योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-165, verse-16
ग्रहीतृग्रहणग्राह्यरूपमाशून्यमेव च ।
सदस्त्वेवासदेवास्तु जगदत्राङ्ग किं ग्रहः ॥ १६ ॥
सदस्त्वेवासदेवास्तु जगदत्राङ्ग किं ग्रहः ॥ १६ ॥
grahītṛgrahaṇagrāhyarūpamāśūnyameva ca ,
sadastvevāsadevāstu jagadatrāṅga kiṃ grahaḥ 16
sadastvevāsadevāstu jagadatrāṅga kiṃ grahaḥ 16
16.
grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam āśūnyam eva ca | sat
astu eva asat eva astu jagat atra aṅga kim grahaḥ ||
astu eva asat eva astu jagat atra aṅga kim grahaḥ ||
16.
grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam ca eva āśūnyam aṅga,
jagat sat eva astu asat eva astu atra kim grahaḥ
jagat sat eva astu asat eva astu atra kim grahaḥ
16.
The forms of the perceiver, the act of perception, and the perceived object are all completely void. Therefore, dear one, let the world (jagat) be real, or let it be unreal; what concern is there here?
Words meanings summery:
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- ग्रहीतृ-ग्रहण-ग्राह्य-रूपम् (grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam) - the triad of subject, object, and act of perception (the form of the perceiver, perception, and the perceived)
- आशून्यम् (āśūnyam) - completely empty, entirely void
- एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
- च (ca) - and (connecting this idea to previous verse, or just a filler) (and, also)
- सत् (sat) - real (as opposed to unreal) (real, existent, good, being)
- अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
- एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
- असत् (asat) - unreal (as opposed to real) (unreal, non-existent, bad)
- एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
- अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
- जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving, living beings
- अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter
- अङ्ग (aṅga) - dear one (vocative of affection or address) (oh dear, indeed, body part, limb)
- किम् (kim) - what kind of, what is the point (what, why)
- ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - attachment, concern, insistence (seizing, grasping, attachment, concern)
Words meanings and morphology
ग्रहीतृ-ग्रहण-ग्राह्य-रूपम् (grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpam) - the triad of subject, object, and act of perception (the form of the perceiver, perception, and the perceived)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpa
grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhya-rūpa - the form or nature of the perceiver, the act of perceiving, and the perceived object
Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (grahītṛ+grahaṇa+grāhya+rūpa)
- grahītṛ – perceiver, one who grasps or takes
noun (masculine)
Agent noun
From root grah + tṛc suffix
Root: grah (class 9) - grahaṇa – the act of grasping, seizing, taking, perception, understanding
noun (neuter)
Action noun
From root grah + lyuṭ suffix
Root: grah (class 9) - grāhya – to be grasped, to be perceived, object of perception
adjective (neuter)
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
From root grah + ṇyat suffix
Root: grah (class 9) - rūpa – form, nature, appearance
noun (neuter)
Note: It is the subject of the implied verb 'is' with āśūnyam.
आशून्यम् (āśūnyam) - completely empty, entirely void
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of āśūnya
āśūnya - completely empty, quite void, utterly devoid of substance
Intensified form of śūnya (empty)
Note: Predicate adjective.
एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes the void nature.
च (ca) - and (connecting this idea to previous verse, or just a filler) (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सत् (sat) - real (as opposed to unreal) (real, existent, good, being)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sat
sat - existent, real, true, good, being
Present Active Participle
From root as (to be)
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Here used as a substantive meaning 'the real'.
अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes 'let it be'.
असत् (asat) - unreal (as opposed to real) (unreal, non-existent, bad)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asat
asat - non-existent, unreal, untrue, bad
Present Active Participle (negative)
Negation of sat
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+sat)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable - sat – existent, real
adjective (neuter)
Present Active Participle
from root as (to be)
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Here used as a substantive meaning 'the unreal'.
एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (only, just, indeed, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes 'let it be'.
अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving, living beings
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - the world, universe, moving, living
Present Active Participle
Derived from root gam (to go, move)
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Subject of 'astu'.
अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter
(indeclinable)
अङ्ग (aṅga) - dear one (vocative of affection or address) (oh dear, indeed, body part, limb)
(indeclinable)
किम् (kim) - what kind of, what is the point (what, why)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which, why
Note: Interrogative pronoun, functions adverbially here.
ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - attachment, concern, insistence (seizing, grasping, attachment, concern)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of graha
graha - seizing, grasping, holding, taking, perception, understanding, attachment, insistence, planet
From root grah (to seize, grasp)
Root: grah (class 9)
Note: Subject of the interrogative question.