योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-7

इत्युक्त्वा बाह्यबोधस्त्वं मा भवेति त्रिशूलधृक् ।
प्राणेनेदं देहगेहं परिस्फुरति यन्त्रवत् ॥ ७ ॥

ityuktvā bāhyabodhastvaṃ mā bhaveti triśūladhṛk ,
prāṇenedaṃ dehagehaṃ parisphurati yantravat 7

7. iti uktvā bāhya-bodhaḥ tvam mā bhava iti triśūla-dhṛk
prāṇena idam deha-geham parisphurati yantra-vat

7. triśūla-dhṛk iti uktvā tvam bāhya-bodhaḥ mā bhava
iti idam deha-geham prāṇena yantra-vat parisphurati

7. Having spoken thus, the trident-bearer (Shiva) declared, 'May you not become (identified with) external awareness (bahyabodha)!' This body-house, indeed, functions like a machine by means of the vital breath (prāṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• बाह्य-बोधः (bāhya-bodhaḥ) - external awareness, outward knowledge

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• भव (bhava) - be, become

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• त्रिशूल-धृक् (triśūla-dhṛk) - Shiva, the trident-bearer (trident-bearer)

• प्राणेन (prāṇena) - by the vital breath

• इदम् (idam) - this

• देह-गेहम् (deha-geham) - the body understood as a house or dwelling (body-house)

• परिस्फुरति (parisphurati) - throbs, vibrates, functions, manifests

• यन्त्र-वत् (yantra-vat) - like a machine, mechanically

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

बाह्य-बोधः (bāhya-bodhaḥ) - external awareness, outward knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhya-bodha

bāhya-bodha - external awareness, outward knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāhya+bodha)

• bāhya – external, outward, foreign
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from bahis (out, outside) + ya
• bodha – awareness, knowledge, perception, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhava

imperative mood, active voice

2nd person singular imperative of root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

त्रिशूल-धृक् (triśūla-dhṛk) - Shiva, the trident-bearer (trident-bearer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of triśūla-dhṛk

triśūla-dhṛk - trident-bearer, Shiva

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (triśūla+dhṛk)

• triśūla – trident
  noun (neuter)
• dhṛk – holder, bearer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

प्राणेन (prāṇena) - by the vital breath

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - vital breath, life-force, air

from pra-an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

देह-गेहम् (deha-geham) - the body understood as a house or dwelling (body-house)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deha-geha

deha-geha - body-house

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+geha)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• geha – house, dwelling, abode
  noun (neuter)

परिस्फुरति (parisphurati) - throbs, vibrates, functions, manifests

(verb)

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

present indicative, active voice

3rd person singular present indicative of root sphur with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: sphur (class 6)

यन्त्र-वत् (yantra-vat) - like a machine, mechanically

(indeclinable)

derived from yantra + vat (like)

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