योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-101, verse-7
संविदाकाशमेवाहं भवानपि जना अपि ।
म्रियामहे नो कदाचित्संवित्किल कदा मृता ॥ ७ ॥
म्रियामहे नो कदाचित्संवित्किल कदा मृता ॥ ७ ॥
saṃvidākāśamevāhaṃ bhavānapi janā api ,
mriyāmahe no kadācitsaṃvitkila kadā mṛtā 7
mriyāmahe no kadācitsaṃvitkila kadā mṛtā 7
7.
saṃvit ākāśam eva aham bhavān api janāḥ api
mriyāmahe na u kadācit saṃvit kila kadā mṛtā
mriyāmahe na u kadācit saṃvit kila kadā mṛtā
7.
aham saṃvit ākāśam eva (asmi).
bhavān api janāḥ api (santi).
na u kadācit mriyāmahe.
kila saṃvit kadā mṛtā?
bhavān api janāḥ api (santi).
na u kadācit mriyāmahe.
kila saṃvit kadā mṛtā?
7.
I am indeed consciousness (saṃvit) itself, like space (ākāśa); so are you, and so are all people. We never die. For when, indeed, has consciousness (saṃvit) ever died?
Words meanings summery:
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- संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge
- आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just
- अहम् (aham) - I, myself
- भवान् (bhavān) - you (honored person), sir
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, beings
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- म्रियामहे (mriyāmahe) - we die
- न (na) - not, no
- उ (u) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)
- कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes
- संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge
- किल (kila) - indeed, surely, for (an emphatic or explanatory particle)
- कदा (kadā) - when?
- मृता (mṛtā) - dead
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)
आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa
ākāśa - space, ether, sky, the universal medium of sound
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just
(indeclinable)
अहम् (aham) - I, myself
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of aham
aham - I, myself
भवान् (bhavān) - you (honored person), sir
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat
bhavat - you (respectful), sir, your honor
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, beings
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jana
jana - person, man, people, creature
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
म्रियामहे (mriyāmahe) - we die
(verb)
1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ
Root: mṛ (class 6)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
उ (u) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)
(indeclinable)
कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes
(indeclinable)
संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid
saṁvid - consciousness, awareness, intelligence, knowledge
Prefix: sam
Root: vid (class 2)
किल (kila) - indeed, surely, for (an emphatic or explanatory particle)
(indeclinable)
कदा (kadā) - when?
(indeclinable)
मृता (mṛtā) - dead
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased, passed away
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root mṛ with suffix -ta
Root: mṛ (class 6)