योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-43

असत्येव शरीरेऽस्मिन्कृतकृत्रिमभावना ।
नयत्यसत्यं सत्यत्वं सत्यं चासत्यतामपि ॥ ४३ ॥

asatyeva śarīre'sminkṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā ,
nayatyasatyaṃ satyatvaṃ satyaṃ cāsatyatāmapi 43

43. asati eva śarīre asmin kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā | nayati
asatyam satyatvam satyam ca asatyatām api ||

43. asati eva asmin śarīre,
kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā asatyam satyatvam nayati ca satyam asatyatām api nayati

43. Even when this body is non-existent, [the conscious principle], having created an artificial mental impression (bhāvanā), transforms the unreal into reality and also the real into unreality.

43. אף על פי שהגוף הזה אינו ממשי, התפיסה המלאכותית שנוצרה הופכת את הבלתי-ממשי לממשי, ואת הממשי לבלתי-ממשי.

Words meanings summery:

• असति (asati) - when this body is non-existent (locative absolute construction) (when non-existent, being non-existent)

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

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in this body (in the body)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

• कृतकृत्रिमभावना (kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā) - having created an artificial mental impression/conception

• नयति (nayati) - transforms, causes to become (leads, guides, brings)

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - the unreal, the non-existent, falsehood

• सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - reality, truth, state of being real

• सत्यम् (satyam) - the real, the true, truth

• च (ca) - and, also

• असत्यताम् (asatyatām) - unreality, falsehood, state of being unreal

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

असति (asati) - when this body is non-existent (locative absolute construction) (when non-existent, being non-existent)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, bad

Present Active Participle

Negated form of sat (existent, real).

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Locative singular form, used in a locative absolute construction with 'śarīre'.

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

(indeclinable)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in this body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

Root: śṛ (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Locative singular, neuter, agreeing with 'śarīre'.

कृतकृत्रिमभावना (kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā) - having created an artificial mental impression/conception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā

kṛtakṛtrimabhāvanā - an artificial/imagined conception, an impression that has been artificially made

Compound meaning 'a bhāvanā that is kṛtakṛtrima (made artificial)'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛta+kṛtrima+bhāvanā)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṛtrima – artificial, factitious, imaginary
  adjective (masculine)
  From kṛ (to do) with trima suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bhāvanā – contemplation, imagination, conception, mental realization
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be) + ṇic + yuṭ
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent of the verb 'nayati'.

नयति (nayati) - transforms, causes to become (leads, guides, brings)

(verb)

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

present indicative

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: nī (class 1)

असत्यम् (asatyam) - the unreal, the non-existent, falsehood

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, untrue, false, non-existent

'a' (not) + 'satya' (true, real).

Note: Object of 'nayati'.

सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - reality, truth, state of being real

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satyatva

satyatva - reality, truth, state of being real/true

From satya (real, true) + tva (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Object of 'nayati'.

सत्यम् (satyam) - the real, the true, truth

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - real, true, existent, truth

From sat (existent) + ya suffix.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of 'nayati'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

असत्यताम् (asatyatām) - unreality, falsehood, state of being unreal

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asatyatā

asatyatā - unreality, falsehood, state of being unreal/untrue

From asatya (unreal) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Object of 'nayati'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle.

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