योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-59

क्षुब्धैरन्तर्बहिश्चैव स्वल्पैः स्वल्पं प्रपश्यति ।
समैः सममिदं दृश्यं वातपित्तकफादिना ॥ ५९ ॥

kṣubdhairantarbahiścaiva svalpaiḥ svalpaṃ prapaśyati ,
samaiḥ samamidaṃ dṛśyaṃ vātapittakaphādinā 59

59. kṣubdhaiḥ antaḥ bahiḥ ca eva svalpaiḥ svalpaṃ prapaśyati
samaiḥ samam idam dṛśyam vāta-pitta-kapha-ādinā

59. (yadā doṣāḥ) antaḥ ca bahiḥ ca eva kṣubdhaiḥ svalpaiḥ (bhavanti tadā) svalpaṃ prapaśyati.
(yadā doṣāḥ) vāta-pitta-kapha-ādinā samaiḥ (bhavanti tadā) idam dṛśyam samam prapaśyati.

59. When the humors (doṣas) are agitated (kṣubdhaiḥ) and diminished (svalpaiḥ) both internally and externally, one perceives little. Conversely, when the vāta, pitta, kapha, and other such factors are balanced (samaiḥ), this visible world (dṛśyam) is perceived as balanced.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षुब्धैः (kṣubdhaiḥ) - by the agitated (humors) (by agitated ones, by disturbed ones)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally (inside, internally)

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - externally (outside, externally)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, even (indeed, only, just, merely, very)

• स्वल्पैः (svalpaiḥ) - by the diminished (humors) (by small ones, by diminished ones)

• स्वल्पं (svalpaṁ) - little (quantity perceived) (little, small)

• प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - perceives (little) (perceives, sees, observes)

• समैः (samaiḥ) - by the balanced (humors) (by balanced ones, by equal ones)

• समम् (samam) - balanced (as the state of the visible world) (balanced, equal, same)

• इदम् (idam) - this (visible world) (this, this one)

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - this visible world (visible, to be seen, the visible world)

• वात-पित्त-कफ-आदिना (vāta-pitta-kapha-ādinā) - by the humors vāta, pitta, kapha, and other such factors (by vāta, pitta, kapha, etc.)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षुब्धैः (kṣubdhaiḥ) - by the agitated (humors) (by agitated ones, by disturbed ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṣubdha

kṣubdha - agitated, disturbed, shaken

Past Passive Participle

from root kṣubh (to agitate, disturb)

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

Note: Refers to humors (doṣas) in an agitated state, functioning as the agent.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally (inside, internally)

(indeclinable)

बहिः (bahiḥ) - externally (outside, externally)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'antaḥ' and 'bahiḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, even (indeed, only, just, merely, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

स्वल्पैः (svalpaiḥ) - by the diminished (humors) (by small ones, by diminished ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svalpa

svalpa - small, little, few, diminished

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+alpa)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• alpa – little, small, few
  adjective

Note: Refers to humors (doṣas) in a diminished state, functioning as the agent, parallel to kṣubdhaiḥ.

स्वल्पं (svalpaṁ) - little (quantity perceived) (little, small)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - little, small, few

Note: Object of perception.

प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - perceives (little) (perceives, sees, observes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Active

root dṛś, 4th class (divādi), present tense, parasmaipada. prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 4)

Note: Subject is implied, 'one'.

समैः (samaiḥ) - by the balanced (humors) (by balanced ones, by equal ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sama

sama - equal, same, balanced, calm, even

Note: Refers to humors (doṣas) in a balanced state, functioning as the agent.

समम् (samam) - balanced (as the state of the visible world) (balanced, equal, same)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, balanced, calm, even

Note: Qualifies 'idam dṛśyam'.

इदम् (idam) - this (visible world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'dṛśyam'.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - this visible world (visible, to be seen, the visible world)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, the visible world, spectacle

Gerundive

from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ya (kṛtya affix)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of perception.

वात-पित्त-कफ-आदिना (vāta-pitta-kapha-ādinā) - by the humors vāta, pitta, kapha, and other such factors (by vāta, pitta, kapha, etc.)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta-pitta-kapha-ādi

vāta-pitta-kapha-ādi - vāta, pitta, kapha, and others

Compound type : dvandva (vāta+pitta+kapha+ādi)

• vāta – wind, air, one of the three doṣas (humors)
  noun (masculine)
• pitta – bile, gall, one of the three doṣas (humors)
  noun (neuter)
• kapha – phlegm, one of the three doṣas (humors)
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and others
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the means or agent for perceiving the world as balanced.

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