योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-104, verse-3

गत्वा सुदूरमप्येतज्ज्ञप्तेश्चेत्परिकल्प्यते ।
तदादावेव सत्यर्थे दोषोऽस्मिन्क इवामले ॥ ३ ॥

gatvā sudūramapyetajjñapteścetparikalpyate ,
tadādāveva satyarthe doṣo'sminka ivāmale 3

3. gatvā sudūram api etat jñapteḥ cet parikalpyate
tat ādau eva sati arthe doṣaḥ asmin kaḥ iva amale

3. cet etat jñapteḥ gatvā sudūram api parikalpyate,
tat ādau eva arthe sati,
amale asmin kaḥ iva doṣaḥ?

3. Even if this (world) is imagined to be a distant projection from consciousness (jñapti), what flaw, indeed, could there be in this pure (consciousness), when the true reality (artha) already exists from the very beginning?

Words meanings summery:

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (to a state of being removed from) (having gone)

• सुदूरम् (sudūram) - very far (removed) (very far, remotely)

• अपि (api) - even if, although (even, also, too)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the world or phenomena) (this)

• ज्ञप्तेः (jñapteḥ) - from consciousness (jñapti) (from knowledge, from consciousness, of knowledge, of consciousness)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• परिकल्प्यते (parikalpyate) - is imagined (is imagined, is conceived, is stipulated)

• तत् (tat) - then (that, then, therefore)

• आदौ (ādau) - from the very beginning (in the beginning, at first)

• एव (eva) - already, indeed (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• सति (sati) - when existing, when present (being, existing, present)

• अर्थे (arthe) - when the true reality (artha) is present (in meaning, in purpose, in object, in reality)

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, flaw (fault, defect, error, blemish)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (pure consciousness) (in this)

• कः (kaḥ) - what? (who? what?)

• इव (iva) - indeed, really (like, as if, as, indeed)

• अमले (amale) - in this pure (consciousness) (in the pure, in the spotless)

Words meanings and morphology

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (to a state of being removed from) (having gone)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā.

Root: gam (class 1)

सुदूरम् (sudūram) - very far (removed) (very far, remotely)

(adverb)

Compound type : pravṛṣa tatpuruṣa (su+dūra)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• dūra – far, distant, remote
  adjective

Note: Used here as an adverb, qualifying 'gatvā'.

अपि (api) - even if, although (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the world or phenomena) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

ज्ञप्तेः (jñapteḥ) - from consciousness (jñapti) (from knowledge, from consciousness, of knowledge, of consciousness)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of jñapti

jñapti - knowledge, understanding, cognition, consciousness, information

Derived from root jñā (to know).

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Also could be genitive.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

परिकल्प्यते (parikalpyate) - is imagined (is imagined, is conceived, is stipulated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (lat) of parikalp

Prefix: pari

Root: kḷp (class 10)

तत् (tat) - then (that, then, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here as an adverbial conjunction.

आदौ (ādau) - from the very beginning (in the beginning, at first)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

एव (eva) - already, indeed (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

सति (sati) - when existing, when present (being, existing, present)

(adjective)

Locative, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, good, true

present active participle

Derived from root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'arthe sati' (when the reality/object exists).

अर्थे (arthe) - when the true reality (artha) is present (in meaning, in purpose, in object, in reality)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, thing, reality, wealth

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'arthe sati'.

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, flaw (fault, defect, error, blemish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, blemish, error, transgression

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (pure consciousness) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'amale' (pure).

कः (kaḥ) - what? (who? what?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

इव (iva) - indeed, really (like, as if, as, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used for emphasis in interrogative sentences.

अमले (amale) - in this pure (consciousness) (in the pure, in the spotless)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of amala

amala - pure, spotless, stainless, clean

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'asmin', referring to an implied 'jñāne' (in knowledge/consciousness).

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