योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-175, verse-71

चित्तदृश्यशरीराणि त्रीणि शाम्यन्ति बोधतः ।
पवनस्पन्दसैन्यानि कारणाभावतो यथा ॥ ७१ ॥

cittadṛśyaśarīrāṇi trīṇi śāmyanti bodhataḥ ,
pavanaspandasainyāni kāraṇābhāvato yathā 71

71. cittadṛśyaśarīrāṇi trīṇi śāmyanti bodhataḥ
pavanaspandasainyāni kāraṇābhāvataḥ yathā

71. cittadṛśyaśarīrāṇi trīṇi bodhataḥ śāmyanti,
yathā pavanaspandasainyāni kāraṇābhāvataḥ (śāmyanti)

71. Mind (citta), perceived phenomena, and bodies—these three cease through true understanding (bodha), just as the armies of wind-movement subside due to the absence of their cause.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तदृश्यशरीराणि (cittadṛśyaśarīrāṇi) - minds, perceived phenomena, and bodies

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• शाम्यन्ति (śāmyanti) - they cease, they are pacified

• बोधतः (bodhataḥ) - from/by understanding, knowledge (bodha)

• पवनस्पन्दसैन्यानि (pavanaspandasainyāni) - armies of wind-movement

• कारणाभावतः (kāraṇābhāvataḥ) - due to the absence of the cause

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तदृश्यशरीराणि (cittadṛśyaśarīrāṇi) - minds, perceived phenomena, and bodies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cittadṛśyaśarīra

cittadṛśyaśarīra - mind, perceived phenomena, and body (as a collective group)

Compound type : dvandva (citta+dṛśya+śarīra)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, object of sight, perceived phenomena
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive / Future Passive Participle
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(numeral adjective)

शाम्यन्ति (śāmyanti) - they cease, they are pacified

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)

बोधतः (bodhataḥ) - from/by understanding, knowledge (bodha)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - understanding, knowledge, awakening, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

पवनस्पन्दसैन्यानि (pavanaspandasainyāni) - armies of wind-movement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pavanaspandasainya

pavanaspandasainya - armies that are movements of wind, forces of wind-agitation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pavana+spanda+sainya)

• pavana – wind, air, purifier
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• spanda – tremor, vibration, movement, agitation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• sainya – army, host, military
  noun (neuter)

कारणाभावतः (kāraṇābhāvataḥ) - due to the absence of the cause

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāraṇābhāva

kāraṇābhāva - absence of cause, lack of reason

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+abhāva)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, lack
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

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