योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-38, verse-34

अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ।
ध्यानवल्युपहारेण स्वयमात्मानमात्मना ॥ ३४ ॥

aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ ,
dhyānavalyupahāreṇa svayamātmānamātmanā 34

34. aśvamedha-sahasrasya phalam prāpnoti mānavaḥ
dhyāna-vali-upahāreṇa svayam ātmānam ātmanā

34. mānavaḥ dhyāna-vali-upahāreṇa ātmanā svayam
ātmānam aśvamedha-sahasrasya phalam prāpnoti

34. A person (mānava) attains the merit of a thousand horse sacrifices (aśvamedha yajñas) by offering their own self (ātman) through meditative devotion (dhyāna), by means of the self (ātman).

34. ...משיג האדם פרי של אלף טקסי אַשְׁוָומֵדְהַה (יַגְיַה), כשהוא מגיש בעצמו את מנחת הַמֶדִיטַצְיָה לעצמו.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वमेध-सहस्रस्य (aśvamedha-sahasrasya) - of a thousand horse sacrifices

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence, merit

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

• मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being, a person

• ध्यान-वलि-उपहारेण (dhyāna-vali-upahāreṇa) - by the offering of devotion in the form of meditation

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self, through the soul

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वमेध-सहस्रस्य (aśvamedha-sahasrasya) - of a thousand horse sacrifices

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of aśvamedha-sahasra

aśvamedha-sahasra - a thousand horse sacrifices

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśvamedha+sahasra)

• aśvamedha – horse sacrifice (a Vedic ritual)
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence, merit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, merit

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human, human being, man; descendant of Manu

ध्यान-वलि-उपहारेण (dhyāna-vali-upahāreṇa) - by the offering of devotion in the form of meditation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhyāna-vali-upahāra

dhyāna-vali-upahāra - an offering of devotion in the form of meditation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhyāna+bali+upahāra)

• dhyāna – meditation, contemplation, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  Derived from root 'dhyāi' (to meditate)
  Root: dhyāi (class 1)
• bali – offering, tribute, oblation, tax
  noun (masculine)
• upahāra – offering, gift, present, tribute
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun
  Derived from root 'hṛ' with upasargas 'upa-ā'
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman), essence

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self, through the soul

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman), essence

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