योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-17

नाहं तरङ्गः सलिलमहमित्येव युक्तितः ।
बुद्धं येन तरङ्गेन कुतस्तस्य तरङ्गता ॥ १७ ॥

nāhaṃ taraṅgaḥ salilamahamityeva yuktitaḥ ,
buddhaṃ yena taraṅgena kutastasya taraṅgatā 17

17. na aham taraṅgaḥ salilam aham iti eva yuktitataḥ
buddham yena taraṅgeṇa kutaḥ tasya taraṅgatā

17. yena taraṅgeṇa aham taraṅgaḥ na aham salilam
iti eva yuktitataḥ buddham tasya taraṅgatā kutaḥ

17. If a wave, through proper reasoning, understands, 'I am not a wave, I am water,' then how can that wave still possess the quality of being a wave?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तरङ्गः (taraṅgaḥ) - wave

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, so; indicating direct speech

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• युक्तिततः (yuktitataḥ) - by reasoning, by logic, logically

• बुद्धम् (buddham) - understood, perceived, known

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• तरङ्गेण (taraṅgeṇa) - by a wave

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (wave) (his, its)

• तरङ्गता (taraṅgatā) - wave-ness, the quality of being a wave

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

तरङ्गः (taraṅgaḥ) - wave

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, billow, current

सलिलम् (salilam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

इति (iti) - thus, so; indicating direct speech

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

युक्तिततः (yuktitataḥ) - by reasoning, by logic, logically

(indeclinable)

Derived from the noun 'yukti' (reason, logic) with the suffix '-tataḥ' indicating 'by means of' or 'from'.

बुद्धम् (buddham) - understood, perceived, known

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of buddha

buddha - understood, perceived, awakened, enlightened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √budh.

Root: budh (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तरङ्गेण (taraṅgeṇa) - by a wave

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, billow, current

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (wave) (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तरङ्गता (taraṅgatā) - wave-ness, the quality of being a wave

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taraṅgatā

taraṅgatā - wave-ness, the state or quality of being a wave

Abstract noun formed from 'taraṅga' (wave) with the suffix '-tā'.

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