योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-68, verse-13

प्रस्फुरच्चित्तकलनमेतन्मौनत्रयं स्मृतम् ।
भवन्ति मौनिनस्तत्र न तज्ज्ञास्तत्स्थलीलया ॥ १३ ॥

prasphuraccittakalanametanmaunatrayaṃ smṛtam ,
bhavanti mauninastatra na tajjñāstatsthalīlayā 13

13. prasphurac-citta-kalanam etat maunatrayam smṛtam
bhavanti mauninaḥ tatra na tajjñāḥ tatsthalī-layā

13. etat prasphurac-citta-kalanam maunatrayam smṛtam
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.

13. שלושת סוגי השתיקה הללו נחשבים לכאלו שבהם פעילות החשיבה עדיין פועמת; אנשים נהיים בהם בעלי שתיקה, אך אינם יודעי האמת הממוזגים באותו רובד עליון.

Words meanings summery:

• 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".

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