योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-51, verse-51
अमूर्त एव चित्तात्मा खत्वमस्यातिपीनता ।
वाततास्य महागुल्मो देहतास्य सुमेरुता ॥ ५१ ॥
वाततास्य महागुल्मो देहतास्य सुमेरुता ॥ ५१ ॥
amūrta eva cittātmā khatvamasyātipīnatā ,
vātatāsya mahāgulmo dehatāsya sumerutā 51
vātatāsya mahāgulmo dehatāsya sumerutā 51
51.
amūrtaḥ eva cittātmā kha-tvam asya atipīnatā
vātatā asya mahā-gulmaḥ dehatā asya sumerutā
vātatā asya mahā-gulmaḥ dehatā asya sumerutā
51.
cittātmā amūrtaḥ eva.
asya kha-tvam atipīnatā.
asya vātatā mahā-gulmaḥ.
asya dehatā sumerutā.
asya kha-tvam atipīnatā.
asya vātatā mahā-gulmaḥ.
asya dehatā sumerutā.
51.
The consciousness-self (cittātman) is indeed formless. Its spatial nature (kha-tvam) is its excessive density/grossness. Its airy nature is its great mass, and its bodily nature is its mountain-like vastness (sumerutā).
Words meanings summery:
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- अमूर्तः (amūrtaḥ) - formless, incorporeal, unmanifested
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
- चित्तात्मा (cittātmā) - the consciousness-self, the soul of thought (cittātman)
- ख-त्वम् (kha-tvam) - ether-nature, spatiality, etherealness
- अस्य (asya) - of this, its
- अतिपीनता (atipīnatā) - excessive fatness/plumpness, grossness, density
- वातता (vātatā) - wind-nature, airy quality
- महा-गुल्मः (mahā-gulmaḥ) - a large mass/tumor, a large shrub/bush
- देहता (dehatā) - bodily nature, corporality
- सुमेरुता (sumerutā) - the quality of Sumeru, mountain-like vastness/solidity
Words meanings and morphology
अमूर्तः (amūrtaḥ) - formless, incorporeal, unmanifested
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of amūrta
amūrta - formless, incorporeal, unmanifested, subtle
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mūrta)
- a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable - mūrta – formed, manifest, embodied, having a definite shape
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root mūrch
Root: mūrch (class 1)
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
(indeclinable)
चित्तात्मा (cittātmā) - the consciousness-self, the soul of thought (cittātman)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of cittātman
cittātman - the consciousness-self, the soul as intelligence, the mind-soul, pure consciousness
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+ātman)
- citta – mind, thought, consciousness, heart, intellect
noun (neuter)
Root: cit (class 1) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (ātman)
noun (masculine)
Root: an (class 2)
ख-त्वम् (kha-tvam) - ether-nature, spatiality, etherealness
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kha-tva
kha-tva - the nature of space/ether, spatiality, voidness
Suffixed with -tva (abstract noun forming suffix)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+tva)
- kha – space, ether, sky, air, zero
noun (neuter) - tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
suffix (neuter)
Abstract noun forming suffix.
अस्य (asya) - of this, its
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Genitive singular of idam (masculine/neuter).
अतिपीनता (atipīnatā) - excessive fatness/plumpness, grossness, density
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of atipīnatā
atipīnatā - excessive fatness, plumpness, extreme grossness, density
Derived from ati-pīna + -tā (abstract noun suffix)
Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+pīna+tā)
- ati – beyond, excessive, very, over
indeclinable - pīna – fat, plump, large, full, thick
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root pyāy (to swell, grow fat)
Root: pyāy (class 1) - tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
suffix (feminine)
Abstract noun forming suffix.
वातता (vātatā) - wind-nature, airy quality
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vātatā
vātatā - the nature of wind, airy quality
Derived from vāta + -tā (abstract noun suffix)
Root: vā (class 2)
महा-गुल्मः (mahā-gulmaḥ) - a large mass/tumor, a large shrub/bush
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mahā-gulma
mahā-gulma - a large bush, a thicket, a large splenic enlargement, a huge mass or tumor
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+gulma)
- mahā – great, large, mighty
adjective - gulma – bush, shrub, cluster, thicket, a tumor in the abdomen (especially of the spleen), a military division
noun (masculine)
देहता (dehatā) - bodily nature, corporality
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dehatā
dehatā - the state or nature of a body, corporality
Derived from deha + -tā (abstract noun suffix)
Root: dih (class 4)
सुमेरुता (sumerutā) - the quality of Sumeru, mountain-like vastness/solidity
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sumerutā
sumerutā - the quality of Sumeru (the mythical golden mountain, center of the universe), mountain-like vastness, solidity
Derived from Sumeru + -tā (abstract noun suffix)