योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-5

जीवनेत्राणीन्द्रियाणि यदा बाह्यमयान्यलम् ।
तदा बाह्यात्मकं वेत्ति चिति जीवो जगद्वपुः ॥ ५ ॥

jīvanetrāṇīndriyāṇi yadā bāhyamayānyalam ,
tadā bāhyātmakaṃ vetti citi jīvo jagadvapuḥ 5

5. jīvanetrāṇi indriyāṇi yadā bāhyamayāni alam
tadā bāhyātmakam vetti citi jīvaḥ jagadvapuḥ

5. yadā jīvanetrāṇi indriyāṇi alam bāhyamayāni
tadā citi jīvaḥ bāhyātmakam jagadvapuḥ vetti

5. When the senses, which are the guides of the individual soul (jīva), are entirely externally oriented, then the individual soul (jīva) perceives the world's form as external in its consciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवनेत्राणि (jīvanetrāṇi) - eyes of the individual soul, guides of the individual soul

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs, faculties

• यदा (yadā) - when, at what time

• बाह्यमयानि (bāhyamayāni) - consisting of external objects, entirely external

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, entirely, completely, enough

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• बाह्यात्मकम् (bāhyātmakam) - having an external nature, externally oriented

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in knowledge

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

• जगद्वपुः (jagadvapuḥ) - body of the world, the world as a body

Words meanings and morphology

जीवनेत्राणि (jīvanetrāṇi) - eyes of the individual soul, guides of the individual soul

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jīvanetra

jīvanetra - eyes of the individual soul, guides of the living being

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+netra)

• jīva – life, living being, individual soul (jīva)
  noun (masculine)
• netra – eye, leader, guide
  noun (neuter)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs, faculties

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power, semen

यदा (yadā) - when, at what time

(indeclinable)

बाह्यमयानि (bāhyamayāni) - consisting of external objects, entirely external

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bāhyamaya

bāhyamaya - consisting of external things, made of external objects

Derived from bāhya (external) and the suffix -maya (made of, consisting of).

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, entirely, completely, enough

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

बाह्यात्मकम् (bāhyātmakam) - having an external nature, externally oriented

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāhyātmaka

bāhyātmaka - having an external nature, externally constituted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāhya+ātman)

• bāhya – external, outside
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, individual soul (ātman), nature
  noun (masculine)

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

2nd class verb (adādi)

Root: vid (class 2)

चिति (citi) - in consciousness, in knowledge

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - life, living, soul, individual soul (jīva)

जगद्वपुः (jagadvapuḥ) - body of the world, the world as a body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagadvapus

jagadvapus - body of the world, the world's form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+vapus)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Root gam, with suffix -at
  Root: gam (class 1)
• vapus – body, form, figure, essence
  noun (neuter)

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