योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-39

चिन्तानुचिन्त्यमानापि भावनीयाम्बरोपमा ।
अहंभावोपशमने शमनेन क्रमेण ते ॥ ३९ ॥

cintānucintyamānāpi bhāvanīyāmbaropamā ,
ahaṃbhāvopaśamane śamanena krameṇa te 39

39. cintā anucintyamānā api bhāvanīyā ambaropamā
ahaṃbhāvopaśamane śamanena krameṇa te

39. anucintyamānā api cintā te ambaropamā bhāvanīyā,
ahaṃbhāvopaśamane krameṇa śamanena (siddhyati)

39. Even thought, when reflected upon, should be contemplated by you as resembling the sky (ambara). This leads to the gradual pacification of the sense of ego (ahaṅkāra) through such a tranquilizing process.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्ता (cintā) - thought, reflection, worry, anxiety

• अनुचिन्त्यमाना (anucintyamānā) - being reflected upon, being contemplated

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed, whatsoever

• भावनीया (bhāvanīyā) - to be contemplated, to be imagined, to be meditated upon

• अम्बरोपमा (ambaropamā) - resembling the sky, like space

• अहंभावोपशमने (ahaṁbhāvopaśamane) - in the pacification of the sense of ego, in the subsidence of ego

• शमनेन (śamanena) - by pacification, by calming

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by degrees, gradually, in due course, in order

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्ता (cintā) - thought, reflection, worry, anxiety

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, consideration, worry, anxiety

From root cint (to think)

Root: cint (class 10)

अनुचिन्त्यमाना (anucintyamānā) - being reflected upon, being contemplated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anucintyamāna

anucintyamāna - being reflected upon, being contemplated, being thought over

Present Passive Participle

From root cint (to think) with prefix anu, in passive voice.

Prefix: anu

Root: cint (class 10)

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed, whatsoever

(indeclinable)

भावनीया (bhāvanīyā) - to be contemplated, to be imagined, to be meditated upon

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanīya

bhāvanīya - to be contemplated, to be meditated upon, to be imagined, to be produced

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

From root bhū (to be) in causative (bhāvayati), expressing necessity or fitness.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अम्बरोपमा (ambaropamā) - resembling the sky, like space

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ambaropamā

ambaropamā - resembling the sky, like space (ambara)

Compound of ambara (sky) and upamā (resemblance)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambara+upamā)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• upamā – comparison, resemblance, simile
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

अहंभावोपशमने (ahaṁbhāvopaśamane) - in the pacification of the sense of ego, in the subsidence of ego

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahaṃbhāvopaśamana

ahaṁbhāvopaśamana - pacification/subsidence of the sense of ego (ahaṅkāra)

Compound of aham (I), bhāva (state, feeling), upaśamana (pacification)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+bhāva+upaśamana)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, existence, feeling, nature, ego
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• upaśamana – pacification, calming, extinguishing
  noun (neuter)
  From root śam with prefix upa
  Prefix: upa
  Root: śam (class 4)

शमनेन (śamanena) - by pacification, by calming

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śamana

śamana - pacification, calming, tranquilizing, extinguishing

From root śam (to be calm)

Root: śam (class 4)

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by degrees, gradually, in due course, in order

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, course, method, gradual process

From root kram (to step, to go)

Root: kram (class 1)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Second person pronoun, enclitic form

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