योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-94, verse-37
शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
चिन्मात्रमहमच्छात्मवेदनं विदुषां वर ।
यत्र भावाः स्वदन्ते ते निर्णीयन्ते च येन वा ॥ ३७ ॥
चिन्मात्रमहमच्छात्मवेदनं विदुषां वर ।
यत्र भावाः स्वदन्ते ते निर्णीयन्ते च येन वा ॥ ३७ ॥
śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
cinmātramahamacchātmavedanaṃ viduṣāṃ vara ,
yatra bhāvāḥ svadante te nirṇīyante ca yena vā 37
cinmātramahamacchātmavedanaṃ viduṣāṃ vara ,
yatra bhāvāḥ svadante te nirṇīyante ca yena vā 37
37.
citmātram aham acchaātma-vedanam viduṣām vara
yatra bhāvāḥ svadante te nirṇīyante ca yena vā
yatra bhāvāḥ svadante te nirṇīyante ca yena vā
37.
viduṣām vara,
aham citmātram acchaātma-vedanam [asmi],
yatra bhāvāḥ svadante,
ca yena vā te nirṇīyante.
aham citmātram acchaātma-vedanam [asmi],
yatra bhāvāḥ svadante,
ca yena vā te nirṇīyante.
37.
Shikhidhvaja said: O best among the wise, I am merely consciousness (cit), which is the pure knowledge of the (ātman). It is in this (consciousness) that all states of being (bhāvāḥ) are experienced, and by which they are ascertained.
Words meanings summery:
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- चित्मात्रम् (citmātram) - merely consciousness; pure awareness
- अहम् (aham) - I
- अच्छआत्म-वेदनम् (acchaātma-vedanam) - pure knowledge of the self (ātman); clear understanding of the self (ātman)
- विदुषाम् (viduṣām) - of the wise, among the learned
- वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one
- यत्र (yatra) - where, in which
- भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - states of being, phenomena, emotions, concepts
- स्वदन्ते (svadante) - they taste, they are agreeable, they manifest, they appear, they are experienced
- ते (te) - they (referring to bhāvāḥ) (they (masculine/plural); by you (singular))
- निर्णीयन्ते (nirṇīyante) - they are determined; they are ascertained; they are judged
- च (ca) - and, also
- येन (yena) - by which, by whom
- वा (vā) - or, either... or
Words meanings and morphology
चित्मात्रम् (citmātram) - merely consciousness; pure awareness
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātra
cinmātra - consisting solely of consciousness; mere thought or intelligence
Compound type : Karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)
- cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought, understanding
noun (feminine) - mātra – only, merely, solely, consisting of
adjective (neuter)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
अच्छआत्म-वेदनम् (acchaātma-vedanam) - pure knowledge of the self (ātman); clear understanding of the self (ātman)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of acchaātma-vedana
acchaātma-vedana - pure knowledge of the self
Compound type : Tatpurusha (acchaātman+vedana)
- acchaātman – pure self, clear self
noun (masculine) - vedana – knowledge, understanding, perception
noun (neuter)
Root: vid (class 1)
विदुषाम् (viduṣām) - of the wise, among the learned
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of vidvas
vidvas - wise, learned, knowing
Perfect Active Participle
Perfect active participle of root √vid (to know, 2nd class), used as a noun.
Root: vid (class 2)
वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of vara
vara - best, excellent, splendid; boon, choice
यत्र (yatra) - where, in which
(indeclinable)
भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - states of being, phenomena, emotions, concepts
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva
bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, emotion, idea, phenomenon
From root √bhū (to be, exist).
Root: bhū (class 1)
स्वदन्ते (svadante) - they taste, they are agreeable, they manifest, they appear, they are experienced
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of svad
From root √svad (1st class), present indicative middle.
Root: svad (class 1)
ते (te) - they (referring to bhāvāḥ) (they (masculine/plural); by you (singular))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
निर्णीयन्ते (nirṇīyante) - they are determined; they are ascertained; they are judged
(verb)
3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of nī
Passive form of root √nī (1st class) with prefix 'nis'.
Prefix: nis
Root: nī (class 1)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
येन (yena) - by which, by whom
(pronoun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what
वा (vā) - or, either... or
(indeclinable)