योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-68, verse-16
सत्तातिवाहिको देहस्तत्परं परमार्थतः ।
प्रत्यक्षं परमं यत्तत्तदाद्यं कचनं चितः ॥ १६ ॥
प्रत्यक्षं परमं यत्तत्तदाद्यं कचनं चितः ॥ १६ ॥
sattātivāhiko dehastatparaṃ paramārthataḥ ,
pratyakṣaṃ paramaṃ yattattadādyaṃ kacanaṃ citaḥ 16
pratyakṣaṃ paramaṃ yattattadādyaṃ kacanaṃ citaḥ 16
16.
sattātivāhikaḥ dehaḥ tatparam paramārthataḥ
pratyakṣam paramam yat tat tat ādyam kacanam citaḥ
pratyakṣam paramam yat tat tat ādyam kacanam citaḥ
16.
sattātivāhikaḥ dehaḥ paramārthataḥ tatparam.
yat tat pratyakṣam paramam,
tat citaḥ ādyam kacanam
yat tat pratyakṣam paramam,
tat citaḥ ādyam kacanam
16.
The subtle body (sattātivāhika deha) is truly supreme (paramārthataḥ). That which is the supreme direct perception (pratyakṣam paramam) is itself the primal manifestation (kacanam) of consciousness (cit).
Words meanings summery:
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- सत्तातिवाहिकः (sattātivāhikaḥ) - subtle body, body conveying existence
- देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form
- तत्परम् (tatparam) - beyond that, supreme, higher
- परमार्थतः (paramārthataḥ) - truly, in reality, from the ultimate point of view
- प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - direct perception, evident, visible
- परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate
- यत् (yat) - which, that which
- तत् (tat) - that
- तत् (tat) - that
- आद्यम् (ādyam) - first, primordial, original
- कचनम् (kacanam) - shining, manifestation, revealing
- चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness (cit), of intellect
Words meanings and morphology
सत्तातिवाहिकः (sattātivāhikaḥ) - subtle body, body conveying existence
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sattātivāhika
sattātivāhika - subtle body (which carries the life principle through transmigrations)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sattā+ativāhika)
- sattā – existence, being, reality
noun (feminine)
Root: as (class 2) - ativāhika – carrying on, conveying, transporting
adjective
Derived from root vah- with prefix ati-
Prefix: ati
Root: vah (class 1)
देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body
तत्परम् (tatparam) - beyond that, supreme, higher
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tatpara
tatpara - intent on that, devoted to that, higher than that, supreme
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+para)
- tad – that
pronoun - para – supreme, other, further
adjective
परमार्थतः (paramārthataḥ) - truly, in reality, from the ultimate point of view
(indeclinable)
Suffix -tas added to paramārtha
प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - direct perception, evident, visible
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa
pratyakṣa - visible, direct perception, before the eyes
From prati- + akṣa (eye)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prati+akṣa)
- prati – towards, against, in front of
indeclinable - akṣa – eye, sense organ
noun (neuter)
परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of parama
parama - supreme, highest, ultimate
यत् (yat) - which, that which
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
आद्यम् (ādyam) - first, primordial, original
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ādya
ādya - first, primeval, original
From ādi- 'beginning'
कचनम् (kacanam) - shining, manifestation, revealing
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kacana
kacana - shining, glittering, appearing
From root kac- 'to shine'
Root: kac (class 1)
चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness (cit), of intellect
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of cit
cit - consciousness, intellect, spirit