योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-15

ध्यायिनः क्षीणदेहस्य ध्याने दृक्त्वे क्षणं स्थिते ।
चिन्मात्रव्यतिरेकेण शक्तत्वं स्यात्किमुच्यताम् ॥ १५ ॥

dhyāyinaḥ kṣīṇadehasya dhyāne dṛktve kṣaṇaṃ sthite ,
cinmātravyatirekeṇa śaktatvaṃ syātkimucyatām 15

15. dhyāyinaḥ kṣīṇa-dehasya dhyāne dṛktve kṣaṇam sthite
cit-mātra-vyatirekeṇa śaktatvam syāt kim ucyatām

15. kṣīṇa-dehasya dhyāyinaḥ dhyāne dṛktve kṣaṇam sthite,
cit-mātra-vyatirekeṇa kim śaktatvam syāt,
ucyatām.

15. For the meditator (dhyāyin) whose physical form is attenuated, when their perception (dṛktva) remains steadfast in meditation (dhyāna) for a moment, what power (śakti) could possibly exist apart from pure consciousness (cit-mātra)? Indeed, what more needs to be said?

Words meanings summery:

• ध्यायिनः (dhyāyinaḥ) - of the meditator, of the one who meditates

• क्षीण-देहस्य (kṣīṇa-dehasya) - of one whose body is emaciated/attenuated/wasted

• ध्याने (dhyāne) - in meditation, in contemplation

• दृक्त्वे (dṛktve) - in the state of seeing, in the state of perception/consciousness

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, for an instant

• स्थिते (sthite) - when established, when remaining, being situated

• चित्-मात्र-व्यतिरेकेण (cit-mātra-vyatirekeṇa) - by the exclusion of pure consciousness, apart from pure consciousness

• शक्तत्वम् (śaktatvam) - power, potency, capability

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, could be, let it be

• किम् (kim) - what? how?

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said

Words meanings and morphology

ध्यायिनः (dhyāyinaḥ) - of the meditator, of the one who meditates

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhyāyin

dhyāyin - meditator, contemplative, one who meditates (dhyāna)

Agent noun from √dhyai (to meditate)

From root dhyai with suffix -in

Root: dhyai (class 1)

क्षीण-देहस्य (kṣīṇa-dehasya) - of one whose body is emaciated/attenuated/wasted

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa-deha

kṣīṇa-deha - having an emaciated body, whose body is wasted away

Compound of kṣīṇa (emaciated) and deha (body)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+deha)

• kṣīṇa – emaciated, wasted, diminished, attenuated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṣi (to waste, perish, diminish)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• deha – body, form, physical frame
  noun (masculine)
  From √dih (to smear, heap up)
  Root: dih (class 1)

ध्याने (dhyāne) - in meditation, in contemplation

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dhyāna

dhyāna - meditation, contemplation, deep abstract meditation

From √dhyai (to meditate)

Root: dhyai (class 1)

दृक्त्वे (dṛktve) - in the state of seeing, in the state of perception/consciousness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dṛktva

dṛktva - state of seeing, perception, visual power, consciousness

From dṛk (seeing) + suffix -tva (state of being)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, for an instant

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially, hence indeclinable properties.

स्थिते (sthite) - when established, when remaining, being situated

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, abiding, established, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'dṛktve kṣaṇam sthite' (when perception is established for a moment).

चित्-मात्र-व्यतिरेकेण (cit-mātra-vyatirekeṇa) - by the exclusion of pure consciousness, apart from pure consciousness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of cit-mātra-vyatireka

cit-mātra-vyatireka - exclusion of pure consciousness, difference from pure consciousness

Compound of cit-mātra (pure consciousness) and vyatireka (exclusion)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit-mātra+vyatireka)

• cit-mātra – pure consciousness, mere consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of cit (consciousness) and mātra (mere)
• vyatireka – separation, exclusion, difference, exception
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-ati-√ric (to leave over, separate)
  Prefixes: vi+ati
  Root: ric (class 7)

शक्तत्वम् (śaktatvam) - power, potency, capability

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaktatva

śaktatva - power (śakti), potency, capability, state of being able

From śakta (able) + suffix -tva (state of being)

Root: śak (class 5)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, could be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood

Root verb, 2nd conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? how?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an interrogative particle, implying a rhetorical question.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Imperative Mood

Root verb, 2nd conjugation, Ātmanepada, passive voice

Root: vac (class 2)

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