योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-30

आद्यं प्रत्यक्षमुत्सृज्य यः सत्येऽस्मिन्कृतस्थितिः ।
प्रत्यक्षे मृगतृष्णाम्बु पीत्वा स सुखमास्थितः ॥ ३० ॥

ādyaṃ pratyakṣamutsṛjya yaḥ satye'sminkṛtasthitiḥ ,
pratyakṣe mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu pītvā sa sukhamāsthitaḥ 30

30. ādyam pratyakṣam utsṛjya yaḥ satye asmin kṛtasthitiḥ
pratyakṣe mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu pītvā saḥ sukham āsthitaḥ

30. yaḥ ādyam pratyakṣam utsṛjya asmin satye kṛtasthitiḥ,
saḥ pratyakṣe mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu pītvā sukham āsthitaḥ

30. He who, abandoning the primordial direct perception (of ultimate reality), becomes established in this (illusory) truth (of the sensory world), that person, having drunk the water of a mirage in the realm of direct perception, finds himself content.

Words meanings summery:

• आद्यम् (ādyam) - primordial or true (referring to ultimate reality) (first, primordial, original, initial)

• प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - the true direct perception (of ultimate reality) (direct perception, visible, manifest, perceptible object)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

• सत्ये (satye) - in this (illusory) truth (in truth, in reality, in that which is real)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (sensory world's) (in this, in this one)

• कृतस्थितिः (kṛtasthitiḥ) - established (in the illusory truth) (established, fixed, whose state is made)

• प्रत्यक्षे (pratyakṣe) - in the realm of direct (sensory) perception (the illusory world) (in direct perception, in the visible, in the manifest world)

• मृगतृष्णाम्बु (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu) - the deceptive water of a mirage (mirage water, water of a mirage)

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

• सः (saḥ) - that person (he, that)

• सुखम् (sukham) - (deluded) contentment/happiness (happiness, joy, pleasant)

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - finds himself content/situated in happiness (situated, established, obtained, resorted to)

Words meanings and morphology

आद्यम् (ādyam) - primordial or true (referring to ultimate reality) (first, primordial, original, initial)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ādya

ādya - first, initial, original, primary, chief

From ādi (beginning) + yat (suffix)

Note: Modifies pratyakṣam.

प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - the true direct perception (of ultimate reality) (direct perception, visible, manifest, perceptible object)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa

pratyakṣa - direct perception, visible, manifest, perceptible, before the eyes

prati (towards) + akṣa (eye)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+akṣa)

• prati – towards, against, in opposition to, in return
  indeclinable
• akṣa – eye, sense organ, knowledge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of utsṛjya.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From ut-sṛj + lyap

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Absolutive participle.

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

सत्ये (satye) - in this (illusory) truth (in truth, in reality, in that which is real)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

From sat (being, truth)

Note: Governed by kṛtasthitiḥ (established in something).

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (sensory world's) (in this, in this one)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the immediate, visible truth, contrasting with 'ādyam pratyakṣam'.

कृतस्थितिः (kṛtasthitiḥ) - established (in the illusory truth) (established, fixed, whose state is made)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtasthiti

kṛtasthiti - established, fixed position, whose state is made

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+sthiti)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From kṛ + kta
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• sthiti – standing, state, position, establishment
  noun (feminine)
  From sthā + ktin
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject "he".

प्रत्यक्षे (pratyakṣe) - in the realm of direct (sensory) perception (the illusory world) (in direct perception, in the visible, in the manifest world)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa

pratyakṣa - direct perception, visible, manifest, perceptible, before the eyes

prati (towards) + akṣa (eye)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+akṣa)

• prati – towards, against, in opposition to, in return
  indeclinable
• akṣa – eye, sense organ, knowledge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the sphere of sensory perception where mirages are seen.

मृगतृष्णाम्बु (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu) - the deceptive water of a mirage (mirage water, water of a mirage)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu

mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu - mirage water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (deer's thirst)
  noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of pītvā.

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From pā + ktvā

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive participle.

सः (saḥ) - that person (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun for yaḥ.

सुखम् (sukham) - (deluded) contentment/happiness (happiness, joy, pleasant)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, ease, pleasant

Note: Object of āsthitaḥ, or adverbial.

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - finds himself content/situated in happiness (situated, established, obtained, resorted to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - situated, established, resorted to, performed

Past Passive Participle

From ā-sthā + kta

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Participle modifying saḥ.

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