योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-27, verse-11

यथा नौयायिनः स्थाणुतरुशैलादिवेपनम् ।
यथा शुक्तौ रजतधीस्तथा देहादि चेतसः ॥ ११ ॥

yathā nauyāyinaḥ sthāṇutaruśailādivepanam ,
yathā śuktau rajatadhīstathā dehādi cetasaḥ 11

11. yathā nauyāyinaḥ sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam
yathā śuktau rajatadhīḥ tathā dehā-ādi cetasaḥ

11. yathā nauyāyinaḥ sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam,
yathā śuktau rajatadhīḥ,
tathā dehā-ādi cetasaḥ

11. Just as for a traveler in a boat there is the apparent shaking of stationary pillars, trees, and mountains; and just as there is the mistaken perception of silver in a conch-shell (śukti); similarly, the body and the like (dehādi) are perceived by Consciousness (cetas) as real.

11. כשם שלנוסע בסירה נראים העצים וההרים כאילו הם זזים, וכשם שקונכייה נדמית ככסף, כך תפיסת הגוף והעולם נוצרת בתוך החשיבה.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

• नौयायिनः (nauyāyinaḥ) - for a boat-traveler, of a boat-traveler

• स्थाणुतरुशैलागिवेपनम् (sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam) - the apparent shaking of stationary pillars, trees, and mountains, etc.

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

• शुक्तौ (śuktau) - in a conch-shell, in mother-of-pearl

• रजतधीः (rajatadhīḥ) - the perception of silver, mistaken notion of silver

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• देहा-आदि (dehā-ādi) - the body, senses, and other material phenomena (the body and the like, body etc.)

• चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of Consciousness, of the mind

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

(indeclinable)

नौयायिनः (nauyāyinaḥ) - for a boat-traveler, of a boat-traveler

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nauyāyin

nauyāyin - traveler in a boat, sailor

Compound type : tatpurusha (nau+yāyin)

• nau – boat, ship
  noun (feminine)
• yāyin – going, moving, a traveler
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root yā (to go).
  Root: yā (class 2)

स्थाणुतरुशैलागिवेपनम् (sthāṇutaruśailāgivepanam) - the apparent shaking of stationary pillars, trees, and mountains, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāṇutaruśailāgivepana

sthāṇutaruśailāgivepana - the trembling or shaking of pillars, trees, mountains, etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (sthāṇu+taru+śaila+ādi+vepana)

• sthāṇu – a post, pillar, trunk of a tree, anything stationary
  noun (masculine)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• vepana – trembling, shaking
  noun (neuter)
  Action Noun
  Derived from root vip (to tremble).
  Root: vip (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how

(indeclinable)

शुक्तौ (śuktau) - in a conch-shell, in mother-of-pearl

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śukti

śukti - conch-shell, oyster shell, mother-of-pearl

रजतधीः (rajatadhīḥ) - the perception of silver, mistaken notion of silver

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajatadhī

rajatadhī - the idea or perception of silver

Compound type : tatpurusha (rajata+dhī)

• rajata – silver, white, clear
  noun (neuter)
• dhī – thought, understanding, intellect, perception
  noun (feminine)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

देहा-आदि (dehā-ādi) - the body, senses, and other material phenomena (the body and the like, body etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehādi

dehādi - the body and so on

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+ādi)

• deha – body, form, existence
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of Consciousness, of the mind

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - consciousness, mind, intellect, heart

Root: cit (class 1)

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