योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-98, verse-22
शास्त्रानुभववेदार्थसिद्धान्तैस्ते त्रयोऽपि वा ।
प्रलयाश्च न सन्तीति वक्त्युन्मत्तक एव च ॥ २२ ॥
प्रलयाश्च न सन्तीति वक्त्युन्मत्तक एव च ॥ २२ ॥
śāstrānubhavavedārthasiddhāntaiste trayo'pi vā ,
pralayāśca na santīti vaktyunmattaka eva ca 22
pralayāśca na santīti vaktyunmattaka eva ca 22
22.
śāstra-anubhava-veda-artha-siddhāntaiḥ te trayaḥ api
vā pralayāḥ ca na santi iti vakti unmattakaḥ eva ca
vā pralayāḥ ca na santi iti vakti unmattakaḥ eva ca
22.
Those three [types of] dissolutions (pralaya) are indeed established by the conclusive doctrines (siddhānta) found in scriptures (śāstra), experience, and the meaning of the Vedas. Thus, only a madman (unmattaka) would assert that they do not exist.
Words meanings summery:
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- शास्त्र-अनुभव-वेद-अर्थ-सिद्धान्तैः (śāstra-anubhava-veda-artha-siddhāntaiḥ) - by the conclusive doctrines (siddhānta) derived from scriptures (śāstra), experience (anubhava), and the meaning of the Vedas (veda-artha) (by the established conclusions of scriptures, experience, and Vedic meaning)
- ते (te) - those three [types of dissolutions] (those)
- त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three
- अपि (api) - even, also, indeed
- वा (vā) - or
- प्रलयाः (pralayāḥ) - dissolutions
- च (ca) - and
- न (na) - not, no
- सन्ति (santi) - exist, are
- इति (iti) - thus, that
- वक्ति (vakti) - says, speaks
- उन्मत्तकः (unmattakaḥ) - a madman, a lunatic
- एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
- च (ca) - and
Words meanings and morphology
शास्त्र-अनुभव-वेद-अर्थ-सिद्धान्तैः (śāstra-anubhava-veda-artha-siddhāntaiḥ) - by the conclusive doctrines (siddhānta) derived from scriptures (śāstra), experience (anubhava), and the meaning of the Vedas (veda-artha) (by the established conclusions of scriptures, experience, and Vedic meaning)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śāstra-anubhava-veda-artha-siddhānta
śāstra-anubhava-veda-artha-siddhānta - conclusions based on scriptures, experience, and the meaning of the Vedas
Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (śāstra+anubhava+veda-artha+siddhānta)
- śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, science
noun (neuter) - anubhava – experience, perception
noun (masculine)
Prefix: anu
Root: bhū (class 1) - veda-artha – meaning of the Vedas
noun (masculine) - siddhānta – established conclusion, doctrine, tenet
noun (masculine)
Prefixes: sid+ā
Root: dā (class 1)
ते (te) - those three [types of dissolutions] (those)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Refers to the types of pralaya mentioned implicitly or in the previous verse.
त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three
(numeral)
Note: Refers to the three types of pralaya (nitya, naimittika, prākṛta/ātyantika).
अपि (api) - even, also, indeed
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
Note: Here, it functions to emphasize the previous 'api', 'even indeed' or 'or else'.
प्रलयाः (pralayāḥ) - dissolutions
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pralaya
pralaya - dissolution, destruction, cosmic dissolution
Prefix: pra
Root: lī (class 4)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
सन्ति (santi) - exist, are
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as
Root: as (class 2)
इति (iti) - thus, that
(indeclinable)
वक्ति (vakti) - says, speaks
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
उन्मत्तकः (unmattakaḥ) - a madman, a lunatic
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of unmattaka
unmattaka - madman, lunatic, intoxicated person
Diminutive or emphatic form of 'unmatta' (mad).
एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)