योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-39

सिद्धाः सदा विभान्त्येवं यथान्तःकल्पनावशात् ।
नरकादीनि दुःखानि तथैवाभान्ति कल्पनात् ॥ ३९ ॥

siddhāḥ sadā vibhāntyevaṃ yathāntaḥkalpanāvaśāt ,
narakādīni duḥkhāni tathaivābhānti kalpanāt 39

39. siddhāḥ sadā vibhānti evam yathā antaḥkalpanāvaśāt
narakādīni duḥkhāni tathā eva ābhānti kalpanāt

39. yathā antaḥkalpanāvaśāt narakādīni duḥkhāni tathā eva kalpanāt ābhānti,
evam siddhāḥ sadā vibhānti

39. The perfected beings (siddhas) always manifest themselves in this manner, just as, by the power of inner imagination, suffering (duḥkha) and realms like hell manifest, so too do they appear by the very act of imagination.

Words meanings summery:

• सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected ones, accomplished beings, Siddhas

• सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually, constantly

• विभान्ति (vibhānti) - they shine forth, they appear, they manifest

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, exactly

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• अन्तःकल्पनावशात् (antaḥkalpanāvaśāt) - from the power/influence of inner imagination

• नरकादीनि (narakādīni) - various pains of hell and the like (hells and the like, starting with hell)

• दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows, sufferings, pains, miseries

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

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

• आभान्ति (ābhānti) - they appear, they shine, they manifest

• कल्पनात् (kalpanāt) - from imagination, due to mental creation

Words meanings and morphology

सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected ones, accomplished beings, Siddhas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of siddha

siddha - perfected, accomplished, successful, a perfected being

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sidh (to succeed, accomplish).

Root: sidh (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually, constantly

(indeclinable)

विभान्ति (vibhānti) - they shine forth, they appear, they manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhā

present active

Root bhā with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: bhā (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, exactly

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

अन्तःकल्पनावशात् (antaḥkalpanāvaśāt) - from the power/influence of inner imagination

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of antaḥkalpanāvaśa

antaḥkalpanāvaśa - power/influence of inner imagination

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antas+kalpanā+vaśa)

• antas – within, inner, internal
  indeclinable
• kalpanā – imagination, mental creation, conception
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root kḷp (to imagine, create) with suffix -anā.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• vaśa – power, control, influence, subjugation
  noun (masculine)

नरकादीनि (narakādīni) - various pains of hell and the like (hells and the like, starting with hell)

(noun)

neuter, plural of narakādi

narakādi - hells and the like, beginning with hell

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (naraka+ādi)

• naraka – hell, infernal region
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows, sufferings, pains, miseries

(noun)

neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow, discomfort

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, likewise

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

आभान्ति (ābhānti) - they appear, they shine, they manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhā

present active

Root bhā with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

कल्पनात् (kalpanāt) - from imagination, due to mental creation

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, mental creation, conception, fabrication

Derived from root kḷp (to imagine, create) with suffix -anā.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Previous Verse Next Verse