योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-31, verse-28

ईषत्स्पन्दादधो याति भृगुप्रान्तात्तरोः फलम् ।
यथा तथैष संवित्तेरधःपातो महानिव ॥ २८ ॥

īṣatspandādadho yāti bhṛguprāntāttaroḥ phalam ,
yathā tathaiṣa saṃvitteradhaḥpāto mahāniva 28

28. īṣatspandāt adhaḥ yāti bhṛguprāntāt taroḥ phalam |
yathā tathā eṣaḥ saṃvitteḥ adhaḥpātaḥ mahān iva ||

28. yathā īṣatspandāt bhṛguprāntāt taroḥ phalam adhaḥ yāti,
tathā eṣaḥ saṃvitteḥ mahān adhaḥpātaḥ iva.

28. Just as a fruit falls down from a tree at the edge of a precipice due to a slight tremor, so too is this the great descent of consciousness (saṃvit).

28. כפי שפרי נופל מעץ שבראש הצוק עקב תנועה קלה בלבד, כך נדמה כנפילה גדולה זו של המודעות הפנימית עקב תנועה קלה של החשיבה.

Words meanings summery:

• ईषत्स्पन्दात् (īṣatspandāt) - from a slight tremor, from a slight movement

• अधः (adhaḥ) - down, below, downwards

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves

• भृगुप्रान्तात् (bhṛguprāntāt) - from the edge of a cliff/precipice

• तरोः (taroḥ) - of a tree

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine nominative singular)

• संवित्तेः (saṁvitteḥ) - of consciousness, of perfect knowledge, of understanding

• अधःपातः (adhaḥpātaḥ) - fall, descent, falling down

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

ईषत्स्पन्दात् (īṣatspandāt) - from a slight tremor, from a slight movement

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of īṣatspanda

īṣatspanda - slight tremor, slight movement

Compound type : karmadhāraya (īṣat+spanda)

• īṣat – slightly, a little
  indeclinable
• spanda – tremor, vibration, movement
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √spand (to tremble, vibrate).
  Root: spand (class 1)

अधः (adhaḥ) - down, below, downwards

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - goes, moves

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From root √yā (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

भृगुप्रान्तात् (bhṛguprāntāt) - from the edge of a cliff/precipice

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhṛguprānta

bhṛguprānta - edge of a cliff, mountain edge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhṛgu+prānta)

• bhṛgu – cliff, precipice, mountain
  noun (masculine)
• prānta – edge, border, extremity
  noun (masculine)

तरोः (taroḥ) - of a tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, advantage

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this (demonstrative pronoun)

संवित्तेः (saṁvitteḥ) - of consciousness, of perfect knowledge, of understanding

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of saṃvitti

saṁvitti - consciousness, perfect knowledge, understanding, intellect

Derived from saṃ-√vid (to know, perceive).

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

अधःपातः (adhaḥpātaḥ) - fall, descent, falling down

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhaḥpāta

adhaḥpāta - fall, descent, downfall

From adhas (down) + pāta (fall).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (adhas+pāta)

• adhas – down, below
  indeclinable
• pāta – fall, falling, descent
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √pat (to fall).
  Root: pat (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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