योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-39

इदानीं शान्तशापस्त्वं परं बोधमुपागतः ।
संस्थितोऽहमिवैकान्माऽकनक कनकादिवत् ॥ ३९ ॥

idānīṃ śāntaśāpastvaṃ paraṃ bodhamupāgataḥ ,
saṃsthito'hamivaikānmā'kanaka kanakādivat 39

39. idānīm śānta-śāpaḥ tvam param bodham upāgataḥ
saṃsthitaḥ aham iva ekātmā akanakam kanakādivat

39. idānīm,
śānta-śāpaḥ tvam param bodham upāgataḥ.
aham iva ekātmā,
akanakam kanakādivat,
saṃsthitaḥ

39. Now, you, whose curse is appeased, have attained supreme knowledge. You are established like me, as the one Self (eka-ātman), just as an object (that is not raw gold) is (still essentially) gold.

Words meanings summery:

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

• शान्त-शापः (śānta-śāpaḥ) - whose curse is appeased (whose curse is appeased/ended, freed from the curse)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• बोधम् (bodham) - knowledge (knowledge, awakening, understanding)

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - attained (attained, reached, arrived at)

• संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - established (established, situated, abiding)

• अहम् (aham) - me (I)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• एकात्मा (ekātmā) - the one Self (ātman) (one Self, single Self, identical with the Self)

• अकनकम् (akanakam) - an object (that is not raw gold) (not gold, a non-golden object)

• कनकादिवत् (kanakādivat) - is (still essentially) gold (like gold etc., like gold)

Words meanings and morphology

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

(indeclinable)

शान्त-शापः (śānta-śāpaḥ) - whose curse is appeased (whose curse is appeased/ended, freed from the curse)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śānta-śāpa

śānta-śāpa - whose curse is appeased, one whose curse has ceased

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śānta+śāpa)

• śānta – appeased, calmed, ended
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √śam (to be calm, cease)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• śāpa – curse
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √śap (to curse)
  Root: śap (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam'

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of the sentence (implied 'asi')

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Qualifies 'bodham'

बोधम् (bodham) - knowledge (knowledge, awakening, understanding)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - knowledge, awakening, perception, understanding

Derived from √budh (to know, awaken)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'upāgataḥ'

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - attained (attained, reached, arrived at)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - attained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from upa-ā-√gam (to approach, attain)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tvam'

संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - established (established, situated, abiding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - established, situated, abiding, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam-√sthā (to stand, remain firmly)

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tvam'

अहम् (aham) - me (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Brahma (the speaker)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison

एकात्मा (ekātmā) - the one Self (ātman) (one Self, single Self, identical with the Self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekātman

ekātman - the one Self, the unitary Self, identical with the Self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+ātman)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• ātman – Self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicative noun for 'tvam' in the simile

अकनकम् (akanakam) - an object (that is not raw gold) (not gold, a non-golden object)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akanaka

akanaka - not gold, non-gold, an object made of gold but not 'gold' in its raw form

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'kanaka' (gold)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kanaka)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicative for an implied 'it' or 'object' in the simile

कनकादिवत् (kanakādivat) - is (still essentially) gold (like gold etc., like gold)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat (like, as) added to kanaka-ādi (gold etc.). Used here to mean 'like gold'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kanaka+ādi)

• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: The 'vat' suffix denotes similarity. Here, akanakam is similar to kanaka in its essence.