योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-216, verse-13

कारुण्य उवाच ।
स्मृतिर्वाग्दृष्टिसत्ता च स्वप्ने वन्ध्यासुतेऽजले ।
मरीचिका यथा तद्वज्ज्ञानात्सांसारिकी स्थितिः ॥ १३ ॥

kāruṇya uvāca ,
smṛtirvāgdṛṣṭisattā ca svapne vandhyāsute'jale ,
marīcikā yathā tadvajjñānātsāṃsārikī sthitiḥ 13

13. kāruṇya uvāca smṛtiḥ vāk dṛṣṭiḥ sattā ca svapne vandhyāsute
ajale marīcikā yathā tadvat jñānāt sāṃsārikī sthitiḥ

13. kāruṇya uvāca yathā svapne smṛtiḥ vāk dṛṣṭiḥ sattā ca
vandhyāsute ajale marīcikā tadvat sāṃsārikī sthitiḥ jñānāt

13. Kāruṇya said: Just as memory, speech, vision, and existence (sattā) manifest in a dream, or (like the concept of) a barren woman's son, or a mirage in a waterless place, similarly, the worldly state (saṃsāra) arises from (phenomenal) knowledge (jñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• कारुण्य (kāruṇya) - Kāruṇya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

• वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - vision, sight, view

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality (sattā)

• च (ca) - and

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• वन्ध्यासुते (vandhyāsute) - in the son of a barren woman

• अजले (ajale) - in a waterless place, in what is not water

• मरीचिका (marīcikā) - mirage

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• ज्ञानात् (jñānāt) - from phenomenal or conceptual knowledge (from knowledge (jñāna))

• सांसारिकी (sāṁsārikī) - worldly, pertaining to transmigration

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, situation

Words meanings and morphology

कारुण्य (kāruṇya) - Kāruṇya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāruṇya

kāruṇya - Kāruṇya (a proper name, lit. 'compassion')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition (smṛti)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

Root: vac (class 2)

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - vision, sight, view

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, sight, vision, view

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality (sattā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

वन्ध्यासुते (vandhyāsute) - in the son of a barren woman

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vandhyāsuta

vandhyāsuta - son of a barren woman (an impossible concept)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+suta)

• vandhyā – barren woman
  noun (feminine)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sū (2nd/5th class) with suffix -ta
  Root: sū (class 2)

अजले (ajale) - in a waterless place, in what is not water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ajala

ajala - waterless, desert

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

मरीचिका (marīcikā) - mirage

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of marīcikā

marīcikā - mirage, illusion

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

ज्ञानात् (jñānāt) - from phenomenal or conceptual knowledge (from knowledge (jñāna))

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, cognition (jñāna)

Root: jñā (class 9)

सांसारिकी (sāṁsārikī) - worldly, pertaining to transmigration

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāṃsārika

sāṁsārika - worldly, mundane, pertaining to saṃsāra

Derived from saṃsāra with suffix -ika

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, situation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, state, condition, position

Derived from root sthā (1st class) with suffix -ti

Root: sthā (class 1)

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