योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-55, verse-22
वासनावत्त्वमेवास्य देहो नेतरयुक्तिजः ।
क्षीयते वासनात्यागे क्षीणे भवति तत्पदम् ॥ २२ ॥
क्षीयते वासनात्यागे क्षीणे भवति तत्पदम् ॥ २२ ॥
vāsanāvattvamevāsya deho netarayuktijaḥ ,
kṣīyate vāsanātyāge kṣīṇe bhavati tatpadam 22
kṣīyate vāsanātyāge kṣīṇe bhavati tatpadam 22
22.
vāsanāvattvam eva asya dehaḥ na itara yuktijaḥ
kṣīyate vāsanātyāge kṣīṇe bhavati tatpadam
kṣīyate vāsanātyāge kṣīṇe bhavati tatpadam
22.
asya dehaḥ vāsanāvattvam eva,
na itarayuktijaḥ.
vāsanātyāge kṣīyate.
kṣīṇe tatpadam bhavati.
na itarayuktijaḥ.
vāsanātyāge kṣīyate.
kṣīṇe tatpadam bhavati.
22.
The individual's existence (deha) is constituted solely by its inherent tendencies (vāsanā), not arising from any other combination. This existence is dissolved upon the abandonment of those tendencies (vāsanā). When they are exhausted, that supreme state (tatpadam) is attained.
Words meanings summery:
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- वासनावत्त्वम् (vāsanāvattvam) - the state of having inherent tendencies, vāsanā-ness
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, solely
- अस्य (asya) - Referring to the jīva or the individual's existence. (its, of this)
- देहः (dehaḥ) - Refers to the subtle body or the individual identity/existence, defined by its vāsanā. (body)
- न (na) - not
- इतर (itara) - other, different
- युक्तिजः (yuktijaḥ) - born of combination, arising from conjunction
- क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is destroyed, perishes, diminishes
- वासनात्यागे (vāsanātyāge) - upon the abandonment of inherent tendencies (vāsanā)
- क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - When the vāsanās are exhausted. (when destroyed, when diminished, exhausted)
- भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is
- तत्पदम् (tatpadam) - The ultimate state of liberation (mokṣa). (that state, the supreme state)
Words meanings and morphology
वासनावत्त्वम् (vāsanāvattvam) - the state of having inherent tendencies, vāsanā-ness
(noun)
neuter, singular of vāsanāvattva
vāsanāvattva - the state of possessing vāsanās
Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsanā+vat+tva)
- vāsanā – inherent tendency, latent impression, mental trace
noun (feminine)
Root: vas (class 4) - vat – possessing, having
suffix
Taddhita suffix used to form adjectives meaning 'possessing' - tva – state of being, -ness
suffix (neuter)
Taddhita suffix used to form abstract nouns, indicating a state or quality
एव (eva) - indeed, only, solely
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - Referring to the jīva or the individual's existence. (its, of this)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
देहः (dehaḥ) - Refers to the subtle body or the individual identity/existence, defined by its vāsanā. (body)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, form, individual existence
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
इतर (itara) - other, different
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of itara
itara - other, different
युक्तिजः (yuktijaḥ) - born of combination, arising from conjunction
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yuktija
yuktija - born of combination, arising from conjunction
Compound type : tatpurusha (yukti+ja)
- yukti – combination, conjunction, connection
noun (feminine)
Root: yuj (class 7) - ja – born of, produced from, arising from
suffix (masculine)
Kṛt suffix used to form adjectives meaning 'born of'
Root: jan (class 4)
क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is destroyed, perishes, diminishes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of kṣī
Root: kṣī (class 5)
वासनात्यागे (vāsanātyāge) - upon the abandonment of inherent tendencies (vāsanā)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of vāsanātyāga
vāsanātyāga - abandonment of vāsanā
Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsanā+tyāga)
- vāsanā – inherent tendency, latent impression, mental trace
noun (feminine)
Root: vas (class 4) - tyāga – abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation
noun (masculine)
Root: tyaj (class 1)
क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - When the vāsanās are exhausted. (when destroyed, when diminished, exhausted)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa
kṣīṇa - destroyed, diminished, exhausted, wasted away
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root kṣī, 'to waste away, destroy'
Root: kṣī (class 5)
भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
तत्पदम् (tatpadam) - The ultimate state of liberation (mokṣa). (that state, the supreme state)
(noun)
neuter, singular of tatpada
tatpada - that state, the supreme state, the ultimate reality
Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+pada)
- tad – that
pronoun (neuter) - pada – state, condition, foot, place, word
noun (neuter)