योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-46, verse-2

क्वापि सा मृगता याति प्रक्षीणस्नेहदीपवत् ।
परमार्थदशैवास्ते तत्रानन्तावभासिनी ॥ २ ॥

kvāpi sā mṛgatā yāti prakṣīṇasnehadīpavat ,
paramārthadaśaivāste tatrānantāvabhāsinī 2

2. kva api sā mṛgatā yāti prakṣīṇasnehadīpavat
paramārthadaśā eva āste tatra anantāvabhāsinī

2. sā mṛgatā prakṣīṇasnehadīpavat kva api yāti
tatra anantāvabhāsinī paramārthadaśā eva āste

2. That deer-like nature of the mind vanishes somewhere, like a lamp whose oil has been consumed. At that point, only the state of ultimate reality remains, shining there boundlessly.

2. טבע המרדף נעלם כליל כמו מנורה שנסתיים שמנה, ורק מצב האמת העליונה שוכן שם, מאיר באינסופיות.

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where, somewhere

• अपि (api) - even, also; (with kva, means 'somewhere')

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• मृगता (mṛgatā) - the restless, wandering nature of the mind (deer-like nature, state of being a deer)

• याति (yāti) - goes, departs, vanishes

• प्रक्षीणस्नेहदीपवत् (prakṣīṇasnehadīpavat) - like a lamp with exhausted oil

• परमार्थदशा (paramārthadaśā) - the state of ultimate reality

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• आस्ते (āste) - remains, exists, is

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that state

• अनन्तावभासिनी (anantāvabhāsinī) - shining boundlessly, infinitely radiant

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where, somewhere

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also; (with kva, means 'somewhere')

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

मृगता (mṛgatā) - the restless, wandering nature of the mind (deer-like nature, state of being a deer)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatā

mṛgatā - deer-like nature, state of being a deer

Derived from 'mṛga' with the abstract suffix '-tā'

याति (yāti) - goes, departs, vanishes

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

प्रक्षीणस्नेहदीपवत् (prakṣīṇasnehadīpavat) - like a lamp with exhausted oil

(indeclinable)

The suffix '-vat' is added to this compound noun to form an adverb.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prakṣīṇasneha+dīpa)

• prakṣīṇasneha – whose oil is completely exhausted
  adjective
• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverb formed with suffix -vat, meaning 'like' or 'as'.

परमार्थदशा (paramārthadaśā) - the state of ultimate reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paramārthadaśā

paramārthadaśā - the state of ultimate reality, condition of supreme truth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paramārtha+daśā)

• paramārtha – ultimate reality, supreme purpose
  noun (masculine)
• daśā – state, condition, phase
  noun (feminine)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - remains, exists, is

(verb)

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

Root: ās (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that state

(indeclinable)

अनन्तावभासिनी (anantāvabhāsinī) - shining boundlessly, infinitely radiant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anantāvabhāsin

anantāvabhāsin - infinitely shining/radiant

agent noun derived from verb

From 'ananta' (infinite) and 'avabhās' (to shine)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ananta+avabhāsin)

• ananta – endless, infinite
  adjective
• avabhāsin – shining, brilliant
  adjective
  Agent Noun
  Prefix: ava
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'paramārthadaśā'

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