महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-10

योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः ।
एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः ॥१०॥

10. yogī yuñjīta satatamātmānaṁ rahasi sthitaḥ ,
ekākī yatacittātmā nirāśīraparigrahaḥ.

10. yogī yuñjīta satatam ātmānam rahasi sthitaḥ
ekākī yatacittātmā nirāśīḥ aparigrahaḥ

10. rahasi sthitaḥ ekākī yatacittātmā nirāśīḥ
aparigrahaḥ yogī satatam ātmānam yuñjīta

10. Abiding in solitude, alone, with a controlled mind and self, free from desires and without possessions, a yogi should constantly engage his self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• योगी (yogī) - a yogi, one who practices yoga

• युञ्जीत (yuñjīta) - should engage oneself in meditation or yoga (yoga) (should unite, should engage, should practice)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit, individual essence

• रहसि (rahasi) - in a solitary place, in secret, in privacy

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - remaining in a specific state or place (situated, standing, remaining, being)

• एकाकी (ekākī) - solitary, alone

• यतचित्तात्मा (yatacittātmā) - whose mind and self are controlled

• निराशीः (nirāśīḥ) - free from hopes/desires, without expectation

• अपरिग्रहः (aparigrahaḥ) - non-possessive, free from possessions, without acquisitiveness

Words meanings and morphology

योगी (yogī) - a yogi, one who practices yoga

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yogin

yogin - practitioner of yoga (yoga), ascetic, contemplative

From yoga + -in (possessive suffix)

Root: yuj (class 7)

युञ्जीत (yuñjīta) - should engage oneself in meditation or yoga (yoga) (should unite, should engage, should practice)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of yuj

Optative Mood, Atmanepada, 3rd Person Singular

Optative of root yuj (class 7), Atmanepada form

Root: yuj (class 7)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always

(indeclinable)

From sa + tata (spread out)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit, individual essence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of the verb yuñjīta, meaning to engage or apply oneself.

रहसि (rahasi) - in a solitary place, in secret, in privacy

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rahas

rahas - solitude, privacy, secret, lonely place

Root: rah (class 1)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - remaining in a specific state or place (situated, standing, remaining, being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, firm, steady

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā + kta suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions adjectivally to describe the yogi.

एकाकी (ekākī) - solitary, alone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekākin

ekākin - solitary, alone, individual, single

From eka (one) + -ākin (suffix indicating possessor of a state)

यतचित्तात्मा (yatacittātmā) - whose mind and self are controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yatacittātman

yatacittātman - one whose mind (citta) and self (ātman) are controlled (yata)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yata+citta+ātman)

• yata – controlled, restrained, effortful
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yam + kta suffix
  Root: yam (class 1)
• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

निराशीः (nirāśīḥ) - free from hopes/desires, without expectation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirāśis

nirāśis - without hope, free from desire, disinterested

From nir (without) + āśis (hope, desire)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nir+āśis)

• nir – without, out, away, absence of
  indeclinable
  Preposition/prefix meaning 'without, out of'
• āśis – hope, desire, blessing
  noun (feminine)
  From root aś + is (feminine noun suffix)
  Root: aś (class 5)

अपरिग्रहः (aparigrahaḥ) - non-possessive, free from possessions, without acquisitiveness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aparigraha

aparigraha - non-possessiveness, freedom from greed, non-acceptance of gifts

From a (negation) + parigraha (possessiveness, acquisition)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+parigraha)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• parigraha – acquiring, possessing, seizing, property, retinue
  noun (masculine)
  From pari + root grah
  Prefix: pari
  Root: grah (class 9)