योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-19

नीरसा एव ते सन्तु समस्तेन्द्रियसंविदः ।
आकारमात्रसंलक्ष्या हेमन्तर्तौ लता इव ॥ १९ ॥

nīrasā eva te santu samastendriyasaṃvidaḥ ,
ākāramātrasaṃlakṣyā hemantartau latā iva 19

19. nīrasāḥ eva te santu samastendriyasaṃvidaḥ |
ākāramātrasaṃlakṣyāḥ hemantartau latāḥ iva ||

19. te samastendriyasaṃvidaḥ nīrasāḥ eva santu,
hemantartau latāḥ iva ākāramātrasaṃlakṣyāḥ [santu].

19. Let all your sensory perceptions (saṃvid) be entirely devoid of inner essence (nīrasa), discernible merely by their outward form, just like vines during the winter season (hemanta).

19. שיחוו תפיסות החושים שלך כיבשות וללא שום תשוקה פנימית, וייראו רק בצורתן החיצונית, כמו מטפסים בעונת החורף.

Words meanings summery:

• नीरसाः (nīrasāḥ) - lacking internal emotional or personal 'flavor' or engagement (devoid of essence/sap/taste, insipid, uninteresting)

• एव (eva) - entirely, solely (indeed, only, certainly)

• ते (te) - your (referring to the practitioner's perceptions) (your, those)

• सन्तु (santu) - let them be

• समस्तेन्द्रियसंविदः (samastendriyasaṁvidaḥ) - all the perceptions arising from your sense organs (all sensory perceptions/awarenesses)

• आकारमात्रसंलक्ष्याः (ākāramātrasaṁlakṣyāḥ) - observed superficially, without delving into their deeper nature or meaning (discernible only by form, perceptible merely by appearance)

• हेमन्तर्तौ (hemantartau) - in the winter season

• लताः (latāḥ) - vines, creepers

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

नीरसाः (nīrasāḥ) - lacking internal emotional or personal 'flavor' or engagement (devoid of essence/sap/taste, insipid, uninteresting)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nīrasa

nīrasa - tasteless, insipid, devoid of essence, lacking feeling

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+rasa)

• nir – without, out of, away from
  prefix
• rasa – essence, sap, taste, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'samastendriyasaṃvidaḥ'.

एव (eva) - entirely, solely (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (referring to the practitioner's perceptions) (your, those)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun referring to the implied 'you'.

सन्तु (santu) - let them be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

समस्तेन्द्रियसंविदः (samastendriyasaṁvidaḥ) - all the perceptions arising from your sense organs (all sensory perceptions/awarenesses)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samastendriyasaṃvid

samastendriyasaṁvid - awareness of all senses, perception through all senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samastendriya+saṃvid)

• samastendriya – all senses, the totality of senses
  noun (neuter)
• saṃvid – perception, consciousness, knowledge, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root vid (to know) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'santu'.

आकारमात्रसंलक्ष्याः (ākāramātrasaṁlakṣyāḥ) - observed superficially, without delving into their deeper nature or meaning (discernible only by form, perceptible merely by appearance)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ākāramātrasaṃlakṣya

ākāramātrasaṁlakṣya - perceptible only by its form/appearance

Gerundive

Formed by ākāramātra (mere form) + saṃlakṣya (perceptible gerundive of sam-lakṣ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāramātra+saṃlakṣya)

• ākāramātra – mere form, only appearance
  noun (neuter)
• saṃlakṣya – to be perceived, discernible, observable
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root lakṣ (to perceive) with prefix sam- and suffix -ya
  Prefix: sam
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'samastendriyasaṃvidaḥ'.

हेमन्तर्तौ (hemantartau) - in the winter season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of hemantartu

hemantartu - the winter season

Compound type : dvandva (hemanta+ṛtu)

• hemanta – winter
  noun (masculine)
• ṛtu – season, fixed time
  noun (masculine)

लताः (latāḥ) - vines, creepers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of latā

latā - creeper, vine, slender branch

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

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