योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-27, verse-14
न विद्यते यथा व्योम्नि वनं स्नेहश्च सैकते ।
विद्युच्छशाङ्कबिम्बे च तथा देहादि चेतसि ॥ १४ ॥
विद्युच्छशाङ्कबिम्बे च तथा देहादि चेतसि ॥ १४ ॥
na vidyate yathā vyomni vanaṃ snehaśca saikate ,
vidyucchaśāṅkabimbe ca tathā dehādi cetasi 14
vidyucchaśāṅkabimbe ca tathā dehādi cetasi 14
14.
na vidyate yathā vyomni vanam snehaḥ ca saikate
vidyut śaśāṅkabimbe ca tathā dehādi cetasi
vidyut śaśāṅkabimbe ca tathā dehādi cetasi
14.
yathā vyomni vanam na vidyate,
saikate ca snehaḥ na vidyate,
śaśāṅkabimbe ca vidyut na vidyate,
tathā cetasi dehādi na vidyate.
saikate ca snehaḥ na vidyate,
śaśāṅkabimbe ca vidyut na vidyate,
tathā cetasi dehādi na vidyate.
14.
Just as a forest does not exist in the sky, and oil is not found in sand, and lightning is not present in the disk of the moon, similarly, the body and all such things do not exist in consciousness.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not (not, no)
- विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is known)
- यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)
- व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)
- वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove, thicket)
- स्नेहः (snehaḥ) - oil, or more generally, 'greasiness' or 'wetness' (oil, fat, wetness, affection, love)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सैकते (saikate) - in sand (in sand, on a sandy bank/beach)
- विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning (lightning, flash, electricity)
- शशाङ्कबिम्बे (śaśāṅkabimbe) - in the disk of the moon (in the disk of the moon, in the reflection of the moon)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (similarly, so, thus)
- देहादि (dehādi) - the body and all (material) things associated with it (body and so on, beginning with the body)
- चेतसि (cetasi) - in consciousness (in the mind, in consciousness, in the heart)
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is known)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of vid
Present Indicative, 3rd Person Singular, Middle Voice
From root vid (to know, exist) in the 4th conjugation class (vidyate) or often middle voice for existence.
Root: vid (class 4)
यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)
(indeclinable)
व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman
vyoman - sky, space, atmosphere
वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove, thicket)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vana
vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket
स्नेहः (snehaḥ) - oil, or more generally, 'greasiness' or 'wetness' (oil, fat, wetness, affection, love)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sneha
sneha - oil, fat, wetness, affection, love
From root snih (to be sticky, love)
Root: snih (class 4)
Note: In this context, implies 'oil' or a substance that makes something moist/sticky.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सैकते (saikate) - in sand (in sand, on a sandy bank/beach)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of saikata
saikata - sandy, made of sand; sand, sandy bank
From sikatā (sand) + a (suffix)
विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning (lightning, flash, electricity)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyut
vidyut - lightning, flash, electricity
From root dyut (to shine) with vi- prefix
Prefix: vi
Root: dyut (class 1)
शशाङ्कबिम्बे (śaśāṅkabimbe) - in the disk of the moon (in the disk of the moon, in the reflection of the moon)
(compound noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaśāṅka+bimba)
- śaśāṅka – moon (lit. 'hare-marked')
noun (masculine)
From śaśa (hare) + aṅka (mark) - bimba – disk, orb, reflection, image
noun (neuter)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (similarly, so, thus)
(indeclinable)
देहादि (dehādi) - the body and all (material) things associated with it (body and so on, beginning with the body)
(compound noun)
Compound type : dvandva-like/tatpuruṣa (deha+ādi)
- deha – body
noun (masculine)
From root dih (to smear, form)
Root: dih (class 1) - ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
noun (masculine)
चेतसि (cetasi) - in consciousness (in the mind, in consciousness, in the heart)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of cetas
cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect, heart
From root cit (to perceive, observe)
Root: cit (class 1)
Note: Refers to pure consciousness, not just the individual mind.