योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-32, verse-46
क्षीणे पुर्यष्टके चित्तं यदा व्योमनि लीयते ।
तदा स्फुरति देहोऽयं मृत इत्युच्यतेऽपि च ॥ ४६ ॥
तदा स्फुरति देहोऽयं मृत इत्युच्यतेऽपि च ॥ ४६ ॥
kṣīṇe puryaṣṭake cittaṃ yadā vyomani līyate ,
tadā sphurati deho'yaṃ mṛta ityucyate'pi ca 46
tadā sphurati deho'yaṃ mṛta ityucyate'pi ca 46
46.
kṣīṇe pury-aṣṭake cittam yadā vyomani līyate
tadā sphurati dehaḥ ayam mṛtaḥ iti ucyate api ca
tadā sphurati dehaḥ ayam mṛtaḥ iti ucyate api ca
46.
yadā pury-aṣṭake kṣīṇe cittam vyomani līyate,
tadā ayam dehaḥ sphurati api ca mṛtaḥ iti ucyate.
tadā ayam dehaḥ sphurati api ca mṛtaḥ iti ucyate.
46.
When the eight-fold subtle body (pury-aṣṭaka) is diminished, and consciousness (citta) merges into the void (vyoman), then this body simply exists and is also declared to be dead.
Words meanings summery:
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- क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - diminished, worn out (exhausted, diminished, wasted away)
- पुर्य्-अष्टके (pury-aṣṭake) - in the subtle body (in the eight-fold city; in the subtle body)
- चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness (mind, consciousness)
- यदा (yadā) - when
- व्योमनि (vyomani) - into the void (in the sky, in space, in the ether, in the void)
- लीयते (līyate) - merges, dissolves (merges, dissolves, clings, disappears)
- तदा (tadā) - then, consequently (then, at that time)
- स्फुरति (sphurati) - exists, is perceived (as inert) (quivers, pulsates, throbs, appears, manifests)
- देहः (dehaḥ) - this physical body (body)
- अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)
- मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead (dead, deceased)
- इति (iti) - thus, indicating reported speech or thought (thus, so, in this way)
- उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared (is said, is called)
- अपि (api) - also (also, even)
- च (ca) - and
Words meanings and morphology
क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - diminished, worn out (exhausted, diminished, wasted away)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa
kṣīṇa - exhausted, diminished, destroyed, wasted away
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root kṣi (to waste, to perish)
Root: kṣi (class 5)
Note: Qualifies pury-aṣṭake in a locative absolute construction.
पुर्य्-अष्टके (pury-aṣṭake) - in the subtle body (in the eight-fold city; in the subtle body)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of pury-aṣṭaka
pury-aṣṭaka - eight-fold city, the subtle body (consisting of five subtle elements, intellect, ego, and mind)
Compound type : dvigu (pur+aṣṭaka)
- pur – city, body
noun (feminine) - aṣṭaka – group of eight
noun (neuter)
Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.
चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness (mind, consciousness)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of citta
citta - mind, consciousness, thought
Root: cit (class 1)
Note: Subject of līyate
यदा (yadā) - when
(indeclinable)
Pronominal adverb from 'yad'
Note: Connects the dependent clause
व्योमनि (vyomani) - into the void (in the sky, in space, in the ether, in the void)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman
vyoman - sky, heaven, space, ether, void
Note: Location where the mind merges.
लीयते (līyate) - merges, dissolves (merges, dissolves, clings, disappears)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of līyate
Root lī, class 4, middle voice
Root: lī (class 4)
Note: Verb for cittam
तदा (tadā) - then, consequently (then, at that time)
(indeclinable)
Pronominal adverb from 'tad'
Note: Temporal adverb indicating consequence.
स्फुरति (sphurati) - exists, is perceived (as inert) (quivers, pulsates, throbs, appears, manifests)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sphurati
Root: sphur (class 6)
Note: The body "is" or "manifests" as inert.
देहः (dehaḥ) - this physical body (body)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, corporeal frame
Note: Subject of sphurati and ucyate (implied).
अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Note: Demonstrative pronoun qualifying dehaḥ
मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead (dead, deceased)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased, died
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Predicate adjective for dehaḥ
इति (iti) - thus, indicating reported speech or thought (thus, so, in this way)
(indeclinable)
Note: Introduces or concludes reported statement
उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared (is said, is called)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ucyate
Passive form of root vac
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: The subject of ucyate is dehaḥ (implied).
अपि (api) - also (also, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction, often paired with api