योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-45, verse-42

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बोधः स्फुरति तृष्णायाः सैव यस्य न विद्यते ।
तस्य स्वरूपमुत्सृज्य क्वासौ तिष्ठति कः कथम् ॥ ४२ ॥

bodhaḥ sphurati tṛṣṇāyāḥ saiva yasya na vidyate ,
tasya svarūpamutsṛjya kvāsau tiṣṭhati kaḥ katham 42

42. bodhaḥ sphurati tṛṣṇāyāḥ sā eva yasya na vidyate
tasya svarūpam utsṛjya kva asau tiṣṭhati kaḥ katham

42. yasya sā eva tṛṣṇā na vidyate,
(tasyāpi) bodhaḥ tṛṣṇāyāḥ sphurati (cet).
asau svarūpam utsṛjya kva tiṣṭhati? kaḥ (saḥ)? katham (saḥ)?

42. The understanding (bodha) of craving manifests. But for someone for whom that very craving does not exist, having abandoned his (conventional) nature (svarūpa), where does he reside? Who is he, and how can he be described?

Words meanings summery:

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बोधः (bodhaḥ) - consciousness, awareness (bodha) (knowledge, understanding, awakening, consciousness)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests (shines forth, throbs, vibrates, manifests)

तृष्णायाः (tṛṣṇāyāḥ) - of craving (of craving, from craving, desire, thirst)

सा (sā) - that (referring to craving) (she, that (feminine))

एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom (whose, of whom, for whom)

न (na) - not (not, no)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, its, of it)

स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - (individual) nature (svarūpa) (own form, essential nature, identity)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up, having discarded)

क्व (kva) - where?

असौ (asau) - he (that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative))

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - resides, stands (stands, remains, stays, exists)

कः (kaḥ) - who? (who? what?)

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

Words meanings and morphology

बोधः (bodhaḥ) - consciousness, awareness (bodha) (knowledge, understanding, awakening, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - understanding, knowledge, perception, awakening, consciousness

From root `budh` (to know, perceive) + `ghañ` suffix

Root: budh (class 1)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests (shines forth, throbs, vibrates, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Present active indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: sphur (class 6)

तृष्णायाः (tṛṣṇāyāḥ) - of craving (of craving, from craving, desire, thirst)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - craving, thirst, desire, longing

From root `tṛṣ` (to thirst, crave) + `na` suffix

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Also possible ablative singular.

सा (sā) - that (referring to craving) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom (whose, of whom, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

Note: Can also be neuter genitive singular.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present passive/middle indicative

From root `vid` (to be, exist), 3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice. Often functions as passive of 'to see' or a deponent verb for 'to be'.

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Used reflexively or passively.

तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, its, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Can also be neuter genitive singular.

स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - (individual) nature (svarūpa) (own form, essential nature, identity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svarūpa

svarūpa - one's own form, essential nature, identity, characteristic