योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-81, verse-4

अहंकारात्मतां याता सैषा पुर्यष्टकाभिधा ।
स्थिता कुण्डलिनी देहे जीवशक्तिरनुत्तमा ॥ ४ ॥

ahaṃkārātmatāṃ yātā saiṣā puryaṣṭakābhidhā ,
sthitā kuṇḍalinī dehe jīvaśaktiranuttamā 4

4. ahaṅkārātmatām yātā sā eṣā puryaṣṭakābhidhā
sthitā kuṇḍalinī dehe jīvaśaktiḥ anuttamā

4. eṣā anuttamā jīvaśaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī ahaṅkārātmatām
puryaṣṭakābhidhā yātā dehe sthitā sā

4. This unsurpassed life-force (jīvaśakti), Kuṇḍalinī, resides in the body, having taken on the nature of ego (ahaṅkāra) and being known as the eight-fold city (puryaṣṭaka).

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कारात्मताम् (ahaṅkārātmatām) - the state of identifying with ego (ahaṅkāra) (the state of ego, the nature of self-identification with ego)

• याता (yātā) - having taken on, having assumed (having gone, having attained, become)

• सा (sā) - that (referring to the life-force) (that, she)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to the life-force) (this, she)

• पुर्यष्टकाभिधा (puryaṣṭakābhidhā) - being known as the eight-fold city (puryaṣṭaka) (named the eight-fold city, known as the puryaṣṭaka)

• स्थिता (sthitā) - resides (situated, abiding, standing)

• कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) - Kuṇḍalinī (the specific spiritual energy) (Kuṇḍalinī (a coiled serpent power))

• देहे (dehe) - in the physical body (in the body)

• जीवशक्तिः (jīvaśaktiḥ) - the life-force (jīvaśakti), the individual power (śakti) (life-force, vital power, individual power (śakti))

• अनुत्तमा (anuttamā) - unsurpassed (unsurpassed, supreme, excellent)

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कारात्मताम् (ahaṅkārātmatām) - the state of identifying with ego (ahaṅkāra) (the state of ego, the nature of self-identification with ego)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkārātmatā

ahaṅkārātmatā - the state of being ego, the nature of ego

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+ātmatā)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, self-conceit, self-identification
  noun (masculine)
• ātmatā – selfhood, identity, intrinsic nature, state of being
  noun (feminine)
  From ātman + -tā (abstract suffix)

याता (yātā) - having taken on, having assumed (having gone, having attained, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

सा (sā) - that (referring to the life-force) (that, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to the life-force) (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this

पुर्यष्टकाभिधा (puryaṣṭakābhidhā) - being known as the eight-fold city (puryaṣṭaka) (named the eight-fold city, known as the puryaṣṭaka)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puryaṣṭakābhidhā

puryaṣṭakābhidhā - named/known as the eight-fold city/group of eight

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puryaṣṭaka+abhidhā)

• puryaṣṭaka – the group of eight (constituents of the subtle body: mind, intellect, ego, and five subtle elements)
  noun (neuter)
• abhidhā – name, appellation, designation, word
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

स्थिता (sthitā) - resides (situated, abiding, standing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) - Kuṇḍalinī (the specific spiritual energy) (Kuṇḍalinī (a coiled serpent power))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuṇḍalinī

kuṇḍalinī - coiled, circular; a serpent power or divine feminine energy

From kuṇḍala (ring, coil) + -inī (feminine suffix)

देहे (dehe) - in the physical body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 1)

जीवशक्तिः (jīvaśaktiḥ) - the life-force (jīvaśakti), the individual power (śakti) (life-force, vital power, individual power (śakti))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvaśakti

jīvaśakti - life-force, vital energy, individual power

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+śakti)

• jīva – living, alive; living being, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• śakti – power, energy, capability, divine feminine power
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

अनुत्तमा (anuttamā) - unsurpassed (unsurpassed, supreme, excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anuttama

anuttama - not having a superior, unsurpassed, best, supreme

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+uttama)

• an – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best, supreme, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ud

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