योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-34

शब्दरूपरसस्पर्शगन्धमात्रशरीरिकाः ।
अनाकारास्तथा भातस्वरूपिण्यो भ्रमात्मिकाः ॥ ३४ ॥

śabdarūparasasparśagandhamātraśarīrikāḥ ,
anākārāstathā bhātasvarūpiṇyo bhramātmikāḥ 34

34. śabda-rūpa-rasa-sparśa-gandha-mātra-śarīrikāḥ
anākārāḥ tathā bhāta-svarūpiṇyaḥ bhramātmikāḥ

34. śabda-rūpa-rasa-sparśa-gandha-mātra-śarīrikāḥ,
anākārāḥ tathā bhāta-svarūpiṇyaḥ,
bhramātmikāḥ

34. Whose very essence is sound, form, taste, touch, and smell (tanmātras), they are formless, yet manifest as apparitions, and are delusory in nature.

34. הן היו מורכבות מיסודות הצליל, הצורה, הטעם, המגע והריח בלבד; ללא צורה ממשית, הופיעו כאילו הן ממשיות, אך מהותן הייתה אשליה.

Words meanings summery:

• शब्द-रूप-रस-स्पर्श-गन्ध-मात्र-शरीरिकाः (śabda-rūpa-rasa-sparśa-gandha-mātra-śarīrikāḥ) - whose body/essence is merely sound, form, taste, touch, and smell

• अनाकाराः (anākārāḥ) - formless, shapeless

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

• भात-स्वरूपिण्यः (bhāta-svarūpiṇyaḥ) - whose nature is manifested appearance, having a manifested form

• भ्रमात्मिकाः (bhramātmikāḥ) - whose nature is delusion, illusory in nature

Words meanings and morphology

शब्द-रूप-रस-स्पर्श-गन्ध-मात्र-शरीरिकाः (śabda-rūpa-rasa-sparśa-gandha-mātra-śarīrikāḥ) - whose body/essence is merely sound, form, taste, touch, and smell

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śabda-rūpa-rasa-sparśa-gandha-mātra-śarīrika

śabda-rūpa-rasa-sparśa-gandha-mātra-śarīrika - whose body consists only of sound, form, taste, touch, and smell

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śabda+rūpa+rasa+sparśa+gandha+mātra+śarīrika)

• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, appearance, color, sight
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – taste, juice, essence, emotion
  noun (masculine)
• sparśa – touch, contact
  noun (masculine)
• gandha – smell, odor, fragrance
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – only, merely, measuring
  indeclinable
• śarīrika – having a body, embodied
  adjective (feminine)

अनाकाराः (anākārāḥ) - formless, shapeless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anākāra

anākāra - formless, shapeless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ākāra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

भात-स्वरूपिण्यः (bhāta-svarūpiṇyaḥ) - whose nature is manifested appearance, having a manifested form

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhāta-svarūpiṇī

bhāta-svarūpiṇī - whose nature is manifested appearance

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāta+svarūpiṇī)

• bhāta – manifested, appeared, shone (Past Passive Participle of bhā)
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root bhā (to shine, appear).
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• svarūpiṇī – having one's own form or nature, essential form
  adjective (feminine)

भ्रमात्मिकाः (bhramātmikāḥ) - whose nature is delusion, illusory in nature

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhramātmikā

bhramātmikā - whose nature is delusion, illusory essence

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhrama+ātmikā)

• bhrama – delusion, error, illusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)
• ātmikā – whose nature is, having the essence of
  adjective (feminine)

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