tool
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the clause.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Adjective modifying `dehayantram`.

चलम् (calam) - moving, unsteady

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cala

cala - moving, unsteady, fickle, transient

Derived from root `cal` (to move).

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying `dehayantram`.

वातरज्जुयुतम् (vātarajjuyutam) - joined/connected by the rope of air/breath

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vātarajjuyuta

vātarajjuyuta - joined/connected by the rope of breath/wind

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (vātarajju+yuta)

• vātarajju – rope of air/wind/breath
  noun (feminine)
• yuta – joined, connected, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `yu` (to join)
  Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying `dehayantram`.

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, an incarnation of Vishnu)

Note: Addressed to Rama.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Corresponds to the relative pronouns `yat`.

अहङ्कारचेष्टितम् (ahaṅkāraceṣṭitam) - activity of the ego

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṅkāraceṣṭita

ahaṅkāraceṣṭita - activity or effort of the ego (ahaṅkāra)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+ceṣṭita)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, sense of 'I-ness' (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (masculine)
• ceṣṭita – action, activity, effort, movement
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle used as noun
  Derived from root `ceṣṭ` (to move, to endeavor)
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative of `tat`.

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