योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-68, verse-13
प्रस्फुरच्चित्तकलनमेतन्मौनत्रयं स्मृतम् ।
भवन्ति मौनिनस्तत्र न तज्ज्ञास्तत्स्थलीलया ॥ १३ ॥
भवन्ति मौनिनस्तत्र न तज्ज्ञास्तत्स्थलीलया ॥ १३ ॥
prasphuraccittakalanametanmaunatrayaṃ smṛtam ,
bhavanti mauninastatra na tajjñāstatsthalīlayā 13
bhavanti mauninastatra na tajjñāstatsthalīlayā 13
13.
prasphurac-citta-kalanam etat maunatrayam smṛtam
bhavanti mauninaḥ tatra na tajjñāḥ tatsthalī-layā
bhavanti mauninaḥ tatra na tajjñāḥ tatsthalī-layā
13.
etat prasphurac-citta-kalanam maunatrayam smṛtam
tatra mauninaḥ bhavanti na tajjñāḥ tatsthalī-layā
tatra mauninaḥ bhavanti na tajjñāḥ tatsthalī-layā
13.
This restraint of the manifesting mental activity (cittakalanam) is known as the three-fold silence (maunatrayam). In that state, true observers of silence (mauninaḥ) come into being, not merely those who intellectually understand it by casually residing in that state.
Words meanings summery:
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- प्रस्फुरच्-चित्त-कलनम् (prasphurac-citta-kalanam) - the act of holding in check the active, throbbing mind (restraint/holding of the manifesting mind)
- एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the immediately defined concept) (this)
- मौनत्रयम् (maunatrayam) - the specific concept of three types of silence (verbal, mental, physical, or specific inner states) (three-fold silence)
- स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is known/considered (as) (remembered, called, known as, considered)
- भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being, they manifest (they are, they become, they exist)
- मौनिनः (mauninaḥ) - true practitioners of silence, sages of silence (silent ones, observers of silence, ascetics)
- तत्र (tatra) - in that state (of silence) (there, in that place, in that case)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- तज्ज्ञाः (tajjñāḥ) - those who merely have intellectual knowledge of it (those who know that, experts in it)
- तत्स्थली-लया (tatsthalī-layā) - by merely dwelling playfully or casually in that state (by the play/sport of that state/place)
Words meanings and morphology
प्रस्फुरच्-चित्त-कलनम् (prasphurac-citta-kalanam) - the act of holding in check the active, throbbing mind (restraint/holding of the manifesting mind)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of prasphurac-citta-kalana
prasphurac-citta-kalana - restraint/holding of the manifesting mind
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prasphurac-citta+kalana)
- pra-sphurat – manifesting, throbbing, shining forth
participle (neuter)
Present Active Participle
from root sphur with prefix pra
Prefix: pra
Root: sphur (class 6) - citta – mind, consciousness
noun (neuter) - kalana – holding, grasping, restraint, activity, manifestation
noun (neuter)
from root kal
Root: kal (class 10)
Note: Predicate nominative for `etat maunatrayam`.
एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the immediately defined concept) (this)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, that
demonstrative pronoun
Note: Subject of the first clause.
मौनत्रयम् (maunatrayam) - the specific concept of three types of silence (verbal, mental, physical, or specific inner states) (three-fold silence)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of maunatraya
maunatraya - three-fold silence
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mauna+traya)
- mauna – silence, taciturnity, vow of silence
noun (neuter)
derived from muni (sage) - traya – group of three, triad
noun (neuter)
derived from tri (three)
Note: In apposition with `etat`.
स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is known/considered (as) (remembered, called, known as, considered)
(participle)
Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta
smṛta - remembered, recollected, known, declared
Past Passive Participle
from root smṛ
Root: smṛ (class 1)
Note: Predicate adjective/participle modifying `etat maunatrayam`. Implies "it is known (as this)".
भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being, they manifest (they are, they become, they exist)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
class 1 verb
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Main verb of the second clause.
मौनिनः (mauninaḥ) - true practitioners of silence, sages of silence (silent ones, observers of silence, ascetics)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of maunin
maunin - silent, observing a vow of silence, an ascetic
derived from mauna (silence)
Note: Subject of `bhavanti`.
तत्र (tatra) - in that state (of silence) (there, in that place, in that case)
(indeclinable)
locative adverb from tad
Note: Refers to the state of `maunatrayam`.
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
negative particle
Note: Negates `tajjñāḥ`.
तज्ज्ञाः (tajjñāḥ) - those who merely have intellectual knowledge of it (those who know that, experts in it)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tajjña
tajjña - knowing that, skilled in it, expert
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+jña)
- tad – that, it
pronoun
pronominal stem - jña – knowing, intelligent, wise
adjective (masculine)
nominal derivative
from root jñā
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Contrasted with `mauninaḥ`.
तत्स्थली-लया (tatsthalī-layā) - by merely dwelling playfully or casually in that state (by the play/sport of that state/place)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of tatsthalī-laya
tatsthalī-laya - dwelling playfully in that state
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+sthalī+laya)
- tad – that, it
pronoun
pronominal stem - sthalī – place, site, state
noun (feminine) - laya – dissolution, absorption, sport, play
noun (masculine)
from root lī
Root: lī (class 4)
Note: Explains the manner in which `tajjñāḥ` "know" but do not "become".