योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-59

शुक्तिरूप्यभ्रमाकारो जनो मिथ्यैव ताम्यति ।
अभावभावस्तु परं बोधरूपमसंसृतिः ॥ ५९ ॥

śuktirūpyabhramākāro jano mithyaiva tāmyati ,
abhāvabhāvastu paraṃ bodharūpamasaṃsṛtiḥ 59

59. śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ janaḥ mithyā eva tāmyati
| abhāva-bhāvaḥ tu param bodha-rūpam asaṃsṛtiḥ

59. śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ janaḥ mithyā eva tāmyati
tu param abhāva-bhāvaḥ bodha-rūpam asaṃsṛtiḥ (asti)

59. A person, deluded like one mistaking a conch-shell for silver, truly suffers falsely. But the ultimate reality (param) is the state of non-existence (of illusory phenomena) (abhāva), which is of the nature of pure awareness (bodha-rūpam) and is freedom from the cycle of existence (saṃsāra).

59. כמו מי שטועה לראות כסף בתוך צדף, בני האדם סובלים לחינם בשל תעתוע. אך העדר הקיום החומרי הוא המודעות העליונה בעצמה, החופשייה מסבך העולם.

Words meanings summery:

• शुक्ति-रूप्य-भ्रम-आकारः (śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ) - having the form of the delusion of silver in a conch-shell

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, individual, man

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, unreal, illusory

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, truly

• ताम्यति (tāmyati) - suffers, becomes distressed, is troubled

• अभाव-भावः (abhāva-bhāvaḥ) - the realization of non-existence (of illusory phenomena) (the state of non-existence (of illusory phenomena), the reality of unreality)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

• बोध-रूपम् (bodha-rūpam) - of the nature of consciousness, having the form of awareness

• असंसृतिः (asaṁsṛtiḥ) - freedom from saṃsāra, non-transmigration

Words meanings and morphology

शुक्ति-रूप्य-भ्रम-आकारः (śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāraḥ) - having the form of the delusion of silver in a conch-shell

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāra

śukti-rūpya-bhrama-ākāra - having the appearance or nature of the delusion of silver in nacre

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śukti+rūpya+bhrama+ākāra)

• śukti – conch-shell, nacre, pearl-oyster shell
  noun (feminine)
• rūpya – silver, made of silver
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – delusion, error, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

जनः (janaḥ) - person, individual, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, individual, man, creature, people

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, unreal, illusory

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, truly

(indeclinable)

ताम्यति (tāmyati) - suffers, becomes distressed, is troubled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of tam

present active indicative

Root 'tam', 3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: tam (class 4)

अभाव-भावः (abhāva-bhāvaḥ) - the realization of non-existence (of illusory phenomena) (the state of non-existence (of illusory phenomena), the reality of unreality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva-bhāva

abhāva-bhāva - the state of non-existence; the existence of non-existence; the unreal nature of existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhāva+bhāva)

• abhāva – non-existence, absence, unreality
  noun (masculine)
  Formed with negative prefix 'a-' from 'bhāva'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhāva – existence, state, nature, being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, other, distant

Note: Used here as a substantive, 'the ultimate reality'.

बोध-रूपम् (bodha-rūpam) - of the nature of consciousness, having the form of awareness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bodha-rūpa

bodha-rūpa - of the nature of awareness, having the form of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bodha+rūpa)

• bodha – knowledge, understanding, awareness, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, characteristic
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'param'.

असंसृतिः (asaṁsṛtiḥ) - freedom from saṃsāra, non-transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asaṃsṛti

asaṁsṛti - freedom from the cycle of rebirth, non-transmigration

Formed with negative prefix 'a-' from 'saṃsṛti'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃsṛti)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃsṛti – cycle of rebirth, transmigration, saṃsāra
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

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