योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-7

सुखदुःखक्षयकरं महानन्देककारणम् ।
मोक्षोपायमिमं राम वक्ष्यमाणं मया शृणु ॥ ७ ॥

sukhaduḥkhakṣayakaraṃ mahānandekakāraṇam ,
mokṣopāyamimaṃ rāma vakṣyamāṇaṃ mayā śṛṇu 7

7. sukha-duḥkha-kṣaya-karam mahā-ānanda-eka-kāraṇam
mokṣa-upāyam imam rāma vakṣyamāṇam mayā śṛṇu

7. rāma mayā vakṣyamāṇam sukha-duḥkha-kṣaya-karam
mahā-ānanda-eka-kāraṇam imam mokṣa-upāyam śṛṇu

7. O Rāma, listen to this means to liberation (mokṣa) that will be spoken by me – which causes the cessation of both joy and sorrow and is the sole cause of great bliss (mahānanda).

7. רָאמָה, הקשב לאמצעים אלה לשחרור שאותם אלמד, המביאים לקץ הסבל והעונג הארציים ומהווים את המקור היחיד לאושר העליון!

Words meanings summery:

• सुख-दुःख-क्षय-करम् (sukha-duḥkha-kṣaya-karam) - causing the destruction of happiness and sorrow

• महा-आनन्द-एक-कारणम् (mahā-ānanda-eka-kāraṇam) - the sole cause of great bliss

• मोक्ष-उपायम् (mokṣa-upāyam) - the means to liberation (mokṣa)

• इमम् (imam) - this (masculine singular accusative)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• वक्ष्यमाणम् (vakṣyamāṇam) - that which is about to be spoken, that which will be said

• मया (mayā) - by me

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

Words meanings and morphology

सुख-दुःख-क्षय-करम् (sukha-duḥkha-kṣaya-karam) - causing the destruction of happiness and sorrow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sukha-duḥkha-kṣaya-kara

sukha-duḥkha-kṣaya-kara - causing the end of pleasure and pain

Complex Tatpuruṣa compound. 'kara' (doer, maker, causing) is a suffix often forming adjectives meaning 'causing'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sukha+duḥkha+kṣaya+kara)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease, joy
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, unease
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – destruction, end, decay, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Derived noun
  From root 'kṣi' (to perish).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• kara – doer, maker, causing, producing
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

महा-आनन्द-एक-कारणम् (mahā-ānanda-eka-kāraṇam) - the sole cause of great bliss

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahā-ānanda-eka-kāraṇa

mahā-ānanda-eka-kāraṇa - the sole cause of ultimate joy/bliss

Complex Tatpuruṣa compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'ānanda' (bliss) + 'eka' (sole) + 'kāraṇa' (cause).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mahā+ānanda+eka+kāraṇa)

• mahā – great, large, important
  adjective (masculine)
  Stem form of 'mahat' used in compounds.
• ānanda – bliss, joy, happiness, delight
  noun (masculine)
  Derived noun
  From root 'nand' (to rejoice) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: nand (class 1)
• eka – one, sole, unique, principal
  adjective/numeral
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived noun
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मोक्ष-उपायम् (mokṣa-upāyam) - the means to liberation (mokṣa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa-upāya

mokṣa-upāya - means to liberation, method for final emancipation

Compound.

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-Tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+upāya)

• mokṣa – liberation, release, emancipation, salvation, final liberation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived noun
  From root 'muc' (to free, release) with suffix '-sa'.
  Root: muc (class 6)
• upāya – means, method, expedient, approach
  noun (masculine)
  Derived noun
  From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'upa'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.

इमम् (imam) - this (masculine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'mokṣa-upāyam'.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper noun, name of a deity)

Root: ram (class 1)

वक्ष्यमाणम् (vakṣyamāṇam) - that which is about to be spoken, that which will be said

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vakṣyamāṇa

vakṣyamāṇa - about to be spoken, going to be said

Future Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak) with future marker 'sya' and passive participle suffix '-māna'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'mokṣa-upāyam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

First person pronoun.

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'vakṣyamāṇam'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice.

From root 'śru' (class 5) in imperative.

Root: śru (class 5)

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