योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-177, verse-20
हृदयंगमतात्यक्तमीश्वरादि प्रकल्प्यते ।
यदत्र किंचिद्दुःस्वादु व्यर्थं वाग्जालमेव तत् ॥ २० ॥
यदत्र किंचिद्दुःस्वादु व्यर्थं वाग्जालमेव तत् ॥ २० ॥
hṛdayaṃgamatātyaktamīśvarādi prakalpyate ,
yadatra kiṃcidduḥsvādu vyarthaṃ vāgjālameva tat 20
yadatra kiṃcidduḥsvādu vyarthaṃ vāgjālameva tat 20
20.
hṛdayaṃgamatātyaktam īśvarādi prakalpyate | yat
atra kiñcit duḥsvādu vyartham vāgjālam eva tat
atra kiñcit duḥsvādu vyartham vāgjālam eva tat
20.
īśvarādi hṛdayaṃgamatātyaktam prakalpyate atra
yat kiñcit duḥsvādu vyartham tat vāgjālam eva
yat kiñcit duḥsvādu vyartham tat vāgjālam eva
20.
Concepts like God (īśvara) and similar ideas, when conceived without appealing to the heart, are merely a distasteful and useless tangle of words.
Words meanings summery:
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- हृदयंगमतात्यक्तम् (hṛdayaṁgamatātyaktam) - abandoned by heart-appeal; lacking charm to the heart
- ईश्वरादि (īśvarādi) - God and so on; beginning with God
- प्रकल्प्यते (prakalpyate) - is imagined, is conceived, is established
- यत् (yat) - whatever, which
- अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter/regard
- किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, somewhat
- दुःस्वादु (duḥsvādu) - unpleasant, distasteful, bad-tasting
- व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - useless, meaningless, in vain
- वाग्जालम् (vāgjālam) - web of words, verbal trap, mere talk
- एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed
- तत् (tat) - that
Words meanings and morphology
हृदयंगमतात्यक्तम् (hṛdayaṁgamatātyaktam) - abandoned by heart-appeal; lacking charm to the heart
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdayaṃgamatātyakta
hṛdayaṁgamatātyakta - abandoned by heart-appeal, lacking attractiveness
Compound ending in past passive participle 'tyakta', preceded by 'hṛdayaṃgamatā'.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛdayaṃgamatā+tyakta)
- hṛdayaṃgamatā – attractiveness to the heart, charm, pleasantness
noun (feminine)
Derived from hṛdayaṃgama (agreeable to the heart) with the abstract suffix -tā. - tyakta – abandoned, forsaken, given up
adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Root: tyaj (class 1)
Note: Acts as a predicate to īśvarādi
ईश्वरादि (īśvarādi) - God and so on; beginning with God
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of īśvarādi
īśvarādi - God and the like, beginning with God
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (īśvara+ādi)
- īśvara – lord, master, ruler, God
noun (masculine) - ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
indeclinable (masculine)
Note: Refers to concepts, hence neuter interpretation for agreement with prakalpyate and hṛdayaṃgamatātyaktam.
प्रकल्प्यते (prakalpyate) - is imagined, is conceived, is established
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of kalp
Root: kḷp (class 10)
यत् (yat) - whatever, which
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, whatever, that which
अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter/regard
(indeclinable)
किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, somewhat
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcit
kiñcit - anything, something, a little
दुःस्वादु (duḥsvādu) - unpleasant, distasteful, bad-tasting
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥsvādu
duḥsvādu - unpleasant, distasteful
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+svādu)
- dus – bad, ill, difficult
indeclinable
Prefix indicating difficulty or badness. - svādu – sweet, palatable, agreeable, pleasant
adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - useless, meaningless, in vain
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vyartha
vyartha - useless, meaningless, vain
From vi (without) + artha (purpose, meaning).
Compound type : avyayībhāva (vi+artha)
- vi – without, apart, dis-
indeclinable
Prefix indicating separation, negation, or intensity. - artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
noun (masculine)
वाग्जालम् (vāgjālam) - web of words, verbal trap, mere talk
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vāgjāla
vāgjāla - network of words, a mass of words, verbal snare
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāc+jāla)
- vāc – speech, word, voice
noun (feminine) - jāla – net, web, trap, multitude, collection
noun (neuter)
एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed
(indeclinable)
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, this