योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-4, verse-10
विद्धि चिन्मात्रमेवेदमसद्रूपोपमं ततम् ।
तेनालं मौनमास्स्वैवं सर्वं निर्वाणमात्रकम् ॥ १० ॥
तेनालं मौनमास्स्वैवं सर्वं निर्वाणमात्रकम् ॥ १० ॥
viddhi cinmātramevedamasadrūpopamaṃ tatam ,
tenālaṃ maunamāssvaivaṃ sarvaṃ nirvāṇamātrakam 10
tenālaṃ maunamāssvaivaṃ sarvaṃ nirvāṇamātrakam 10
10.
viddhi cit-mātram eva idam asat-rūpa-upamam tatam
tena alam maunam āssva evam sarvam nirvāṇa-mātrakam
tena alam maunam āssva evam sarvam nirvāṇa-mātrakam
10.
idam asat-rūpa-upamam tatam cit-mātram eva viddhi
tena alam evam maunam āssva sarvam nirvāṇa-mātrakam
tena alam evam maunam āssva sarvam nirvāṇa-mātrakam
10.
Understand this (reality) to be pure consciousness (cit-mātram) alone, pervading all, yet resembling an unreal form (asat-rūpopamam). Therefore, cease (external activity)! Abide in silence (mauna) in this manner, for all is merely final liberation (nirvāṇa).
Words meanings summery:
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- विद्धि (viddhi) - know, realize (know, understand, perceive)
- चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - the essence of reality as pure consciousness (merely consciousness, pure consciousness)
- एव (eva) - alone, solely (merely, only, indeed, just)
- इदम् (idam) - this (reality/existence) (this (neuter))
- असत्-रूप-उपमम् (asat-rūpa-upamam) - likened to a form that is not truly existent (e.g., a mirage) (resembling an unreal form)
- ततम् (tatam) - pervading everything (extended, spread, pervaded)
- तेन (tena) - therefore, for that reason (by that, therefore)
- अलम् (alam) - enough (of this), cease (enough, sufficient, capable, in vain)
- मौनम् (maunam) - a state of inner silence, contemplative quietude (dhyāna) (silence, quietness)
- आस्स्व (āssva) - abide, remain in that state (remain, dwell, sit)
- एवम् (evam) - in this manner (thus, in this manner)
- सर्वम् (sarvam) - all existence, the totality of phenomena (all, everything)
- निर्वाण-मात्रकम् (nirvāṇa-mātrakam) - everything is essentially final liberation (nirvāṇa) (merely liberation, solely cessation)
Words meanings and morphology
विद्धि (viddhi) - know, realize (know, understand, perceive)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
चित्-मात्रम् (cit-mātram) - the essence of reality as pure consciousness (merely consciousness, pure consciousness)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of cit-mātra
cit-mātra - merely consciousness, pure consciousness
Compound of `cit` and `mātra`.
Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)
- cit – consciousness, pure intelligence
noun (feminine)
From root `cit-` 'to perceive, know'
Root: cit - mātra – only, merely
indeclinable
Suffix indicating 'only' or 'just'
Note: Object of `viddhi`.
एव (eva) - alone, solely (merely, only, indeed, just)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.
इदम् (idam) - this (reality/existence) (this (neuter))
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Note: Object of `viddhi`.
असत्-रूप-उपमम् (asat-rūpa-upamam) - likened to a form that is not truly existent (e.g., a mirage) (resembling an unreal form)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of asat-rūpa-upama
asat-rūpa-upama - resembling an unreal form
Compound of `asat-rūpa` and `upama`.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asat-rūpa+upama)
- asat – unreal, non-existent
adjective (neuter)
Present Active Participle (negative)
Negative participle from `as-` 'to be'
Prefix: a
Root: as (class 2) - rūpa – form, appearance
noun (neuter) - upama – likeness, comparison, resembling
adjective (neuter)
Prefix: upa
Note: Modifies `idam`.
ततम् (tatam) - pervading everything (extended, spread, pervaded)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tata
tata - extended, spread, pervaded, stretched
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root `tan-` 'to stretch, spread'
Root: tan (class 8)
Note: Modifies `idam`.
तेन (tena) - therefore, for that reason (by that, therefore)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, that one
अलम् (alam) - enough (of this), cease (enough, sufficient, capable, in vain)
(indeclinable)
मौनम् (maunam) - a state of inner silence, contemplative quietude (dhyāna) (silence, quietness)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mauna
mauna - silence, quietness
Abstract noun from `muni` (sage)
Note: Object of `āssva`.
आस्स्व (āssva) - abide, remain in that state (remain, dwell, sit)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ās
Root: ās (class 2)
एवम् (evam) - in this manner (thus, in this manner)
(indeclinable)
सर्वम् (sarvam) - all existence, the totality of phenomena (all, everything)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
निर्वाण-मात्रकम् (nirvāṇa-mātrakam) - everything is essentially final liberation (nirvāṇa) (merely liberation, solely cessation)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa-mātraka
nirvāṇa-mātraka - merely liberation, solely cessation
Compound of `nirvāṇa` and `mātraka`. `mātraka` is a diminutive/emphatic form of `mātra`.
Compound type : karmadhāraya (nirvāṇa+mātraka)
- nirvāṇa – extinction, cessation, liberation, bliss
noun (neuter)
From root `vā-` 'to blow' with prefix `nir-` 'out', meaning 'blown out, extinguished'
Prefix: nir
Root: vā (class 2) - mātraka – only, merely (diminutive/emphatic)
indeclinable
Suffix indicating 'only' or 'just', often diminutive or emphatic
Note: Predicate for `sarvam`.