योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-67, verse-8

असत्येव कृतारम्भा हेम्नः कटकता यथा ।
प्रतिभासविपर्यासमात्रकारणकोदया ॥ ८ ॥

asatyeva kṛtārambhā hemnaḥ kaṭakatā yathā ,
pratibhāsaviparyāsamātrakāraṇakodayā 8

8. asatī eva kṛtārambhā hemnaḥ kaṭakatā
yathā pratibhāsaviparyāsamātrakāraṇakodayā

8. yathā hemnaḥ kaṭakatā asatī eva kṛtārambhā pratibhāsaviparyāsamātrakāraṇakodayā [asti],
[tathā sā māyā asti].

8. Just as the state of being a bracelet, though fundamentally unreal, begins its apparent activity in gold, and whose manifestation arises merely from an erroneous perception, so is this (māyā).

Words meanings summery:

• असती (asatī) - fundamentally unreal (unreal, non-existent, untrue)

• एव (eva) - indeed, merely (only, indeed, just)

• कृतारम्भा (kṛtārambhā) - having begun its apparent activity (having its beginning made, having started its activity)

• हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold

• कटकता (kaṭakatā) - the form/state of being a bracelet (bracelet-ness, the state of being a bracelet)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

• प्रतिभासविपर्यासमात्रकारणकोदया (pratibhāsaviparyāsamātrakāraṇakodayā) - whose manifestation arises merely from an erroneous perception (whose origin/arising is caused merely by an error/perversion of appearance)

Words meanings and morphology

असती (asatī) - fundamentally unreal (unreal, non-existent, untrue)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, bad, untrue

Present Active Participle

From na + sat (present participle of as, 'to be')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+sat)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existing, real, true
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with kaṭakatā (bracelet-ness).

एव (eva) - indeed, merely (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

कृतारम्भा (kṛtārambhā) - having begun its apparent activity (having its beginning made, having started its activity)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtārambha

kṛtārambha - having its beginning made, commenced

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛta (made, done) + ārambha (beginning, commencement). "Whose beginning is made".

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+ārambha)

• kṛta – made, done
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ārambha – beginning, commencement, undertaking
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-rabh (to begin)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kaṭakatā.

हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

कटकता (kaṭakatā) - the form/state of being a bracelet (bracelet-ness, the state of being a bracelet)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaṭakatā

kaṭakatā - bracelet-ness, state of being a bracelet

Derived from kaṭaka (bracelet) + tā (suffix for 'state of being').

Note: The subject of the analogy.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभासविपर्यासमात्रकारणकोदया (pratibhāsaviparyāsamātrakāraṇakodayā) - whose manifestation arises merely from an erroneous perception (whose origin/arising is caused merely by an error/perversion of appearance)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratibhāsaviparyāsamātrakāraṇakodaya

pratibhāsaviparyāsamātrakāraṇakodaya - whose origin is merely caused by an error of appearance

Bahuvrīhi compound: pratibhāsa (appearance) + viparyāsa (error) + mātra (mere) + kāraṇa (cause) + udaya (arising). "Whose arising (udaya) has for its cause (kāraṇa) merely (mātra) a perversion (viparyāsa) of appearance (pratibhāsa)".

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pratibhāsa+viparyāsa+mātra+kāraṇa+udaya)

• pratibhāsa – appearance, manifestation, perception
  noun (masculine)
  From prati-bhās (to shine forth, appear)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bhās (class 1)
• viparyāsa – inversion, perversion, error, mistake
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-pari-as (to throw around, change)
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: as (class 4)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  indeclinable/adjective
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  From kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• udaya – rise, arising, origin, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From ud-i (to rise)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with kaṭakatā (and implicitly with māyā).

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