योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-31, verse-2

अमृतापि मृतास्मीति विपर्यस्तमतिर्वधूः ।
यथा रोदित्यनष्टैव नष्टास्मीति तथैव चित् ॥ २ ॥

amṛtāpi mṛtāsmīti viparyastamatirvadhūḥ ,
yathā rodityanaṣṭaiva naṣṭāsmīti tathaiva cit 2

2. amṛtā api mṛtā asmi iti viparyasta-matiḥ vadhūḥ |
yathā roditi anaṣṭā eva naṣṭā asmi iti tathā eva cit

2. yathā amṛtā api viparyasta-matiḥ vadhūḥ anaṣṭā eva mṛtā asmi iti roditi,
tathā eva cit naṣṭā asmi iti

2. Just as a bride (vadhūḥ), whose mind is deluded, cries 'I am dead' even though she is actually immortal and not lost, similarly, consciousness (cit) laments, thinking 'I am lost.'

2. כמו אישה שדעתה התבלבלה והיא בוכה 'אבדתי' אף על פי שלא אבדה, כך התודעה הטהורה, על אף היותה אלמותית, חושבת 'מתתי'.

Words meanings summery:

• अमृता (amṛtā) - immortal (immortal, undying)

• अपि (api) - though (also, even, though, besides)

• मृता (mṛtā) - dead (dead, deceased)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• विपर्यस्त-मतिः (viparyasta-matiḥ) - whose mind is deluded (one whose mind is deluded, confused mind)

• वधूः (vadhūḥ) - bride (bride, young wife, woman)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• रोदिति (roditi) - cries (cries, weeps, laments)

• अनष्टा (anaṣṭā) - not lost (not lost, not destroyed, safe)

• एव (eva) - even (only, just, indeed, merely)

• नष्टा (naṣṭā) - lost (lost, destroyed)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, so)

• एव (eva) - (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, merely)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure intelligence)

Words meanings and morphology

अमृता (amṛtā) - immortal (immortal, undying)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, undying; nectar; not dead

Past Passive Participle

Nanj-tatpurusha compound: `a` (not) + `mṛta` (dead). Feminine form.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mṛta – dead, deceased, expired
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `mṛ` (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

अपि (api) - though (also, even, though, besides)

(indeclinable)

Connective particle.

मृता (mṛtā) - dead (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `mṛ` (to die). Feminine form.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

विपर्यस्त-मतिः (viparyasta-matiḥ) - whose mind is deluded (one whose mind is deluded, confused mind)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viparyasta-mati

viparyasta-mati - one whose mind is confused, deluded, perverted mind

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'one whose mind (`mati`) is reversed/confused (`viparyasta`)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viparyasta+mati)

• viparyasta – reversed, inverted, confused, deluded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `as` with prefixes `vi` and `pari`.
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: as (class 2)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From root `man` (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)

वधूः (vadhūḥ) - bride (bride, young wife, woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vadhū

vadhū - bride, young wife, woman, daughter-in-law

Note: Subject of `roditi`.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

रोदिति (roditi) - cries (cries, weeps, laments)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: rud (class 2)

अनष्टा (anaṣṭā) - not lost (not lost, not destroyed, safe)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anaṣṭa

anaṣṭa - not lost, not destroyed, safe

Past Passive Participle

Nanj-tatpurusha compound: `a` (not) + `naṣṭa` (lost, destroyed). Feminine form.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+naṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, ruined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `naś` (to be lost, perish).
  Root: naś (class 4)

एव (eva) - even (only, just, indeed, merely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

नष्टा (naṣṭā) - lost (lost, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `naś` (to be lost, perish). Feminine form.

Root: naś (class 4)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech/thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Correlative to `yathā`.

एव (eva) - (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, merely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cit) (consciousness, pure intelligence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

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