योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-178, verse-37

अथैतद्धारणाबद्धचित्तास्ते तावदच्युताः ।
आसन्मासान्दशाष्टौ च यावत्ते तत्र देहकाः ॥ ३७ ॥

athaitaddhāraṇābaddhacittāste tāvadacyutāḥ ,
āsanmāsāndaśāṣṭau ca yāvatte tatra dehakāḥ 37

37. atha etat-dhāraṇā-baddha-cittāḥ te tāvat acyutāḥ
āsan māsān daśa-aṣṭau ca yāvat te tatra dehakaḥ

37. atha etat-dhāraṇā-baddha-cittāḥ te acyutāḥ tāvat
āsan yāvat te dehakaḥ tatra daśa-aṣṭau māsān ca

37. Then, with their minds bound by this concentration (dhāraṇā), they remained steadfast for eighteen months, as long as their physical bodies were present there.

37. אז, כ שמחשבתם קשורה בריכוז זה, הם נותרו איתנים במשך שמונה-עשר חודשים, כל עוד גופותיהם היו קיימים שם.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• एतत्-धारणा-बद्ध-चित्ताः (etat-dhāraṇā-baddha-cittāḥ) - whose minds were bound by this concentration

• ते (te) - they

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, as long as, so much

• अच्युताः (acyutāḥ) - unwavering in their concentration (unwavering, firm, steadfast; immutable; (Lord Vishnu as) the Immutable One)

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed, they remained

• मासान् (māsān) - months

• दश-अष्टौ (daśa-aṣṭau) - eighteen (ten and eight)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• ते (te) - they

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• देहकः (dehakaḥ) - physical bodies (bodies)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

एतत्-धारणा-बद्ध-चित्ताः (etat-dhāraṇā-baddha-cittāḥ) - whose minds were bound by this concentration

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etat-dhāraṇā-baddha-citta

etat-dhāraṇā-baddha-citta - whose minds are bound by this concentration

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (etat+dhāraṇā+baddha+citta)

• etat – this, this one
  pronoun (neuter)
• dhāraṇā – concentration; firm holding; retention; a specific yogic practice
  noun (feminine)
  Verbal Noun
  Derived from the root √dhṛ (to hold, support) with suffix -anā.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• baddha – bound, tied, fixed, firm
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √bandh (to bind, tie).
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, as long as, so much

(indeclinable)

अच्युताः (acyutāḥ) - unwavering in their concentration (unwavering, firm, steadfast; immutable; (Lord Vishnu as) the Immutable One)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acyuta

acyuta - unwavering, firm, steadfast, immutable; not fallen; (an epithet of Vishnu)

Composed of 'a' (negation) + 'cyuta' (fallen, moved, derived from √cyu - to move, fall).

आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed, they remained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

मासान् (māsān) - months

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of māsa

māsa - month

Note: Used here adverbially to indicate duration.

दश-अष्टौ (daśa-aṣṭau) - eighteen (ten and eight)

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (daśan+aṣṭan)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• aṣṭan – eight
  numeral

Note: Often simplified to aṣṭādaśan for eighteen.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

देहकः (dehakaḥ) - physical bodies (bodies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehaka

dehaka - body (often diminutive or emphasizing physicality); a small body

Derived from deha with the suffix -ka.

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