योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-81, verse-103
प्रकाशमनलं सूर्यं चिद्रूपं विद्धि राघव ।
जडात्मकं तमोरूपं विद्धि सोमशरीरकम् ॥ १०३ ॥
जडात्मकं तमोरूपं विद्धि सोमशरीरकम् ॥ १०३ ॥
prakāśamanalaṃ sūryaṃ cidrūpaṃ viddhi rāghava ,
jaḍātmakaṃ tamorūpaṃ viddhi somaśarīrakam 103
jaḍātmakaṃ tamorūpaṃ viddhi somaśarīrakam 103
103.
prakāśam analam sūryam cit-rūpam viddhi rāghava
jaḍa-ātmakam tamaḥ-rūpam viddhi soma-śarīrakam
jaḍa-ātmakam tamaḥ-rūpam viddhi soma-śarīrakam
103.
rāghava prakāśam analam sūryam cit-rūpam viddhi
jaḍa-ātmakam tamaḥ-rūpam soma-śarīrakam viddhi
jaḍa-ātmakam tamaḥ-rūpam soma-śarīrakam viddhi
103.
O Rāghava, understand the sun, which is light and fire, to be the form of consciousness. Similarly, understand the moon's body to be of an inert nature and the form of darkness.
Words meanings summery:
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- प्रकाशम् (prakāśam) - light, manifestation, splendor
- अनलम् (analam) - fire, heat
- सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun, the sun god
- चित्-रूपम् (cit-rūpam) - form of consciousness
- विद्धि (viddhi) - know (imperative)
- राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava, an epithet for Lord Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu))
- जड-आत्मकम् (jaḍa-ātmakam) - of inert nature, having an inert essence
- तमः-रूपम् (tamaḥ-rūpam) - form of darkness
- विद्धि (viddhi) - know (imperative)
- सोम-शरीरकम् (soma-śarīrakam) - the moon's body (having the moon's body, related to the moon's body)
Words meanings and morphology
प्रकाशम् (prakāśam) - light, manifestation, splendor
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of prakāśa
prakāśa - light, brightness, splendor, manifestation
From pra-kāś
Prefix: pra
Root: kāś (class 1)
Note: Object of viddhi
अनलम् (analam) - fire, heat
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of anala
anala - fire, the god of fire, not water
Note: Object of viddhi
सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun, the sun god
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of sūrya
sūrya - sun, the sun god
Root: svar
Note: Object of viddhi
चित्-रूपम् (cit-rūpam) - form of consciousness
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of cit-rūpa
cit-rūpa - form of consciousness, conscious form
Tatpuruṣa compound
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (cit+rūpa)
- cit – consciousness, knowledge, understanding
noun (feminine)
From cit
Root: cit (class 1) - rūpa – form, appearance, nature
noun (neuter)
Note: Predicative accusative, meaning 'as the form of consciousness'
विद्धि (viddhi) - know (imperative)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava, an epithet for Lord Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu))
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava
rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma
Patronymic from Raghu
जड-आत्मकम् (jaḍa-ātmakam) - of inert nature, having an inert essence
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jaḍa-ātmaka
jaḍa-ātmaka - of an inert nature, characterized by inertness
Bahuvrīhi or Tatpuruṣa compound
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jaḍa+ātman)
- jaḍa – inert, dull, inanimate, cold
adjective (masculine) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
noun (masculine)
Root: an (class 2)
Note: Agrees with soma-śarīrakam
तमः-रूपम् (tamaḥ-rūpam) - form of darkness
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tamas-rūpa
tamas-rūpa - form of darkness, dark in form
Tatpuruṣa compound
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tamas+rūpa)
- tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
noun (neuter) - rūpa – form, appearance, nature
noun (neuter)
Note: Predicative accusative, meaning 'as the form of darkness'
विद्धि (viddhi) - know (imperative)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
सोम-शरीरकम् (soma-śarīrakam) - the moon's body (having the moon's body, related to the moon's body)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of soma-śarīraka
soma-śarīraka - having the moon's body, lunar body
Tatpuruṣa compound with -ka suffix
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (soma+śarīraka)
- soma – moon, Soma (deity/plant)
noun (masculine) - śarīraka – body (diminutive or emphasizing)
noun (neuter)
From śarīra + ka
Note: Object of viddhi