योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-1, verse-43

वीतशोकभयायासो निरीहश्छिन्नसंशयः ।
जगाम शिखरं मेरोः समाध्यर्थमनिन्दितम् ॥ ४३ ॥

vītaśokabhayāyāso nirīhaśchinnasaṃśayaḥ ,
jagāma śikharaṃ meroḥ samādhyarthamaninditam 43

43. vītaśokabhayāyāsaḥ nirīhaḥ chinnasaṃśayaḥ
jagāma śikharam meroḥ samādhyartham aninditam

43. vītaśokabhayāyāsaḥ nirīhaḥ chinnasaṃśayaḥ saḥ
aninditam meroḥ śikharam samādhyartham jagāma

43. Free from sorrow, fear, and fatigue, without desires, and with all doubts dispelled, he went to the blameless peak of Mount Meru for the purpose of (deep meditation) samādhi.

Words meanings summery:

• वीतशोकभयायासः (vītaśokabhayāyāsaḥ) - free from sorrow, fear, and fatigue (one from whom sorrow, fear, and fatigue have departed)

• निरीहः (nirīhaḥ) - without desires (desireless, without wishes, free from activity/effort)

• छिन्नसंशयः (chinnasaṁśayaḥ) - with doubts dispelled (one whose doubts are cut off/dispelled)

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went

• शिखरम् (śikharam) - peak (peak, summit, top)

• मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Mount Meru (of Meru, of Mount Meru)

• समाध्यर्थम् (samādhyartham) - for the purpose of (deep meditation) samādhi (for the purpose of samādhi, for meditation)

• अनिन्दितम् (aninditam) - blameless (blameless, irreproachable, faultless)

Words meanings and morphology

वीतशोकभयायासः (vītaśokabhayāyāsaḥ) - free from sorrow, fear, and fatigue (one from whom sorrow, fear, and fatigue have departed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vītaśokabhayāyāsa

vītaśokabhayāyāsa - one who is free from sorrow, fear, and weariness/fatigue

Bahuvrīhi compound. vīta (departed) + śoka (sorrow) + bhaya (fear) + āyāsa (fatigue).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vīta+śoka+bhaya+āyāsa)

• vīta – departed, gone, removed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √i (to go) with upasarga vi- + kta suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• āyāsa – exertion, effort, fatigue, trouble
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yas (class 4)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (Śuka).

निरीहः (nirīhaḥ) - without desires (desireless, without wishes, free from activity/effort)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirīha

nirīha - desireless, without activity, free from effort/wishes

Nañ-bahuvrīhi compound, 'without desire/effort'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+īhā)

• nis – out, forth, without, free from
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'out', 'away', or 'lack'.
• īhā – desire, wish, effort, activity
  noun (feminine)
  From root √īh (to desire, strive).
  Root: īh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (Śuka).

छिन्नसंशयः (chinnasaṁśayaḥ) - with doubts dispelled (one whose doubts are cut off/dispelled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chinnasaṃśaya

chinnasaṁśaya - one whose doubts are cut off, one whose doubts are dispelled

Bahuvrīhi compound. chinna (cut off, dispelled) + saṃśaya (doubt).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+saṃśaya)

• chinna – cut, cut off, severed, dispelled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √chid (to cut) + kta suffix.
  Root: chid (class 7)
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (Śuka).

जगाम (jagāma) - he went

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of gam

Perfect tense (liṭ).

Reduplicated perfect.

Root: gam (class 1)

शिखरम् (śikharam) - peak (peak, summit, top)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, top, pinnacle

Note: Object of 'jagāma'.

मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Mount Meru (of Meru, of Mount Meru)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain, center of the universe)

Note: Possessive, modifies 'śikharam'.

समाध्यर्थम् (samādhyartham) - for the purpose of (deep meditation) samādhi (for the purpose of samādhi, for meditation)

(indeclinable)

Tatpuruṣa compound. With final -m acts as an adverb of purpose.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samādhi+artha)

• samādhi – meditation, concentration, absorption, profound contemplation (samādhi)
  noun (masculine)
  From root √dhā (to place) with upasargas sam- and ā-.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

अनिन्दितम् (aninditam) - blameless (blameless, irreproachable, faultless)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anindita

anindita - unblamed, unblemished, faultless, irreproachable

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound. a- (not) + nindita (blamed).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• nindita – blamed, censured, reproached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √nind (to blame, censure) + kta suffix.
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śikharam'.

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