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7,102

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-102, verse-59

पुरुषो न शरीरादि न च चित्तादि किंचन ।
पुरुषश्चेतनं नाम न स नश्यति कर्हिचित् ॥ ५९ ॥
puruṣo na śarīrādi na ca cittādi kiṃcana ,
puruṣaścetanaṃ nāma na sa naśyati karhicit 59
59. puruṣaḥ na śarīrādi na ca cittādi kiṃcana
puruṣaḥ cetanam nāma na sa naśyati karhicit
59. puruṣaḥ śarīrādi na ca cittādi kiṃcana
puruṣaḥ cetanam nāma sa karhicit na naśyati
59. The supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) is not the body or its parts, nor is it anything like the mind or its functions. The puruṣa is truly consciousness itself, and it never perishes.

Words meanings summery:

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  • पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the supreme cosmic person (a man, a person, the human spirit, the supreme cosmic person)
  • (na) - not (not, no, nor)
  • शरीरादि (śarīrādi) - the body and its various components (beginning with the body, the body and others)
  • (na) - not (not, no, nor)
  • (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)
  • चित्तादि (cittādi) - the mind and its modifications (beginning with the mind, the mind and others)
  • किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (anything, whatever, some)
  • पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the puruṣa (a man, a person, the human spirit, the supreme cosmic person)
  • चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness itself (consciousness, sentient being, sentient)
  • नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed (by name, indeed, truly, namely)
  • (na) - not (not, no, nor)
  • (sa) - that (puruṣa) (he, that)
  • नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed)
  • कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever, never (at any time, ever, never (with negation))

Words meanings and morphology

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the supreme cosmic person (a man, a person, the human spirit, the supreme cosmic person)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa
puruṣa - a man, a person, the human spirit, the supreme cosmic person, the Cosmic Being (in Sāṅkhya philosophy)
(na) - not (not, no, nor)
(indeclinable)
शरीरादि (śarīrādi) - the body and its various components (beginning with the body, the body and others)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīrādi
śarīrādi - beginning with the body, the body and others (often implying a list or category)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śarīra+ādi)
  • śarīra – body, corporeal frame
    noun (neuter)
  • ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
    noun (masculine)
Note: It's a compound used as an adjective/noun in the nominative singular.
(na) - not (not, no, nor)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
चित्तादि (cittādi) - the mind and its modifications (beginning with the mind, the mind and others)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cittādi
cittādi - beginning with the mind, the mind and others (implying mental functions, senses, etc.)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citta+ādi)
  • citta – mind, thought, intellect, consciousness
    noun (neuter)
  • ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
    noun (masculine)
Note: It's a compound used as an adjective/noun in the nominative singular.
किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (anything, whatever, some)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used here as an indefinite pronoun/adjective modifying the preceding negation.
पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the puruṣa (a man, a person, the human spirit, the supreme cosmic person)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa
puruṣa - a man, a person, the human spirit, the supreme cosmic person, the Cosmic Being (in Sāṅkhya philosophy)
चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness itself (consciousness, sentient being, sentient)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cetana
cetana - conscious, sentient, having life or soul, consciousness
Root: cit (class 1)
नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed (by name, indeed, truly, namely)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
(na) - not (not, no, nor)
(indeclinable)
(sa) - that (puruṣa) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Masculine form of 'tad'.
नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of naś
present active indicative
root naś (4th class), parasmaipada
Root: naś (class 4)
कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever, never (at any time, ever, never (with negation))
(indeclinable)