योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-11

चिरं विचारयामास शास्त्रमध्यात्मसंमतम् ।
आत्मज्ञानैकमात्रेण संसृत्याख्या विषूचिका ॥ ११ ॥

ciraṃ vicārayāmāsa śāstramadhyātmasaṃmatam ,
ātmajñānaikamātreṇa saṃsṛtyākhyā viṣūcikā 11

11. ciram vicārayāmāsa śāstram adhyātmasaṃmatam
ātmajñānaikamātreṇa saṃsṛtyākhyā viṣūcikā

11. (saḥ) ciram adhyātmasaṃmatam śāstram vicārayāmāsa (iti yat) ātmajñānaikamātreṇa saṃsṛtyākhyā viṣūcikā (śāmyati).

11. (Someone) pondered for a long time over scriptures consistent with spiritual teachings, (thinking that) solely by means of self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna), the epidemic-like disease called transmigratory existence (saṃsāra)—

11. הם העמיקו חקור במשך זמן רב בכתבי הקודש העוסקים בידע הרוחני, והבינו כי רק באמצעות ידיעת העצמי הטהור ניתן להירפא ממחלת הקיום החולף.

Words meanings summery:

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• विचारयामास (vicārayāmāsa) - he/she/it pondered, deliberated, investigated

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, treatise, doctrine, teaching

• अध्यात्मसंमतम् (adhyātmasaṁmatam) - approved by spiritual wisdom, consistent with spiritual teachings, deemed correct by the inner self (adhyātman)

• आत्मज्ञानैकमात्रेण (ātmajñānaikamātreṇa) - solely by means of self-knowledge (ātman), by ātma-jñāna alone

• संसृत्याख्या (saṁsṛtyākhyā) - named saṃsṛti, called transmigratory existence

• विषूचिका (viṣūcikā) - an epidemic-like, severe disease (cholera, epidemic, sharp pain/disease)

Words meanings and morphology

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter of cira).

विचारयामास (vicārayāmāsa) - he/she/it pondered, deliberated, investigated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vicār

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed with the suffix 'āmāsa' (from the root 'as' - to be) after the nominalized causative stem 'vicāra' (from 'vi' + 'car').

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, treatise, doctrine, teaching

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, treatise, doctrine, teaching, rule

अध्यात्मसंमतम् (adhyātmasaṁmatam) - approved by spiritual wisdom, consistent with spiritual teachings, deemed correct by the inner self (adhyātman)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhyātmasaṃmata

adhyātmasaṁmata - approved by spiritual wisdom, agreeable to spiritual principle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhyātman+saṃmata)

• adhyātman – the supreme spirit, the individual soul, spiritual principle (ātman)
  noun (neuter)
• saṃmata – approved, agreed upon, esteemed, thought of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the verb root 'man' (to think) with prefix 'sam' (together, completely).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: man

आत्मज्ञानैकमात्रेण (ātmajñānaikamātreṇa) - solely by means of self-knowledge (ātman), by ātma-jñāna alone

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ātmajñānaikamātra

ātmajñānaikamātra - consisting solely of self-knowledge

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ātman+jñāna+eka+mātra)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
• eka – one, single, alone
  adjective
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  adjective

Note: Used adverbially.

संसृत्याख्या (saṁsṛtyākhyā) - named saṃsṛti, called transmigratory existence

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛtyākhyā

saṁsṛtyākhyā - named saṃsṛti

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃsṛti+ākhyā)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, cyclic existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
• ākhyā – name, designation, appellation
  noun (feminine)

विषूचिका (viṣūcikā) - an epidemic-like, severe disease (cholera, epidemic, sharp pain/disease)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣūcikā

viṣūcikā - cholera, epidemic, severe disease (lit. 'shooting in different directions')

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