योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-11

स्वप्नस्थानां शिरश्छिन्नं येषां ते संसृतौ स्थिताः ।
कालेन ज्ञानलाभेन विना कुर्वन्तु किं किल ॥ ११ ॥

svapnasthānāṃ śiraśchinnaṃ yeṣāṃ te saṃsṛtau sthitāḥ ,
kālena jñānalābhena vinā kurvantu kiṃ kila 11

11. svapnasthānām śiraḥ chinnam yeṣām te saṃsṛtau
sthitāḥ | kālena jñānalābhena vinā kurvantu kim kila

11. yeṣām svapnasthānām śiraḥ chinnam te saṃsṛtau
sthitāḥ te kālena jñānalābhena vinā kim kila kurvantu

11. Those whose heads are severed in a dream remain entrenched in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra). What indeed can they accomplish without attaining knowledge in due course of time?

11. אלה שבתוך החלום נכרת ראשם נותרים לבודים בסבך הקיום התופעתי; ללא השגת ידע לאורך זמן, מה כבר ביכולתם לעשות?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नस्थानाम् (svapnasthānām) - of those who are in a dream, of dream-dwellers

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut off, severed, broken

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, whose

• ते (te) - they

• संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - in transmigration, in the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, established, existing

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, in due course

• ज्ञानलाभेन (jñānalābhena) - by the attainment of knowledge, by gaining knowledge

• विना (vinā) - without

• कुर्वन्तु (kurvantu) - let them do, what can they do

• किम् (kim) - what?

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, reportedly, what indeed?

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नस्थानाम् (svapnasthānām) - of those who are in a dream, of dream-dwellers

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of svapnastha

svapnastha - being in a dream, situated in a dream

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+stha)

• svapna – dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'yeṣām'.

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

Note: Subject of 'chinnam'.

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut off, severed, broken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, divided

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, cleave)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'śiraḥ'.

येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to "those".

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'sthitāḥ'.

संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - in transmigration, in the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence (saṃsāra)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Location where they are situated.

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, established, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, staying, situated, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'te'.

कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, in due course

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time

Note: Indicates "in due course" or "by means of time".

ज्ञानलाभेन (jñānalābhena) - by the attainment of knowledge, by gaining knowledge

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jñānalābha

jñānalābha - acquisition of knowledge, attainment of knowledge

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+lābha)

• jñāna – knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• lābha – acquisition, gain, attainment
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'labh' (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: "by means of knowledge-gain".

विना (vinā) - without

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition.

कुर्वन्तु (kurvantu) - let them do, what can they do

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used in a rhetorical question.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, whether

Note: Interrogative pronoun, direct object of 'kurvantu'.

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, reportedly, what indeed?

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

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