योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-44, verse-5

समाधिबीजं संसारनिर्वेदः पतति स्वयम् ।
चित्तभूमौ विविक्तायां विवेकिजनकानने ॥ ५ ॥

samādhibījaṃ saṃsāranirvedaḥ patati svayam ,
cittabhūmau viviktāyāṃ vivekijanakānane 5

5. samādhibījam saṃsāranirvedaḥ patati svayam
cittabhūmau viviktāyām vivekijanakanane

5. saṃsāranirvedaḥ samādhibījam svayam viviktāyām
cittabhūmau vivekijanakanane patati

5. Detachment from worldly existence (saṃsāra), which serves as the seed of deep meditation (samādhi), spontaneously falls into the pure and tranquil field of the mind (citta), found within the assembly of discerning individuals.

Words meanings summery:

• समाधिबीजम् (samādhibījam) - the seed which embodies or leads to deep meditative absorption (samādhi) (the seed of deep concentration)

• संसारनिर्वेदः (saṁsāranirvedaḥ) - detachment from worldly existence; dispassion for transmigration

• पतति (patati) - falls, drops, alights

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously, personally

• चित्तभूमौ (cittabhūmau) - in the field of the mind

• विविक्तायाम् (viviktāyām) - in the pure, in the solitary, in the tranquil

• विवेकिजनकनने (vivekijanakanane) - in the forest/grove of discerning people; among the assembly of discerning individuals

Words meanings and morphology

समाधिबीजम् (samādhibījam) - the seed which embodies or leads to deep meditative absorption (samādhi) (the seed of deep concentration)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samādhibīja

samādhibīja - seed of concentration/meditation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (samādhi+bīja)

• samādhi – deep meditation, concentration, absorption
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• bīja – seed, germ, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)

संसारनिर्वेदः (saṁsāranirvedaḥ) - detachment from worldly existence; dispassion for transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāranirveda

saṁsāranirveda - detachment from saṃsāra, dispassion for worldly life

Compound type : pañcamī tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+nirveda)

• saṃsāra – worldly existence, transmigration, cycle of birth and death
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• nirveda – detachment, dispassion, disillusionment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: vid (class 6)

पतति (patati) - falls, drops, alights

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of pat

root of class 1

Root: pat (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously, personally

(indeclinable)

चित्तभूमौ (cittabhūmau) - in the field of the mind

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cittabhūmi

cittabhūmi - mind-field, ground of the mind

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (citta+bhūmi)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land, field, stage
  noun (feminine)

विविक्तायाम् (viviktāyām) - in the pure, in the solitary, in the tranquil

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of vivikta

vivikta - separated, solitary, pure, distinct, discerning

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

विवेकिजनकनने (vivekijanakanane) - in the forest/grove of discerning people; among the assembly of discerning individuals

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vivekijanakanana

vivekijanakanana - forest/grove of discerning people

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (vivekijana+kanana)

• vivekijana – discerning people/person
  noun (masculine)
• kanana – forest, grove, garden
  noun (neuter)

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