योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-100, verse-21

संविच्चेदस्ति तज्ज्ञानां शरणं भवभेदने ।
नास्ति चेत्तच्छिलामूकमान्ध्यमेवावशिष्यते ॥ २१ ॥

saṃviccedasti tajjñānāṃ śaraṇaṃ bhavabhedane ,
nāsti cettacchilāmūkamāndhyamevāvaśiṣyate 21

21. saṃvit cet asti tat-jñānām śaraṇam bhava-bhedane
na asti cet tat śilā mūka māndhyam eva avaśiṣyate

21. cet saṃvit asti tat-jñānām bhava-bhedane śaraṇam asti
cet na asti tat śilā mūka māndhyam eva avaśiṣyate

21. If consciousness (saṃvit) exists, it is a refuge for those who understand it, enabling them to break free from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra). If it does not exist, then only a stone-like, inert blindness remains.

21. אם קיימת מודעות פנימית, עבור יודעי החוכמה היא משמשת מקלט לשבירת סבך הקיום. אם היא אינה קיימת, מה שנשאר הוא רק עיוורון ואלמות כמו של אבן.

Words meanings summery:

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तत्-ज्ञानाम् (tat-jñānām) - of those who know that (ultimate reality), of the knowers of truth

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, protection, shelter

• भव-भेदने (bhava-bhedane) - in cutting through the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), in destroying rebirth

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

• मूक (mūka) - dumb, silent, mute, inarticulate

• मान्ध्यम् (māndhyam) - dullness, slowness, languor, blindness (in context)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains, is left over

Words meanings and morphology

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत्-ज्ञानाम् (tat-jñānām) - of those who know that (ultimate reality), of the knowers of truth

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tat-jñānin

tat-jñānin - knower of that, knower of ultimate truth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+jñānin)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• jñānin – knower, wise person
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, protection, shelter

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection

Root: śṛ (class 1)

भव-भेदने (bhava-bhedane) - in cutting through the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), in destroying rebirth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhava-bhedana

bhava-bhedana - breaking the cycle of existence, cutting through saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+bhedana)

• bhava – existence, becoming, birth, the world, saṃsāra (cycle of rebirth)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhedana – breaking, splitting, piercing, destroying
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root bhid (to break, cleave)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - stone, rock

Note: Part of a larger compound `śilā-mūka-māndhyam`

मूक (mūka) - dumb, silent, mute, inarticulate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūka

mūka - dumb, silent, mute

Note: Part of a larger compound `śilā-mūka-māndhyam`

मान्ध्यम् (māndhyam) - dullness, slowness, languor, blindness (in context)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māndya

māndya - dullness, slowness, languor, apathy

Derived from manda (dull, slow)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śilā+mūka+māndya)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• mūka – dumb, silent
  adjective (masculine)
• māndya – dullness, slowness, apathy
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from manda (dull, slow)
  Root: mand (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains, is left over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive/middle, present (laṭ) of avaśiṣ

Prefix: ava

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

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