योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-50

मुक्तताया अहंतेयमभावो भावनं क्व च ।
तयैवान्विष्यते सेति जात्यन्धश्चित्रमीक्षते ॥ ५० ॥

muktatāyā ahaṃteyamabhāvo bhāvanaṃ kva ca ,
tayaivānviṣyate seti jātyandhaścitramīkṣate 50

50. muktatāyāḥ ahaṃtā iyam abhāvaḥ bhāvanam kva ca
tayā eva anviṣyate sā iti jātyandhaḥ citram īkṣate

50. muktatāyāḥ iyam ahaṃtā abhāvaḥ bhāvanam ca kva
tayā eva sā iti anviṣyate jātyandhaḥ citram īkṣate

50. How can this 'I-ness' (ahaṅkāra) concerning liberation (mokṣa), or its absence, or even its contemplation, truly exist? For it is by this very 'I-ness' that liberation is sought, much like a person born blind attempts to see a painting.

Words meanings summery:

• मुक्ततायाः (muktatāyāḥ) - of liberation, of freedom

• अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego, egoism, 'I-ness', individuality

• इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

• अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, absence, non-being, negation

• भावनम् (bhāvanam) - contemplation, imagination, mental cultivation, causing to be, realizing

• क्व (kva) - where?

• च (ca) - and, also

• तया (tayā) - by that 'I-ness' (by that, by her, by it)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

• अन्विष्यते (anviṣyate) - is sought, is investigated, is searched for

• सा (sā) - that liberation (muktatā) (that (feminine), she)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation

• जात्यन्धः (jātyandhaḥ) - congenitally blind, blind from birth

• चित्रम् (citram) - a painting or picture (as an object of sight) (a picture, a painting, a wonder, strange)

• ईक्षते (īkṣate) - sees, looks at, observes

Words meanings and morphology

मुक्ततायाः (muktatāyāḥ) - of liberation, of freedom

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of muktatā

muktatā - liberation, freedom, emancipated state

derived from mukta (past passive participle of √muc) + tā (feminine suffix forming abstract nouns)

अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego, egoism, 'I-ness', individuality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - ego, egoism, 'I-ness', individuality

derived from aham (I) + tā (feminine suffix forming abstract nouns)

इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, absence, non-being, negation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, non-being, negation

from a- (negation) + bhāva (being, existence, state)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• bhāva – being, existence, state, condition, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  from root √bhū
  Root: √bhū (class 1)

भावनम् (bhāvanam) - contemplation, imagination, mental cultivation, causing to be, realizing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvana

bhāvana - contemplation, imagination, mental cultivation, causing to be, realizing

derived from causative of √bhū, with suffix ana

Root: √bhū (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

तया (tayā) - by that 'I-ness' (by that, by her, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to ahaṃtā.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

(indeclinable)

particle for emphasis

अन्विष्यते (anviṣyate) - is sought, is investigated, is searched for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Present passive ātmanepada

from √iṣ (class 4/6) + prefix anu + passive ya + ate ending

Prefix: anu

Root: √iṣ (class 4)

सा (sā) - that liberation (muktatā) (that (feminine), she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to muktatā (liberation).

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

particle

जात्यन्धः (jātyandhaḥ) - congenitally blind, blind from birth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jātyandha

jātyandha - congenitally blind, blind from birth

Compound of jāti (birth) and andha (blind)

Compound type : śaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jāti+andha)

• jāti – birth, origin, species, class
  noun (feminine)
  from √jan + ti
  Root: √jan (class 4)
• andha – blind
  adjective (masculine)

चित्रम् (citram) - a painting or picture (as an object of sight) (a picture, a painting, a wonder, strange)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - picture, painting, image, wonderful, strange, variegated

Note: Object of īkṣate.

ईक्षते (īkṣate) - sees, looks at, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √īkṣ

Present ātmanepada

from √īkṣ (class 1) + ate ending

Root: √īkṣ (class 1)

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