योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-4

अरूपालोकमननं शिलापुत्रकसैन्यवत् ।
रूपालोकमनस्कारा भान्ति केवात्र विश्वता ॥ ४ ॥

arūpālokamananaṃ śilāputrakasainyavat ,
rūpālokamanaskārā bhānti kevātra viśvatā 4

4. arūpālokamananam śilāputrakasainyavat
rūpālokamanaskārāḥ bhānti ke vā atra viśvatā

4. arūpālokamananam śilāputrakasainyavat.
atra rūpālokamanaskārāḥ bhānti.
ke vā viśvatā?

4. The contemplation of formlessness is like an army of stone figures. What kind of cosmic reality (viśvatā) can truly shine forth here from these mental constructs based on the perception of forms?

Words meanings summery:

• अरूपालोकमननम् (arūpālokamananam) - contemplation of formlessness, mental activity of perceiving non-form

• शिलापुत्रकसैन्यवत् (śilāputrakasainyavat) - like an army of stone figures/dolls

• रूपालोकमनस्काराः (rūpālokamanaskārāḥ) - mental creations based on the perception of forms, mental operations regarding forms

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they are visible

• के (ke) - what kind of, what, which

• वा (vā) - or, indeed, perhaps

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this regard

• विश्वता (viśvatā) - cosmic reality, universality, the state of being the universe

Words meanings and morphology

अरूपालोकमननम् (arūpālokamananam) - contemplation of formlessness, mental activity of perceiving non-form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of arūpālokamanana

arūpālokamanana - contemplation of the non-perception of form

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+rūpa+āloka+manana)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – perception, sight, vision, light
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root lok- with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 1)
• manana – contemplation, thinking, mental activity
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root man- with suffix -ana
  Root: man (class 4)

शिलापुत्रकसैन्यवत् (śilāputrakasainyavat) - like an army of stone figures/dolls

(adjective)

of śilāputrakasainyavat

śilāputrakasainyavat - like an army of stone dolls

Compound with suffix -vat (similarity)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śilā+putraka+sainya)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• putraka – small figure, doll, puppet
  noun (masculine)
  Diminutive of putra
• sainya – army, host, military force
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from senā

रूपालोकमनस्काराः (rūpālokamanaskārāḥ) - mental creations based on the perception of forms, mental operations regarding forms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rūpālokamanaskāra

rūpālokamanaskāra - mental action/creation of perceiving forms

Compound type : tatpurusha (rūpa+āloka+manaskāra)

• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – perception, sight, vision
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root lok- with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 1)
• manaskāra – mental act, attention, mental creation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ- with prefix manas-
  Prefix: manas
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they are visible

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

के (ke) - what kind of, what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Agreeing with viśvatā (feminine singular)

वा (vā) - or, indeed, perhaps

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this regard

(indeclinable)

Derived from idam with suffix -tra

विश्वता (viśvatā) - cosmic reality, universality, the state of being the universe

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśvatā

viśvatā - universality, the state of being the universe, cosmic reality

Derived from viśva with suffix -tā

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