योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-35

एतच्छिलान्तरब्जादि यथा नित्यं सुषुप्तकम् ।
नास्तमेति न चोदेति तथाऽहंता जगद्गतिः ॥ ३५ ॥

etacchilāntarabjādi yathā nityaṃ suṣuptakam ,
nāstameti na codeti tathā'haṃtā jagadgatiḥ 35

35. etat śilā antara abja ādi yathā nityam suṣuptakam
na astam eti na ca udeti tathā ahaṃtā jagat gatiḥ

35. yathā etat śilā antara abja ādi nityam suṣuptakam na astam eti na ca udeti,
tathā ahaṃtā jagat gatiḥ.

35. Just as a lotus or similar form embedded within a stone is eternally dormant, neither rising nor setting, so too the ego (ahaṅkāra) is the driving force of the world.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

• अन्तर (antara) - inner, internal, middle, within

• अब्ज (abja) - lotus (born from water)

• आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, perpetually

• सुषुप्तकम् (suṣuptakam) - eternally dormant or in a state of deep latency (deep sleep, dormant)

• न (na) - not, neither

• अस्तम् (astam) - "to rest" or "to set" (as the sun) (setting, disappearing, home)

• एति (eti) - goes to set (disappears) (goes, comes, attains)

• न (na) - not, neither

• च (ca) - and, also

• उदेति (udeti) - rises, comes forth

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego, egohood, sense of 'I'

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - driving force, course (movement, course, progress, condition, destination)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Qualifies the following compound.

शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

(noun)

feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - stone, rock, slab

Note: First part of the compound 'śilāntarābja'.

अन्तर (antara) - inner, internal, middle, within

(noun)

neuter, singular of antara

antara - inner, internal, middle, space, interval, within

Note: Second part of the compound 'śilāntarābja'.

अब्ज (abja) - lotus (born from water)

(noun)

neuter, singular of abja

abja - lotus, moon, conch, born from water

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ap+ja)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  suffix -ja from root √jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Third part of the compound 'śilāntarābja'. The whole compound 'śilāntarābja' is a Tatpurusha: "lotus within a stone."

आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a compound with the preceding words, meaning "lotus etc. within a stone." The compound `śilāntarābja-ādi` functions as the subject (neuter singular nominative).

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

सुषुप्तकम् (suṣuptakam) - eternally dormant or in a state of deep latency (deep sleep, dormant)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of suṣuptaka

suṣuptaka - deep sleep, dormant, sleeping well

diminutive or emphatic form of suṣupta (past passive participle of √svap with su-)

Prefix: su

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `etat śilāntarābja-ādi`.

न (na) - not, neither

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'astam eti'.

अस्तम् (astam) - "to rest" or "to set" (as the sun) (setting, disappearing, home)

(indeclinable)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms verbal compound with 'eti'.

एति (eti) - goes to set (disappears) (goes, comes, attains)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

root √i, 2nd class, Parasmaipada

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Combined with 'astam' forms 'to set'.

न (na) - not, neither

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'udeti'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उदेति (udeti) - rises, comes forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ud-i

Present Active Indicative

root √i, 2nd class, Parasmaipada, with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yathā'.

अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego, egohood, sense of 'I'

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - ego, egohood, self-sense, sense of 'I'

derived from ahaṃ (I) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Subject of the main clause in the simile.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

from root √gam (to go), used as noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'jagat-gatiḥ'.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - driving force, course (movement, course, progress, condition, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, going, course, path, state, condition, destination, refuge, means

from root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Second part of the compound 'jagat-gatiḥ'. The compound 'jagat-gatiḥ' is a Tatpurusha: "the world's course/movement/driving force."

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