योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-20

व्योमात्मचेतनमहं के शरीरादयो मम ।
इत्यात्महापह्नुतेऽन्तर्योऽनुभूतं धिगस्तु तम् ॥ २० ॥

vyomātmacetanamahaṃ ke śarīrādayo mama ,
ityātmahāpahnute'ntaryo'nubhūtaṃ dhigastu tam 20

20. vyoma-ātma-cetanam aham ke śarīra-ādayaḥ mama iti
ātma-hā apahnute antaḥ yaḥ anubhūtam dhik astu tam

20. aham vyoma-ātma-cetanam mama śarīra-ādayaḥ ke iti
yaḥ antaḥ anubhūtam ātma-hā apahnute tam dhik astu

20. "I am consciousness (ātman) whose nature is like space; what are these bodies and other things to me?" Shame on that person who, like a destroyer of the self (ātmahā), inwardly denies that which has been realized (ātman).

20. אני המודעות שמהותה כמרחב השמיים, מה לי ולגוף ולשאר הדברים. מי שמכחיש בלבו את החוויה הזו והורס את הָעַצְמִי, גנאי וחרפה לו.

Words meanings summery:

• व्योम-आत्म-चेतनम् (vyoma-ātma-cetanam) - consciousness whose nature is like space or the self

• अहम् (aham) - I

• के (ke) - what?

• शरीर-आदयः (śarīra-ādayaḥ) - bodies and others, bodies etc.

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, saying this

• आत्म-हा (ātma-hā) - destroyer of the self, self-killer

• अपह्नुते (apahnute) - denies, conceals, hides

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inwardly, within

• यः (yaḥ) - who

• अनुभूतम् (anubhūtam) - the (ātman) that has been realized (experienced, realized, perceived)

• धिक् (dhik) - shame on!, alas!, woe!

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

Words meanings and morphology

व्योम-आत्म-चेतनम् (vyoma-ātma-cetanam) - consciousness whose nature is like space or the self

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoma-ātma-cetana

vyoma-ātma-cetana - consciousness whose nature is like space or the self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyoman+ātman+cetana)

• vyoman – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the supreme spirit
  noun (masculine)
• cetana – conscious, animate, consciousness, sentient being
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'cit' (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with an implied 'I' (aham)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

के (ke) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

शरीर-आदयः (śarīra-ādayaḥ) - bodies and others, bodies etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarīra-ādi

śarīra-ādi - body and so on

Compound type : dvandva (śarīra+ādi)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, saying this

(indeclinable)

आत्म-हा (ātma-hā) - destroyer of the self, self-killer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātma-han

ātma-han - destroyer of the self, self-killer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+han)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the supreme spirit
  noun (masculine)
• han – killer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

अपह्नुते (apahnute) - denies, conceals, hides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, ātmanepada, present (lat) of apahnu

Prefix: apa

Root: hnu (class 2)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inwardly, within

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अनुभूतम् (anubhūtam) - the (ātman) that has been realized (experienced, realized, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, realized, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' with prefix 'anu'

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here as a substantive, 'that which is experienced/realized'.

धिक् (dhik) - shame on!, alas!, woe!

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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