योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-35

विवेकदूतमुद्बोध्य हत्वा चित्तपिशाचकम् ।
आत्मनः पदवीं स्फारां जीवः कामपि नीयते ॥ ३५ ॥

vivekadūtamudbodhya hatvā cittapiśācakam ,
ātmanaḥ padavīṃ sphārāṃ jīvaḥ kāmapi nīyate 35

35. viveka-dūtam udbodhya hatvā citta-piśācakam
ātmanaḥ padavīm sphārām jīvaḥ kām api nīyate

35. viveka-dūtam udbodhya citta-piśācakam hatvā
jīvaḥ ātmanaḥ kām api sphārām padavīm nīyate

35. Having awakened the messenger of discernment and slain the demon of the mind (citta), the individual soul (jīva) is led to an indescribably expansive state of the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• विवेक-दूतम् (viveka-dūtam) - the messenger of discernment/discrimination

• उद्बोध्य (udbodhya) - having awakened

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having slain

• चित्त-पिशाचकम् (citta-piśācakam) - the demon of the mind (citta)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman)

• पदवीम् (padavīm) - the path, state, position

• स्फाराम् (sphārām) - expansive, vast, glorious

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva)

• काम् (kām) - an indefinite, indescribable, or particular one (in conjunction with api) (which (feminine accusative singular), some)

• अपि (api) - used with kām to imply 'some indescribable' or 'a certain unique' state (even, also, indeed, (with interrogative) some/any/a certain)

• नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is brought, is carried

Words meanings and morphology

विवेक-दूतम् (viveka-dūtam) - the messenger of discernment/discrimination

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viveka-dūta

viveka-dūta - messenger of discernment, envoy of discrimination

Compound type : Tatpurusha (viveka+dūta)

• viveka – discernment, discrimination, judgment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• dūta – messenger, envoy, delegate
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (secondary nominalization)
  derived from root dū (to send)
  Root: dū (class 1)

उद्बोध्य (udbodhya) - having awakened

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root budh with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: budh (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having slain

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root han

Root: han (class 2)

चित्त-पिशाचकम् (citta-piśācakam) - the demon of the mind (citta)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of citta-piśācaka

citta-piśācaka - mind-demon, demon of the mind

Compound type : Tatpurusha (citta+piśācaka)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (secondary nominalization)
  derived from root cit (to perceive, observe)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• piśācaka – demon, goblin, evil spirit
  noun (masculine)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul

पदवीम् (padavīm) - the path, state, position

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of padavī

padavī - path, road, state, position, rank

स्फाराम् (sphārām) - expansive, vast, glorious

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sphāra

sphāra - expansive, vast, ample, glorious, splendid

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul, life

Root: jīv (class 1)

काम् (kām) - an indefinite, indescribable, or particular one (in conjunction with api) (which (feminine accusative singular), some)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

अपि (api) - used with kām to imply 'some indescribable' or 'a certain unique' state (even, also, indeed, (with interrogative) some/any/a certain)

(indeclinable)

नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is brought, is carried

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of nī

passive voice formation of root nī

Root: nī (class 1)

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