योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-53

बीजं शाखाफलानीव क्वातोऽर्थमनसी वद ।
ज्ञेयासंभवतो ज्ञप्तिरप्यनाख्यं पदं गता ॥ ५३ ॥

bījaṃ śākhāphalānīva kvāto'rthamanasī vada ,
jñeyāsaṃbhavato jñaptirapyanākhyaṃ padaṃ gatā 53

53. bījam śākhāphalāni iva kva ataḥ arthamanasī vada |
jñeya asaṃbhavataḥ jñaptiḥ api anākhyam padam gatā ||

53. bījam śākhāphalāni iva,
ataḥ arthamanasī kva vada ? jñeya asaṃbhavataḥ,
jñaptiḥ api anākhyam padam gatā

53. Just as branches and fruits [arise] from a seed, tell me, from where do the object (artha) and mind (manas) [arise]? Due to the impossibility of the knowable (jñeya), perception (jñapti) itself also attains a nameless state.

53. כשם שהזרע, הענף והפרי אינם נפרדים מהעץ, היכן קיימים כנפרדים האובייקט והחשיבה? אמור לי! בהיעדר אובייקט שיש לדעת, גם המודעות עצמה מגיעה למצב שאין לו שם.

Words meanings summery:

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

• शाखाफलानि (śākhāphalāni) - branches and fruits

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• क्व (kva) - where? from where?

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, therefore, hence

• अर्थमनसी (arthamanasī) - object and mind

• वद (vada) - say, tell

• ज्ञेय (jñeya) - knowable, that which is to be known

• असंभवतः (asaṁbhavataḥ) - due to the impossibility of the knowable (jñeya) (from the impossibility, due to non-existence)

• ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - knowledge, perception, cognition

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - nameless, unmentionable, indescribable

• पदम् (padam) - state, condition, abode, word

• गता (gatā) - gone, reached, attained

Words meanings and morphology

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

शाखाफलानि (śākhāphalāni) - branches and fruits

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śākhāphala

śākhāphala - branches and fruits

Compound type : Dvandva (śākhā+phala)

• śākhā – branch, limb
  noun (feminine)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

क्व (kva) - where? from where?

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, therefore, hence

(indeclinable)

अर्थमनसी (arthamanasī) - object and mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of arthamanas

arthamanas - object and mind (dual)

Compound type : Dvandva (artha+manas)

• artha – object, meaning, purpose, thing
  noun (masculine)
• manas – mind, intellect, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Implied subject of 'arise'.

वद (vada) - say, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

ज्ञेय (jñeya) - knowable, that which is to be known

(adjective)

neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - knowable, perceptible, to be known, object of knowledge

Gerundive

From root jñā (to know) with kṛtya suffix -ya.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Stem in a compound 'jñeyāsaṃbhava'.

असंभवतः (asaṁbhavataḥ) - due to the impossibility of the knowable (jñeya) (from the impossibility, due to non-existence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of jñeyasaṃbhava

jñeyasaṁbhava - impossibility of the knowable

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jñeya+asaṃbhava)

• jñeya – knowable, object of knowledge
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• asaṃbhava – impossibility, non-existence, unsuitability
  noun (masculine)
  From a- + saṃbhava ('possibility, existence').
  Prefix: sam

ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - knowledge, perception, cognition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñapti

jñapti - knowledge, perception, cognition, understanding

From root jñā (to know) + suffix -ti.

Root: jñā (class 9)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - nameless, unmentionable, indescribable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anākhya

anākhya - nameless, indescribable, ineffable, unmentionable

Compound type : Nañ-bahuvrīhi (an+ākhya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ākhya – named, called, to be named
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root khyā with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'padam'.

पदम् (padam) - state, condition, abode, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, condition, word, position

गता (gatā) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, attained, reached, become

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) + suffix -ta.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jñaptiḥ'.

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