योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-101, verse-6
संविन्नरोऽमरो नागः संवित्स्थावरजंगमम् ।
भावाभावादयोऽस्याब्धेस्तरङ्गावर्तवृत्तयः ॥ ६ ॥
भावाभावादयोऽस्याब्धेस्तरङ्गावर्तवृत्तयः ॥ ६ ॥
saṃvinnaro'maro nāgaḥ saṃvitsthāvarajaṃgamam ,
bhāvābhāvādayo'syābdhestaraṅgāvartavṛttayaḥ 6
bhāvābhāvādayo'syābdhestaraṅgāvartavṛttayaḥ 6
6.
saṃvit naraḥ amaraḥ nāgaḥ saṃvit sthāvara-jaṅgamam
bhāva-abhāva-ādayaḥ asyāḥ abdheḥ taraṅga-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ
bhāva-abhāva-ādayaḥ asyāḥ abdheḥ taraṅga-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ
6.
saṃvit naraḥ amaraḥ nāgaḥ saṃvit sthāvara-jaṅgamam
asyāḥ abdheḥ bhāva-abhāva-ādayaḥ taraṅga-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ
asyāḥ abdheḥ bhāva-abhāva-ādayaḥ taraṅga-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ
6.
Consciousness (saṃvit) is man, it is god, it is nāga. Consciousness is all that is stationary and all that is moving. Existence and non-existence, along with all similar concepts, are but its waves, whirlpools, and various activities, like those of an ocean.
Words meanings summery:
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- संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge
- नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being
- अमरः (amaraḥ) - immortal, god, deity
- नागः (nāgaḥ) - snake, serpent, mythical serpent-being
- संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge
- स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - the stationary and the moving, all inanimate and animate beings
- भाव-अभाव-आदयः (bhāva-abhāva-ādayaḥ) - existence and non-existence, and so on; being and non-being, etc.
- अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this consciousness (of this (feminine))
- अब्धेः (abdheḥ) - of the ocean
- तरङ्ग-आवर्त-वृत्तयः (taraṅga-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ) - waves, whirlpools, and movements/modifications
Words meanings and morphology
संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid
saṁvid - consciousness, awareness, intelligence, knowledge
Prefix: sam
Root: vid (class 2)
नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, human, person
अमरः (amaraḥ) - immortal, god, deity
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of amara
amara - immortal, deathless; a god, deity
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mara)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable - mara – mortal, subject to death
adjective (masculine)
Derived from root mṛ
Root: mṛ (class 6)
नागः (nāgaḥ) - snake, serpent, mythical serpent-being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nāga
nāga - snake, serpent, a mythical serpent-demon, elephant
संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid
saṁvid - consciousness, awareness, intelligence, knowledge
Prefix: sam
Root: vid (class 2)
स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - the stationary and the moving, all inanimate and animate beings
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāvara-jaṅgama
sthāvara-jaṅgama - the stationary and the moving, all inanimate and animate things/beings
Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)
- sthāvara – stationary, immobile, fixed
adjective (neuter)
Root: sthā (class 1) - jaṅgama – moving, mobile, animate
adjective (neuter)
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Used here as a collective noun.
भाव-अभाव-आदयः (bhāva-abhāva-ādayaḥ) - existence and non-existence, and so on; being and non-being, etc.
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva-abhāva-ādi
bhāva-abhāva-ādi - existence and non-existence, and so on; categories of being and non-being
Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (bhāva+abhāva+ādi)
- bhāva – being, existence, state, condition
noun (masculine)
Derived from root bhū
Root: bhū (class 1) - abhāva – non-being, non-existence, absence
noun (masculine) - ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
noun (masculine)
अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this consciousness (of this (feminine))
(pronoun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this, it
अब्धेः (abdheḥ) - of the ocean
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of abdhi
abdhi - ocean, sea, reservoir of water
तरङ्ग-आवर्त-वृत्तयः (taraṅga-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ) - waves, whirlpools, and movements/modifications
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of taraṅga-āvarta-vṛtti
taraṅga-āvarta-vṛtti - waves, whirlpools, and various activities/modifications
Compound type : dvandva (taraṅga+āvarta+vṛtti)
- taraṅga – wave, billow
noun (masculine)
Derived from root tṛ
Root: tṛ (class 1) - āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, circle, revolution
noun (masculine)
Derived from root vṛt with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: vṛt (class 1) - vṛtti – activity, function, modification, state of being
noun (feminine)
Derived from root vṛt
Root: vṛt (class 1)