योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-51, verse-24

शरदभ्रवदालूना मृगतृष्णाम्बुव्रत्तथा ।
पुनः संस्पृश्यमानैव बोधाद्गलति दृश्यता ॥ २४ ॥

śaradabhravadālūnā mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvrattathā ,
punaḥ saṃspṛśyamānaiva bodhādgalati dṛśyatā 24

24. śarat-abhravat ālūnā mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat tathā
punaḥ saṃspṛśyamānā eva bodhāt galati dṛśyatā

24. tathā śarat-abhravat ālūnā mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat
punaḥ saṃspṛśyamānā eva dṛśyatā bodhāt galati

24. Just like dissipating autumn clouds, and like the waters of a mirage, so too, the visible world (dṛśyatā), even when perceived again, dissolves through true knowledge (bodha).

24. כמו ענן סתיו המתפזר וכמו מי פאטה מורגנה, התופעות הנראות נמוגות מתוך התודעה ברגע שנוגעים בהן שוב בידע הטהור.

Words meanings summery:

• शरत्-अभ्रवत् (śarat-abhravat) - like autumn clouds

• आलूना (ālūnā) - cut off, torn, dissipated, dissolved

• मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like mirage water

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

• संस्पृश्यमाना (saṁspṛśyamānā) - being touched, being perceived, being contacted

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

• बोधात् (bodhāt) - due to true knowledge (bodha) (from knowledge, due to awakening, by understanding)

• गलति (galati) - dissipates, flows away, dissolves, melts

• दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - visibility, perceptibility, the visible world

Words meanings and morphology

शरत्-अभ्रवत् (śarat-abhravat) - like autumn clouds

(indeclinable)

Compound of śarat (autumn), abhra (cloud), and suffix vat (like, as).

Compound type : avyayibhāva (śarat+abhra+vat)

• śarat – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adverbs of comparison.

आलूना (ālūnā) - cut off, torn, dissipated, dissolved

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ālūna

ālūna - cut off, torn, dissipated, destroyed, dissolved

Past Passive Participle

From root lū- 'to cut' with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: lū (class 9)

मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like mirage water

(indeclinable)

Compound of mṛgatṛṣṇā (mirage), ambu (water), and suffix vat (like, as).

Compound type : avyayibhāva (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu+vat)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage, deer's thirst
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of mṛga (deer) and tṛṣṇā (thirst).
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adverbs of comparison.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

संस्पृश्यमाना (saṁspṛśyamānā) - being touched, being perceived, being contacted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃspṛśyamāna

saṁspṛśyamāna - being touched, being contacted, being perceived, being sensed

Present Passive Participle

From root spṛś- 'to touch' with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: spṛś (class 6)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

बोधात् (bodhāt) - due to true knowledge (bodha) (from knowledge, due to awakening, by understanding)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - knowledge, understanding, awakening, perception

Derived from root budh- 'to know, awaken'.

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause or source of dissipation.

गलति (galati) - dissipates, flows away, dissolves, melts

(verb)

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

Present active, 3rd person singular

From root gal- (class 1) 'to drop, flow'.

Root: gal (class 1)

दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - visibility, perceptibility, the visible world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - visibility, perceptibility, the visible world, phenomena

Derived from dṛśya (visible, to be seen) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb galati.

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