योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-60, verse-22
नानातैषां त्वसत्यैव सत्येनानेन चैव हि ।
कल्पिता चित्स्वभावेन वेतालः शिशुना यथा ॥ २२ ॥
कल्पिता चित्स्वभावेन वेतालः शिशुना यथा ॥ २२ ॥
nānātaiṣāṃ tvasatyaiva satyenānena caiva hi ,
kalpitā citsvabhāvena vetālaḥ śiśunā yathā 22
kalpitā citsvabhāvena vetālaḥ śiśunā yathā 22
22.
nānātā eṣām tu asatyā eva satyena anena ca eva
hi kalpitā cit-svabhāvena vetālaḥ śiśunā yathā
hi kalpitā cit-svabhāvena vetālaḥ śiśunā yathā
22.
tu eṣām nānātā asatyā eva hi (sā) cit-svabhāvena
anena satyena ca eva kalpitā yathā śiśunā vetālaḥ
anena satyena ca eva kalpitā yathā śiśunā vetālaḥ
22.
But the diversity of these (objects) is indeed unreal; it is imagined by the very nature of consciousness (citsvabhāva) and by this reality, just as a ghost (vetāla) is imagined by a child.
Words meanings summery:
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- नानाता (nānātā) - diversity, manifoldness, variety
- एषाम् (eṣām) - of these objects/categories mentioned earlier (of these (masculine/neuter plural))
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
- असत्या (asatyā) - unreal, false, untrue
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
- सत्येन (satyena) - by the truth, by reality
- अनेन (anena) - by this (reality/consciousness) (by this (masculine/neuter))
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
- हि (hi) - surely, indeed, for
- कल्पिता (kalpitā) - imagined, created, fabricated
- चित्-स्वभावेन (cit-svabhāvena) - by the nature of consciousness, by the conscious self
- वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a ghost, a demon, a vampire-like being
- शिशुना (śiśunā) - by a child, by an infant
- यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like
Words meanings and morphology
नानाता (nānātā) - diversity, manifoldness, variety
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of nānātā
nānātā - diversity, manifoldness, variety, difference
Derived from nānā (diverse) with suffix -tā (feminine noun suffix for abstract quality)
एषाम् (eṣām) - of these objects/categories mentioned earlier (of these (masculine/neuter plural))
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of etad
etad - this, these
Demonstrative pronoun
तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
(indeclinable)
असत्या (asatyā) - unreal, false, untrue
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of asatya
asatya - untrue, false, unreal, non-existent
Derived from satya (truth, real) with negative prefix a-
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable
Negative prefix - satya – true, real, truth, reality
adjective (neuter)
Derived from sat (being, existing)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
(indeclinable)
सत्येन (satyena) - by the truth, by reality
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya
satya - truth, reality, true, real
Derived from sat (being, existing)
अनेन (anena) - by this (reality/consciousness) (by this (masculine/neuter))
(pronoun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this
Demonstrative pronoun
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly
(indeclinable)
हि (hi) - surely, indeed, for
(indeclinable)
कल्पिता (kalpitā) - imagined, created, fabricated
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpita
kalpita - made, formed, fabricated, invented, imagined, supposed
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root √kḷp (to be able, to form, to imagine)
Root: kḷp (class 1)
चित्-स्वभावेन (cit-svabhāvena) - by the nature of consciousness, by the conscious self
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of citsvabhāva
citsvabhāva - nature of consciousness, conscious self
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+svabhāva)
- cit – consciousness, mind, thought
noun (feminine)
Root-noun from √cit (to perceive, know)
Root: cit (class 1) - svabhāva – one's own nature, intrinsic nature (dharma), innate disposition
noun (masculine)
Compound of sva (own) and bhāva (nature)
वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a ghost, a demon, a vampire-like being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vetāla
vetāla - a ghost, a demon, a vampire-like being
शिशुना (śiśunā) - by a child, by an infant
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of śiśu
śiśu - child, infant, young animal
यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like
(indeclinable)