योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-3, verse-18
कर्मबीजकलात्यागे त्वेतस्मादितरात्मनि ।
अविद्यमाने जीवस्य तज्ज्ञैर्विदितवस्तुभिः ॥ १८ ॥
अविद्यमाने जीवस्य तज्ज्ञैर्विदितवस्तुभिः ॥ १८ ॥
karmabījakalātyāge tvetasmāditarātmani ,
avidyamāne jīvasya tajjñairviditavastubhiḥ 18
avidyamāne jīvasya tajjñairviditavastubhiḥ 18
18.
karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge tu etasmāt itara-ātmani
avidyamāne jīvasya tat-jñaiḥ vidita-vastubhiḥ
avidyamāne jīvasya tat-jñaiḥ vidita-vastubhiḥ
18.
tu jīvasya karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge etasmāt
itara-ātmani avidyamāne tat-jñaiḥ vidita-vastubhiḥ
itara-ātmani avidyamāne tat-jñaiḥ vidita-vastubhiḥ
18.
Indeed, for the individual soul (jīva), when the abandonment of the seeds and potencies of (karma) occurs, and this other self (the egoic principle) is non-existent, this truth is known by those who understand reality.
Words meanings summery:
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- कर्म-बीज-कला-त्यागे (karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge) - in the abandonment of the seeds and manifestations of (karma) (in the abandonment of the seeds and potencies of action)
- तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)
- एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - this (referring to the 'other self') (from this, than this)
- इतर-आत्मनि (itara-ātmani) - in the individual or egoic self (ātman) (in the other self, in the distinct self)
- अविद्यमाने (avidyamāne) - when the (egoic) self is absent (when not existing, being absent, in the absence of)
- जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul (jīva) (of the living being, of the soul, of the individual)
- तत्-ज्ञैः (tat-jñaiḥ) - by those who know the true nature of reality (by those who know that, by the knowers of truth)
- विदित-वस्तुभिः (vidita-vastubhiḥ) - by those who have understood the true nature of existence (by those for whom things are known, by those who have known reality)
Words meanings and morphology
कर्म-बीज-कला-त्यागे (karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge) - in the abandonment of the seeds and manifestations of (karma) (in the abandonment of the seeds and potencies of action)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of karma-bīja-kalā-tyāga
karma-bīja-kalā-tyāga - abandonment of the seeds and potencies of action
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma-bīja-kalā+tyāga)
- karma – action, deed, ritual, fate
noun (neuter)
Root: kṛ (class 8) - bīja – seed, germ, origin, cause
noun (neuter) - kalā – part, portion, digit, art, potency, manifestation
noun (feminine) - tyāga – abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation, sacrifice
noun (masculine)
From root tyaj- with suffix -a
Root: tyaj (class 1)
तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)
(indeclinable)
एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - this (referring to the 'other self') (from this, than this)
(pronoun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this
Note: While ablative, it is interpreted adverbially or adjectivally in this context to introduce 'itarātmani'.
इतर-आत्मनि (itara-ātmani) - in the individual or egoic self (ātman) (in the other self, in the distinct self)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of itara-ātman
itara-ātman - the other self, a different self
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (itara+ātman)
- itara – other, different, distinct
adjective (masculine) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
noun (masculine)
Root: an (class 2)
अविद्यमाने (avidyamāne) - when the (egoic) self is absent (when not existing, being absent, in the absence of)
(participle)
Locative, masculine, singular of avidyamāna
avidyamāna - not existing, being absent, non-existent
Present Passive Participle
Formed from 'a-' (negation) + 'vidyamāna' (present passive participle of root 'vid' - to be, to exist).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyamāna)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable
Negating prefix - vidyamāna – existing, being present
participle (masculine)
Present Passive Participle
From root 'vid' (to be, exist) with suffix -māna
Root: vid (class 2)
जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul (jīva) (of the living being, of the soul, of the individual)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva
jīva - living being, soul, individual, life
From root 'jīv' (to live)
Root: jīv (class 1)
तत्-ज्ञैः (tat-jñaiḥ) - by those who know the true nature of reality (by those who know that, by the knowers of truth)
(adjective/noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+jña)
- tad – that, it
pronoun (neuter) - jña – knowing, knower, wise
adjective/noun (masculine)
From root jñā (to know) with kṛt suffix -a
Root: jñā (class 9)
विदित-वस्तुभिः (vidita-vastubhiḥ) - by those who have understood the true nature of existence (by those for whom things are known, by those who have known reality)
(adjective/noun)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidita+vastu)
- vidita – known, understood, perceived
participle (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root vid (to know, perceive)
Root: vid (class 2) - vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'tat-jñaiḥ'.