योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-10

अनहं सोऽहमिव तदनाशमिव नाशवत् ।
अकलङ्कं कलङ्कीव निर्वेद्यं वेद्यवाहिवत् ॥ १० ॥

anahaṃ so'hamiva tadanāśamiva nāśavat ,
akalaṅkaṃ kalaṅkīva nirvedyaṃ vedyavāhivat 10

10. anaham saḥ aham iva tat anāśam iva nāśavat
akalaṅkam kalaṅkī iva nirvedyam vedyavāhivāt

10. tat anaham saḥ aham iva anāśam iva nāśavat
akalaṅkam kalaṅkī iva nirvedyam vedyavāhivāt

10. That (Reality) is without ego, yet appears as 'I am He' (the individual self). It is as if imperishable, yet also perishable. It is spotless, yet appears as if stained; and though unknowable, it manifests as if a conveyer of knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

• अनहम् (anaham) - non-ego, without the sense of 'I'

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अहम् (aham) - I, self, ego

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to Reality/Brahman)

• अनाशम् (anāśam) - imperishable, indestructible, without destruction

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• नाशवत् (nāśavat) - perishable, transient, subject to destruction, like destruction

• अकलङ्कम् (akalaṅkam) - spotless, stainless, unblemished, flawless

• कलङ्की (kalaṅkī) - stained, blemished, faulty, having a stain

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• निर्वेद्यम् (nirvedyam) - unknowable, imperceptible, not to be known

• वेद्यवाहिवात् (vedyavāhivāt) - as if a conveyer of knowledge, like a bearer of the knowable

Words meanings and morphology

अनहम् (anaham) - non-ego, without the sense of 'I'

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anahas

anahas - not the ego, without the sense of 'I'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+aham)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• aham – I, ego, self
  pronoun

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

अहम् (aham) - I, self, ego

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to Reality/Brahman)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अनाशम् (anāśam) - imperishable, indestructible, without destruction

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anāśa

anāśa - imperishable, indestructible, without destruction

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+nāśa)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• nāśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  from root naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

नाशवत् (nāśavat) - perishable, transient, subject to destruction, like destruction

(adjective)

neuter, singular of nāśavat

nāśavat - perishable, transient, having destruction, like destruction

from nāśa + vat (suffix for "having", "like")

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāśa+vat)

• nāśa – destruction, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  from root naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable
  suffix indicating similarity or possession

अकलङ्कम् (akalaṅkam) - spotless, stainless, unblemished, flawless

(adjective)

neuter, singular of akalaṅka

akalaṅka - spotless, stainless, unblemished, flawless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kalaṅka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kalaṅka – stain, blemish, defect
  noun (masculine)

कलङ्की (kalaṅkī) - stained, blemished, faulty, having a stain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalaṅkin

kalaṅkin - stained, blemished, faulty, having a stain

from kalaṅka + -in (suffix)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

निर्वेद्यम् (nirvedyam) - unknowable, imperceptible, not to be known

(adjective)

neuter, singular of nirvedya

nirvedya - unknowable, imperceptible, not to be known

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+vedya)

• nir – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• vedya – knowable, to be known
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid

वेद्यवाहिवात् (vedyavāhivāt) - as if a conveyer of knowledge, like a bearer of the knowable

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vedyavāhivāt

vedyavāhivāt - like a conveyer of knowledge/knowable, as if a bearer of the knowable

formed by adding the suffix -vat (meaning 'like, as if') to the stem vedyavāhin. The final 'n' of -vāhin becomes 'vāt' in the neuter singular nominative/accusative or adverbially.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vedyavāhin+vat)

• vedyavāhin – bearing the knowable, conveying knowledge
  adjective (masculine)
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable
  suffix indicating similarity or possession

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