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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-56

सत्त्वमेकं सुखं मन्ये न रजो न च वा तमः ।
चलदुच्चवनानीव विकीर्णाङ्गारवर्षणः ॥ ५६ ॥
sattvamekaṃ sukhaṃ manye na rajo na ca vā tamaḥ ,
caladuccavanānīva vikīrṇāṅgāravarṣaṇaḥ 56
56. sattvam ekam sukham manye na rajaḥ na ca vā
tamaḥ calat uccavanāni iva vikīrṇāṅgāravarṣaṇaḥ
56. मन्ये सत्त्वम् एकम् सुखम्न रजः,
न च वा तमःचलत्-उच्च-वनानि इव विकीर्ण-अङ्गार-वर्षणः।
56. I consider only sattva to be happiness, not rajas, nor indeed tamas. (The effects of the latter are) like lofty, trembling forests showering scattered embers.

Words meanings summery:

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  • सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - goodness, purity, essence, reality, being
  • एकम् (ekam) - one, sole, only
  • सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort
  • मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe
  • (na) - not, no
  • रजः (rajaḥ) - rajas, passion, activity, dust, impurity
  • (na) - not, no
  • (ca) - and, also
  • वा (vā) - or, either
  • तमः (tamaḥ) - tamas, darkness, inertia, ignorance
  • चलत् (calat) - moving, trembling, fickle
  • उच्चवनानि (uccavanāni) - high forests, lofty woods
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • विकीर्णाङ्गारवर्षणः (vikīrṇāṅgāravarṣaṇaḥ) - showering scattered embers

Words meanings and morphology

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - goodness, purity, essence, reality, being
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva
sattva - goodness, purity, essence, reality, being, existence
एकम् (ekam) - one, sole, only
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of eka
eka - one, sole, only, single, unique
सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha
sukha - happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure, ease
मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe
(verb)
1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man
Root: man (class 4)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
रजः (rajaḥ) - rajas, passion, activity, dust, impurity
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas
rajas - rajas (quality of passion/activity), dust, impurity, pollen, female menses
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
तमः (tamaḥ) - tamas, darkness, inertia, ignorance
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas
tamas - tamas (quality of inertia/darkness), darkness, ignorance, gloom
चलत् (calat) - moving, trembling, fickle
(participle)
Nominative, neuter, singular of calat
calat - moving, trembling, fickle, agitated
Present Active Participle
Derived from root cal (to move, shake)
Root: cal (class 1)
उच्चवनानि (uccavanāni) - high forests, lofty woods
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of uccavana
uccavana - high forest, lofty wood
Compound type : karmadhāraya (ucca+vana)
  • ucca – high, lofty, elevated
    adjective
  • vana – forest, wood, grove, thicket
    noun (neuter)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
विकीर्णाङ्गारवर्षणः (vikīrṇāṅgāravarṣaṇaḥ) - showering scattered embers
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vikīrṇāṅgāravarṣaṇa
vikīrṇāṅgāravarṣaṇa - showering scattered embers, one who showers scattered embers
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikīrṇa+aṅgāra+varṣaṇa)
  • vikīrṇa – scattered, dispersed, spread out
    participle
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root kṛ (to scatter, strew) with prefix vi
    Prefix: vi
    Root: kṛ (class 6)
  • aṅgāra – ember, charcoal, live coal
    noun (masculine)
  • varṣaṇa – showering, raining, a showerer, rain
    noun (masculine)
    Action noun from root vṛṣ (to rain, shower)
    Root: vṛṣ (class 1)