योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-26, verse-2

सर्व एव त्विमे भावाः परस्परमसङ्गिनः ।
अटव्यामुपलानीव भावनैतेषु शृङ्खला ॥ २ ॥

sarva eva tvime bhāvāḥ parasparamasaṅginaḥ ,
aṭavyāmupalānīva bhāvanaiteṣu śṛṅkhalā 2

2. sarve eva tu ime bhāvāḥ parasparam asaṅginaḥ
aṭavyām upalāni iva bhāvanā eteṣu śṛṅkhalā

2. sarve eva tu ime bhāvāḥ parasparam asaṅginaḥ
iva aṭavyām upalāni eteṣu bhāvanā śṛṅkhalā

2. All these phenomena (bhāva) are, in truth, unattached to each other, just like stones scattered in a forest. It is our mental fabrication (bhāvanā) that forms a chain around them.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (these) (all, every)

• एव (eva) - in truth, indeed (indeed, just, only)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (mild contrast or emphasis) (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• इमे (ime) - these

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - phenomena (bhāva) (beings, existences, states, mental states, phenomena)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually (mutually, reciprocally, to each other)

• असङ्गिनः (asaṅginaḥ) - unattached (unattached, unassociated, disconnected)

• अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in a forest (in a forest, in a wilderness)

• उपलानि (upalāni) - stones, rocks

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• भावना (bhāvanā) - mental fabrication (bhāvanā) (conception, imagination, mental fabrication, intrinsic nature, meditation)

• एतेषु (eteṣu) - in these (phenomena) (in these)

• शृङ्खला (śṛṅkhalā) - a chain (chain, fetter)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all (these) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with `bhāvāḥ`.

एव (eva) - in truth, indeed (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

तु (tu) - but, indeed (mild contrast or emphasis) (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with `bhāvāḥ`.

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - phenomena (bhāva) (beings, existences, states, mental states, phenomena)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, feeling, mental state, phenomenon

From root `bhū` (to be, to exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'are'.

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually (mutually, reciprocally, to each other)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: Modifies `asaṅginaḥ`.

असङ्गिनः (asaṅginaḥ) - unattached (unattached, unassociated, disconnected)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asaṅgin

asaṅgin - unattached, unassociated, free from attachment

Formed by negative prefix `a` and `saṅgin` (attached).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṅgin)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
  Negative prefix.
• saṅgin – attached, connected, associated
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sañj' (to cling, to be attached) with suffix 'in'.
  Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for `bhāvāḥ`.

अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in a forest (in a forest, in a wilderness)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of aṭavī

aṭavī - forest, wilderness, jungle

उपलानि (upalāni) - stones, rocks

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of upala

upala - stone, rock, jewel

Note: Used in comparison to `bhāvāḥ`.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

भावना (bhāvanā) - mental fabrication (bhāvanā) (conception, imagination, mental fabrication, intrinsic nature, meditation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conception, imagination, mental production, fabrication, dwelling on, meditation, intrinsic nature

From causal of root `bhū` (to cause to be).

Root: bhū (class 10)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

एतेषु (eteṣu) - in these (phenomena) (in these)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

शृङ्खला (śṛṅkhalā) - a chain (chain, fetter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śṛṅkhalā

śṛṅkhalā - chain, fetter, bond

Note: Predicate nominative for `bhāvanā`.

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