योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-138, verse-32

प्राणतैषा यथा तेन कल्पितेवानुभूयते ।
तथैवेन्द्रियदेहादि दिक्कालकलनादि च ॥ ३२ ॥

prāṇataiṣā yathā tena kalpitevānubhūyate ,
tathaivendriyadehādi dikkālakalanādi ca 32

32. prāṇatā eṣā yathā tena kalpitā iva anubhūyate
tathā eva indriyadehādi dikkālakalanādi ca

32. yathā eṣā prāṇatā tena kalpitā iva anubhūyate
tathā eva indriyadehādi ca dikkālakalanādi

32. Just as this state of being the vital breath (prāṇatā) is experienced as if it were conceived by that (mind/consciousness), in the same way, the senses, the body, and so forth, as well as the conceptualization of directions, time, and the like, are also experienced.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणता (prāṇatā) - this quality of being the vital breath (prāṇa) (vitality, the state of being vital breath (prāṇa))

• एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to `prāṇatā`) (this)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• तेन (tena) - by that (mind/consciousness) (by it, by that)

• कल्पिता (kalpitā) - as if created/conceived (by the mind) (conceived, imagined, created)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as)

• अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is perceived, is felt

• तथा (tathā) - in the same way, similarly (so, similarly, thus)

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

• इन्द्रियदेहादि (indriyadehādi) - the senses and the physical body, and similar entities (senses, body, and so on/etc.)

• दिक्कालकलनादि (dikkālakalanādi) - the conceptualization/measurement of spatial directions and temporal durations, and similar concepts (calculation of directions, time, etc.)

• च (ca) - and (connecting the two sets of concepts) (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणता (prāṇatā) - this quality of being the vital breath (prāṇa) (vitality, the state of being vital breath (prāṇa))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāṇatā

prāṇatā - the state of being prāṇa, vitality

From prāṇa (vital breath) + -tā (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to `prāṇatā`) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Qualifies `prāṇatā`.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

तेन (tena) - by that (mind/consciousness) (by it, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Agent of `kalpitā` and `anubhūyate`.

कल्पिता (kalpitā) - as if created/conceived (by the mind) (conceived, imagined, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, created, conceived

Past Passive Participle

From root kḷp (to arrange, form, imagine).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `prāṇatā`.

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is perceived, is felt

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of anubhū

Present Passive Indic

3rd person singular present passive from root bhū (to be) with prefix anu-.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the 'yathā' clause.

तथा (tathā) - in the same way, similarly (so, similarly, thus)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the second part of the comparison.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes `tathā`.

इन्द्रियदेहादि (indriyadehādi) - the senses and the physical body, and similar entities (senses, body, and so on/etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of indriyadehādi

indriyadehādi - senses, body, etc.

Compound type : dvandva (indriya+deha+ādi)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ind
• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

Note: Subject of the implied `anubhūyate` in the second clause.

दिक्कालकलनादि (dikkālakalanādi) - the conceptualization/measurement of spatial directions and temporal durations, and similar concepts (calculation of directions, time, etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dikkālakalanādi

dikkālakalanādi - calculation of direction, time, etc.

Compound type : dvandva (dik+kāla+kalana+ādi)

• dik – direction, quarter
  noun (feminine)
  Root: diś (class 6)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kal (class 1)
• kalana – calculating, conceiving, comprehending
  noun (neuter)
  From root kal (to count, calculate, consider).
  Root: kal (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

Note: Subject of the implied `anubhūyate` in the second clause.

च (ca) - and (connecting the two sets of concepts) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two lists of effects.

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