योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-139, verse-3

अहं कतिपयं कालं ननु प्राणविनाकृतः ।
न भवामि पुनर्नूनं भवाम्येवेति कल्पितम् ॥ ३ ॥

ahaṃ katipayaṃ kālaṃ nanu prāṇavinākṛtaḥ ,
na bhavāmi punarnūnaṃ bhavāmyeveti kalpitam 3

3. aham katipayam kālam nanu prāṇa-vinākṛtaḥ na
bhavāmi punaḥ nūnam bhavāmi eva iti kalpitam

3. (cetasā) iti kalpitam: "nanu aham katipayam kālam prāṇa-vinākṛtaḥ na bhavāmi.
" (ca) "punaḥ nūnam eva bhavāmi.
"

3. It is imagined [by the mind] that, "Surely, I do not exist for any period of time when I am devoid of vital breath (prāṇa)." And [it is also imagined that] "Indeed, I will certainly exist again."

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - the self as perceived by the mind (I, myself)

• कतिपयम् (katipayam) - for any period of time (referring to time duration) (some, a few, for some time)

• कालम् (kālam) - any period of time (time, period)

• ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, certainly

• प्राण-विनाकृतः (prāṇa-vinākṛtaḥ) - deprived of vital breath, without prāṇa

• न (na) - not, no

• भवामि (bhavāmi) - I exist (I am, I exist, I become)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (indicating a new assertion or contrasting thought) (again, moreover, but)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• भवामि (bhavāmi) - I will exist, I come into being (I am, I exist, I become)

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

• इति (iti) - (indicating the end of the imagined thought) (thus, so, indicates quotation)

• कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - (this entire thought) is imagined (imagined, conceived, created)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - the self as perceived by the mind (I, myself)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)

First person singular pronoun.

कतिपयम् (katipayam) - for any period of time (referring to time duration) (some, a few, for some time)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of katipaya

katipaya - some, a few

Note: Adverbial accusative of duration.

कालम् (kālam) - any period of time (time, period)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Adverbial accusative of duration.

ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

प्राण-विनाकृतः (prāṇa-vinākṛtaḥ) - deprived of vital breath, without prāṇa

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa-vinākṛta

prāṇa-vinākṛta - deprived of vital breath, without prāṇa

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'prāṇa' + 'vinā' (without) + 'kṛta' (made). 'kṛta' means "made" or "rendered". 'vinā-kṛta' literally means "made without".

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+vinākṛta)

• prāṇa – breath, vital air, life-force
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'pra' + root 'an' (to breathe).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• vinākṛta – deprived of, separated from, made without
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'vinā' (without) + root 'kṛ' (to make) + 'kta' (ta) suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective describing 'aham'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'bhavāmi'.

भवामि (bhavāmi) - I exist (I am, I exist, I become)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present active

From root 'bhū' (to be), 1st person singular, present tense.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb for the first part of the imagined thought.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (indicating a new assertion or contrasting thought) (again, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

भवामि (bhavāmi) - I will exist, I come into being (I am, I exist, I become)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present active

From root 'bhū' (to be), 1st person singular, present tense.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb for the second part of the imagined thought. Implied future sense in context.

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

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - (indicating the end of the imagined thought) (thus, so, indicates quotation)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the imagined thought.

कल्पितम् (kalpitam) - (this entire thought) is imagined (imagined, conceived, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, conceived, created, constructed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kḷp' (to arrange, devise) + 'kta' (ta) suffix.

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Describes the entire preceding thought as something conceived by the mind.

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