योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-39, verse-38

मोहमहत्तारहितः स्फुरति मृतौ भवति भासते च तथा ।
बुद्ध्यादिकरणनिकरो यस्माद्दीपादिवालोकः ॥ ३८ ॥

mohamahattārahitaḥ sphurati mṛtau bhavati bhāsate ca tathā ,
buddhyādikaraṇanikaro yasmāddīpādivālokaḥ 38

38. mohamahattārahitaḥ sphurati mṛtau bhavati bhāsate ca
tathā | buddhyādikaraṇanikaraḥ yasmāt dīpāt iva ālokaḥ ||

38. mohamahattārahitaḥ buddhyādikaraṇanikaraḥ mṛtau tathā sphurati bhavati ca bhāsate,
yasmāt dīpāt iva ālokaḥ

38. When the collection of internal faculties, such as the intellect (buddhi), becomes devoid of the immense delusion (moha), it then flashes forth, exists, and shines brilliantly upon the cessation (mṛti) of that delusion, just as light emerges from a lamp.

Words meanings summery:

• मोहमहत्तारहितः (mohamahattārahitaḥ) - devoid of the greatness of delusion

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - flashes, manifests, throbs, vibrates

• मृतौ (mṛtau) - upon the cessation or 'death' of delusion (in death, upon cessation, at the destruction)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, happens

• भासते (bhāsate) - shines, appears, becomes visible

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, in that way

• बुद्ध्यादिकरणनिकरः (buddhyādikaraṇanikaraḥ) - the collection of internal instruments (karaṇa) starting with the intellect (buddhi)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from which, just as, because

• दीपात् (dīpāt) - from a lamp

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आलोकः (ālokaḥ) - light, illumination, sight

Words meanings and morphology

मोहमहत्तारहितः (mohamahattārahitaḥ) - devoid of the greatness of delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mohamahattārahita

mohamahattārahita - devoid of the greatness of delusion

Compound type : tatpurusha (moha+mahattā+rahita)

• moha – delusion, bewilderment, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root muh (to be bewildered)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• mahattā – greatness, importance, vastness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from mahat (great) with abstract suffix tā
• rahita – devoid of, free from, abandoned
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rah (to abandon)
  Root: rah (class 1)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - flashes, manifests, throbs, vibrates

(verb)

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

Root: sphur (class 6)

मृतौ (mṛtau) - upon the cessation or 'death' of delusion (in death, upon cessation, at the destruction)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying, cessation, destruction

Derived from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, exists, happens

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

भासते (bhāsate) - shines, appears, becomes visible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhās

Root: bhās (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, in that way

(indeclinable)

बुद्ध्यादिकरणनिकरः (buddhyādikaraṇanikaraḥ) - the collection of internal instruments (karaṇa) starting with the intellect (buddhi)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddhyādikaraṇanikara

buddhyādikaraṇanikara - collection of internal instruments beginning with the intellect

Compound type : tatpurusha (buddhi+ādi+karaṇa+nikara)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root budh (to know, perceive)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  indeclinable
• karaṇa – instrument, faculty, sense organ, cause
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• nikara – collection, multitude, heap, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to scatter) with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kṛ (class 6)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from which, just as, because

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

दीपात् (dīpāt) - from a lamp

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, source of light

Derived from root dīp (to shine)

Root: dīp (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आलोकः (ālokaḥ) - light, illumination, sight

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āloka

āloka - light, illumination, seeing, perception

Derived from root lok (to see) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

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