योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-55, verse-26
अचेष्टं छेदभेदादिदोषैरायात्यदृश्यताम् ।
मृत इत्युच्यते तेन देहो विगतजीवितः ॥ २६ ॥
मृत इत्युच्यते तेन देहो विगतजीवितः ॥ २६ ॥
aceṣṭaṃ chedabhedādidoṣairāyātyadṛśyatām ,
mṛta ityucyate tena deho vigatajīvitaḥ 26
mṛta ityucyate tena deho vigatajīvitaḥ 26
26.
aceṣṭam cheda-bheda-ādi-doṣaiḥ āyāti adṛśyatām
| mṛtaḥ iti ucyate tena dehaḥ vigata-jīvitaḥ
| mṛtaḥ iti ucyate tena dehaḥ vigata-jīvitaḥ
26.
aceṣṭam (san) cheda-bheda-ādi-doṣaiḥ adṛśyatām āyāti.
tena vigata-jīvitaḥ dehaḥ mṛtaḥ iti ucyate.
tena vigata-jīvitaḥ dehaḥ mṛtaḥ iti ucyate.
26.
Being motionless and susceptible to damage like cutting and piercing, it eventually disappears. For this reason, a body from which life has departed is called dead.
Words meanings summery:
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- अचेष्टम् (aceṣṭam) - motionless, inactive, inert
- छेद-भेद-आदि-दोषैः (cheda-bheda-ādi-doṣaiḥ) - by faults like cutting and piercing
- आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains
- अदृश्यताम् (adṛśyatām) - invisibility, disappearance
- मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased
- इति (iti) - introduces a quote or refers back to the preceding statement (thus, in this manner, so)
- उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called
- तेन (tena) - therefore, for that reason (by that, therefore, by him)
- देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical frame
- विगत-जीवितः (vigata-jīvitaḥ) - departed from life, devoid of life, lifeless
Words meanings and morphology
अचेष्टम् (aceṣṭam) - motionless, inactive, inert
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of aceṣṭa
aceṣṭa - motionless, inactive, inert
Compound of a (negation) + ceṣṭa (active, moving)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+ceṣṭa)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable
Negative prefix - ceṣṭa – active, moving, striving
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root ceṣṭ (to move, act)
Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)
Note: Qualifies 'deha' implicitly, here treated as a neuter nominative singular.
छेद-भेद-आदि-दोषैः (cheda-bheda-ādi-doṣaiḥ) - by faults like cutting and piercing
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of cheda-bheda-ādi-doṣa
cheda-bheda-ādi-doṣa - faults such as cutting and piercing
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cheda+bheda+ādi+doṣa)
- cheda – cutting, division
noun (masculine)
From root chid (to cut)
Root: chid (class 7) - bheda – piercing, breaking, splitting
noun (masculine)
From root bhid (to split)
Root: bhid (class 7) - ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
indeclinable - doṣa – fault, defect, vice, damage
noun (masculine)
Root: duṣ (class 4)
आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āyā
Prefix: ā
Root: yā (class 2)
अदृश्यताम् (adṛśyatām) - invisibility, disappearance
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of adṛśyatā
adṛśyatā - invisibility, disappearance, non-perception
Derived from adṛśya (invisible) + tā (abstract suffix)
मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased
Past Passive Participle
From root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Predicative adjective for 'dehaḥ'.
इति (iti) - introduces a quote or refers back to the preceding statement (thus, in this manner, so)
(indeclinable)
उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac
Passive form of vac, stem changes to uca.
Root: vac (class 2)
तेन (tena) - therefore, for that reason (by that, therefore, by him)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Refers to the preceding reasons.
देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical frame
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, physical frame
Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.
विगत-जीवितः (vigata-jīvitaḥ) - departed from life, devoid of life, lifeless
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vigata-jīvita
vigata-jīvita - devoid of life, life-departed, lifeless
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+jīvita)
- vigata – gone away, departed, lost
adjective
Past Passive Participle
vi + gam (to go)
Prefix: vi
Root: gam (class 1) - jīvita – life, living
noun (neuter)
From root jīv (to live)
Root: jīv (class 1)
Note: Qualifies 'dehaḥ'.