योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-30, verse-8

अपहस्तितसर्वार्थमनवस्थितिरास्थिता ।
गृहीत्वोत्सृज्य चात्मानं भवस्थितिरवस्थिता ॥ ८ ॥

apahastitasarvārthamanavasthitirāsthitā ,
gṛhītvotsṛjya cātmānaṃ bhavasthitiravasthitā 8

8. apahastita-sarvārtham anavasthitiḥ āsthitā
gṛhītvā utsṛjya ca ātmānam bhava-sthitiḥ avasthitā

8. apahastita-sarvārtham anavasthitiḥ āsthitā ca
bhava-sthitiḥ ātmānam gṛhītvā utsṛjya avasthitā

8. Instability (anavasthiti) has taken firm hold, having cast aside all objects or purposes. And the state of worldly existence (bhavasthiti) remains fixed, repeatedly grasping and releasing the individual self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• अपहस्तित-सर्वार्थम् (apahastita-sarvārtham) - having discarded all purposes, having rejected all objects

• अनवस्थितिः (anavasthitiḥ) - instability, restlessness, unsteadiness

• आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, adopted, resorted to, fixed

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

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

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• भव-स्थितिः (bhava-sthitiḥ) - state of existence, worldly condition

• अवस्थिता (avasthitā) - remained, stood, existed, fixed

Words meanings and morphology

अपहस्तित-सर्वार्थम् (apahastita-sarvārtham) - having discarded all purposes, having rejected all objects

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apahastita-sarvārtha

apahastita-sarvārtha - having discarded all purposes/objects

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa (apahastita+sarva+artha)

• apahastita – cast aside, rejected, set aside
  adjective
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of apa-has (to discard, cast away)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: has (class 1)
• sarva – all, every, entire
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth, goal
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to modify 'āsthitā'.

अनवस्थितिः (anavasthitiḥ) - instability, restlessness, unsteadiness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anavasthiti

anavasthiti - instability, restlessness, unsteadiness, uncertainty

Derived from a-navasthiti (non-stability)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+avasthiti)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• avasthiti – stability, position, state, condition
  noun (feminine)
  From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ava-
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, adopted, resorted to, fixed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - stood, established, resorted to, adopted, undertaken

past passive participle

Past passive participle of ā-sthā (to stand, resort to, adopt)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'anavasthitiḥ'.

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of the root grah (to seize, take)

Root: grah (class 9)

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

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of the root sṛj (to emit, create, release) with prefix ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual essence, life principle

भव-स्थितिः (bhava-sthitiḥ) - state of existence, worldly condition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhava-sthiti

bhava-sthiti - state of existence, condition of being, worldly condition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+sthiti)

• bhava – existence, being, becoming, world
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sthiti – state, condition, standing, continuance
  noun (feminine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अवस्थिता (avasthitā) - remained, stood, existed, fixed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avasthita

avasthita - stood, situated, remained, fixed, existing

past passive participle

Past passive participle of ava-sthā (to stand still, remain)

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhava-sthitiḥ'.