योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-12

यथा नास्ति मलोपेते मुकुरे मुनिनायक ।
तथा नास्ति गतप्राणे विद्यमानेऽपि देहके ॥ १२ ॥

yathā nāsti malopete mukure munināyaka ,
tathā nāsti gataprāṇe vidyamāne'pi dehake 12

12. yathā na asti malopete mukure munināyaka
tathā na asti gataprāṇe vidyamāne api dehake

12. yathā malopete mukure na asti munināyaka
tathā gataprāṇe vidyamāne api dehake na asti

12. Just as there is no reflection in a dirty mirror, O leader of sages, similarly, there is no (conscious activity) in a body from which the vital breath (prāṇa) has departed, even though the body itself still exists.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मलोपेते (malopete) - in the one tainted with dirt, in the dirty

• मुकुरे (mukure) - in the mirror

• मुनिनायक (munināyaka) - O leader of sages, O chief of ascetics

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• गतप्राणे (gataprāṇe) - in the one whose vital breath (prāṇa) has departed, in the lifeless

• विद्यमाने (vidyamāne) - even if existing, while existing

• अपि (api) - even, also, though

• देहके (dehake) - in the body

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मलोपेते (malopete) - in the one tainted with dirt, in the dirty

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of malopeta

malopeta - covered with dirt, stained, impure

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mala+upeta)

• mala – dirt, impurity, sin
  noun (masculine)
• upeta – furnished with, endowed with, approached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root 'i' with upasarga 'upa'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'mukure'.

मुकुरे (mukure) - in the mirror

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mukura

mukura - mirror, bud, blossom

मुनिनायक (munināyaka) - O leader of sages, O chief of ascetics

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of munināyaka

munināyaka - leader of sages, chief of ascetics

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+nāyaka)

• muni – sage, ascetic, seer
  noun (masculine)
• nāyaka – leader, chief, guide
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

गतप्राणे (gataprāṇe) - in the one whose vital breath (prāṇa) has departed, in the lifeless

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gataprāṇa

gataprāṇa - lifeless, dead, whose vital breath has departed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+prāṇa)

• gata – gone, departed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• prāṇa – vital breath, life force
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'dehake'.

विद्यमाने (vidyamāne) - even if existing, while existing

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vidyamāna

vidyamāna - existing, present, being

Present Middle Participle

Present middle participle of the root 'vid' (to be, exist, know).

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'dehake'.

अपि (api) - even, also, though

(indeclinable)

देहके (dehake) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehaka

dehaka - body

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