योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-41

वागतीतपदस्थो हि कथं गृह्णाति वाङ्मलम् ।
अवाच्यं वच्मि नो तेन वाग्धि संकल्पनाङ्किता ॥ ४१ ॥

vāgatītapadastho hi kathaṃ gṛhṇāti vāṅmalam ,
avācyaṃ vacmi no tena vāgdhi saṃkalpanāṅkitā 41

41. vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ hi katham gṛhṇāti vāk-malam
avācyam vacmi no tena vāk hi saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā

41. hi vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ katham vāk-malam gṛhṇāti tena
(aham) avācyam no vacmi hi vāk saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā

41. Indeed, how can one who abides in a state (pada) beyond speech (vāc) accept the impurity of speech (vāṅmala)? I do not utter the inexpressible (avācya) through speech, for speech itself is certainly marked by conceptualization (saṅkalpanā).

41. הכיצד מי שמשוכן במצב שמעבר למילים יפנה אל טומאת המילים? איני אומר את מה שאינו ניתן להיאמר, שכן המילה מוכתמת בהרהור פנימי.

Words meanings summery:

• वाक्-अतीत-पदस्थः (vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ) - situated in the state beyond speech

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes, grasps, accepts, apprehends

• वाक्-मलम् (vāk-malam) - impurity of speech, verbal defilement

• अवाच्यम् (avācyam) - unspeakable, inexpressible, not to be spoken

• वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

• नो (no) - not, no

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that, therefore

• वाक् (vāk) - speech, word, voice

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• सङ्कल्पना-अङ्किता (saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā) - marked by conceptualization, imprinted with intention

Words meanings and morphology

वाक्-अतीत-पदस्थः (vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ) - situated in the state beyond speech

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāgatītapadastha

vāgatītapadastha - one who is situated in the state beyond speech

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāc+atīta+pada+stha)

• vāc – speech, word, voice, language
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• atīta – gone past, passed, elapsed, transcended
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)
• pada – state, condition, place
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, abiding in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand) with kṛt suffix -a.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

(indeclinable)

गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes, grasps, accepts, apprehends

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

वाक्-मलम् (vāk-malam) - impurity of speech, verbal defilement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāṅmala

vāṅmala - impurity of speech, verbal defilement

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāc+mala)

• vāc – speech, word, voice, language
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• mala – dirt, impurity, defilement, sin
  noun (neuter)

अवाच्यम् (avācyam) - unspeakable, inexpressible, not to be spoken

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avācya

avācya - unspeakable, inexpressible, not to be declared, unfit to be spoken

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Negation of vācya (to be spoken).

Prefix: a

Root: vac (class 2)

वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

नो (no) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, with that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

वाक् (vāk) - speech, word, voice

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Root: vac (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्पना-अङ्किता (saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā) - marked by conceptualization, imprinted with intention

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṅkalpanāṅkita

saṅkalpanāṅkita - marked or imprinted by conceptualization or intention

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṅkalpanā+aṅkita)

• saṅkalpanā – conceptualization, imagination, formation of ideas, intention
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• aṅkita – marked, stamped, distinguished, designated
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: aṅk (class 1)

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