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).

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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