योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-34

रजन्यनुभवो भानोर्भवत्यङ्ग कथं वद ।
भातं वस्तुस्वरूपात्म चिन्मात्रे किंचिदेव यत् ॥ ३४ ॥

rajanyanubhavo bhānorbhavatyaṅga kathaṃ vada ,
bhātaṃ vastusvarūpātma cinmātre kiṃcideva yat 34

34. rajanī anubhavaḥ bhānoḥ bhavati aṅga kathaṃ vada
bhātaṃ vastusvarūpātma cinmātre kiṃcit eva yat

34. aṅga vada kathaṃ bhānoḥ rajanī anubhavaḥ bhavati.
yat bhātaṃ vastusvarūpātma kiṃcit eva cinmātre

34. O dear one, tell me, how can the sun experience night? Whatever is manifested and whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is the very form of reality, that (exists) merely in pure consciousness (cit).

Words meanings summery:

• रजनी (rajanī) - night

• अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience, perception

• भानोः (bhānoḥ) - of the sun, of light

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, occurs, is

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, O friend, indeed

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• भातं (bhātaṁ) - manifested, appeared, illuminated

• वस्तुस्वरूपात्म (vastusvarūpātma) - whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is the true form of reality

• चिन्मात्रे (cinmātre) - in pure consciousness, only in consciousness (cit)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

Words meanings and morphology

रजनी (rajanī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajanī

rajanī - night

Root: raj (class 1)

अनुभवः (anubhavaḥ) - experience, perception

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, feeling, understanding

from anu + √bhū + ap

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

भानोः (bhānoḥ) - of the sun, of light

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhānu

bhānu - sun, ray of light, lustre

from √bhā + nu

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Also ablative singular, but genitive makes more sense here.

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, occurs, is

(verb)

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

present active 3rd person singular

from √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, O friend, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Vocative particle.

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

from kim (what) + thām

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

imperative active 2nd person singular

from √vad

Root: vad (class 1)

भातं (bhātaṁ) - manifested, appeared, illuminated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāta

bhāta - shone, appeared, manifest, illuminated

past passive participle

from √bhā + kta

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Used as a noun referring to "that which is manifested".

वस्तुस्वरूपात्म (vastusvarūpātma) - whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is the true form of reality

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastusvarūpātman

vastusvarūpātman - whose nature is the reality of things, having the essence of true form

compound ending in -ātman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vastu+svarūpa+ātman)

• vastu – object, thing, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 10)
• svarūpa – own form, intrinsic nature, essential nature
  noun (neuter)
  from sva (own) + rūpa (form)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'yat'.

चिन्मात्रे (cinmātre) - in pure consciousness, only in consciousness (cit)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - pure consciousness, mere consciousness, consisting only of consciousness

from cit (consciousness) + mātra (mere)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa or karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  from √cit
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, nothing but
  adjective (neuter)
  suffix used to denote 'mere' or 'only'

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little

from kim + cit

Note: Used as an indefinite pronoun.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

Note: Acts as the subject of the implied verb.

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