योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-27

विरजं विगताधारं मनो हि शिष्यते मुने ।
तिष्ठत्यात्मपदं लब्ध्वा जलादितरुबीजवत् ॥ २७ ॥

virajaṃ vigatādhāraṃ mano hi śiṣyate mune ,
tiṣṭhatyātmapadaṃ labdhvā jalāditarubījavat 27

27. virajam vigatādhāram manaḥ hi śiṣyate mune
tiṣṭhati ātmapadam labdhvā jalādi tarubījavat

27. mune hi virajam vigatādhāram manaḥ ātmapadam
labdhvā tiṣṭhati śiṣyate jalādi tarubījavat

27. O sage, the mind (manas) truly remains, freed from impurities and without external support, having attained its own intrinsic nature (ātman), just like a tree seed nourished by water.

27. החשיבה, כשהיא נטהרת ומשתחררת מכל תמיכה חיצונית, הוי פרוש קדוש, משיגה את משכן העצמי ונשארת יציבה, כמו זרע של אילן הממתין למים.

Words meanings summery:

• विरजम् (virajam) - pure, free from dust/passion

• विगताधारम् (vigatādhāram) - without support, baseless

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - it remains, is left over

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - it stands, remains, abides

• आत्मपदम् (ātmapadam) - the state of the Self (ātman), one's own abode

• लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having attained

• जलादि (jalādi) - originating from water (as a seed is nurtured by water) (water and so on, beginning with water)

• तरुबीजवत् (tarubījavat) - like a tree seed

Words meanings and morphology

विरजम् (virajam) - pure, free from dust/passion

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viraja

viraja - dustless, pure, free from passion (rajas), unblemished

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+rajas)

• vi – without, negation
  prefix
• rajas – dust, impurity, passion (rajas)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies manaḥ.

विगताधारम् (vigatādhāram) - without support, baseless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vigatādhāra

vigatādhāra - without support, having lost its basis, ungrounded

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+gata+ādhāra)

• vi – away, apart, negation
  prefix
• gata – gone, departed, reached
  participle (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ādhāra – support, basis, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Qualifies manaḥ.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, internal organ (manas)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - it remains, is left over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śiṣ

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Used intransitively to mean 'remains'.

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - it stands, remains, abides

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

आत्मपदम् (ātmapadam) - the state of the Self (ātman), one's own abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmapada

ātmapada - state of the Self, own abode, one's own place (ātman)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+pada)

• ātman – Self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• pada – foot, step, state, position, abode
  noun (neuter)

लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained, having attained

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive (gerund) from root labh

Root: labh (class 1)

जलादि (jalādi) - originating from water (as a seed is nurtured by water) (water and so on, beginning with water)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jalādi

jalādi - beginning with water, water etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+ādi)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here as part of a simile, describing the origin/nurturing of the seed.

तरुबीजवत् (tarubījavat) - like a tree seed

(indeclinable)

Suffix 'vat' meaning 'like', 'as'

Compound type : tatpurusha (taru+bīja+vat)

• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)
• bīja – seed, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, in the manner of
  suffix

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