योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-34

विमूढदुःखं त्रिजगद्विमूढविषयं न सत् ।
स्वप्ने स्वप्नतया ज्ञाते रूपालोकमनःक्रियाः ॥ ३४ ॥

vimūḍhaduḥkhaṃ trijagadvimūḍhaviṣayaṃ na sat ,
svapne svapnatayā jñāte rūpālokamanaḥkriyāḥ 34

34. vimūḍha-duḥkham tri-jagat vimūḍha-viṣayam na sat
svapne svapnatayā jñāte rūpa-āloka-manas-kriyāḥ

34. tri-jagat vimūḍha-duḥkham vimūḍha-viṣayam [ca] na sat [asti].
yathā svapne svapnatayā jñāte rūpa-āloka-manas-kriyāḥ.
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34. The three worlds are a source of suffering for the deluded, an object for the deluded, and are not truly real. (This is similar to how) in a dream, when it is understood as merely a dream, the activities of perceiving forms and mental actions... (the thought continues in the next verse).

34. הסבל בשלושת העולמות ועצמי התשוקה שייכים כולם לבעלי האשליה ואינם אמיתיים. כשם שבעת חלום המזוהה כחלום, כל פעולות המחשבה, המראות והצורות...

Words meanings summery:

• विमूढ-दुःखम् (vimūḍha-duḥkham) - suffering for the deluded; a sorrow for the deluded

• त्रि-जगत् (tri-jagat) - the three worlds

• विमूढ-विषयम् (vimūḍha-viṣayam) - object for the deluded

• न (na) - not

• सत् (sat) - real, existent (real, existing, good)

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• स्वप्नतया (svapnatayā) - as a dream, by means of being a dream

• ज्ञाते (jñāte) - when known, when understood

• रूप-आलोक-मनस्-क्रियाः (rūpa-āloka-manas-kriyāḥ) - activities of seeing forms and mind, perceptions of forms and mental actions

Words meanings and morphology

विमूढ-दुःखम् (vimūḍha-duḥkham) - suffering for the deluded; a sorrow for the deluded

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vimūḍhaduḥkha

vimūḍhaduḥkha - sorrow/suffering of the deluded

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimūḍha+duḥkha)

• vimūḍha – greatly deluded, confused
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi (prefix) + muh (to be bewildered).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muh (class 4)
• duḥkha – suffering, sorrow
  noun (neuter)

त्रि-जगत् (tri-jagat) - the three worlds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trijagat

trijagat - the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld)

Compound type : dvigu (tri+jagat)

• tri – three
  numeral
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  From root gam (to go), used as participle.
  Root: gam (class 1)

विमूढ-विषयम् (vimūḍha-viṣayam) - object for the deluded

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vimūḍhaviṣaya

vimūḍhaviṣaya - object of the deluded; that which is perceived by the deluded

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimūḍha+viṣaya)

• vimūḍha – greatly deluded, confused
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi (prefix) + muh (to be bewildered).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muh (class 4)
• viṣaya – object, domain, sphere
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - real, existent (real, existing, good)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, true

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

स्वप्नतया (svapnatayā) - as a dream, by means of being a dream

(indeclinable)

Formed from svapna (dream) + suffix tā (abstract noun) + instrumental singular ending.

ज्ञाते (jñāte) - when known, when understood

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of jñāta

jñāta - known, understood

Past Passive Participle

From root jñā (to know).

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'svapne'.

रूप-आलोक-मनस्-क्रियाः (rūpa-āloka-manas-kriyāḥ) - activities of seeing forms and mind, perceptions of forms and mental actions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rūpālokamanas-kriyā

rūpālokamanas-kriyā - actions of perceiving forms and mind

Compound type : dvandva (rūpāloka+manaskriyā)

• rūpāloka – perception of forms
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – seeing, perception
  noun (masculine)
  From ā (prefix) + lok (to see).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)
• manas-kriyā – mental activities, actions of the mind
  noun (feminine)
• manas – mind
  noun (neuter)
• kriyā – action, activity
  noun (feminine)
  From root kṛ (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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