योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-14, verse-30

स्वविचारमहौषध्या साधुश्चित्तनिषण्णया ।
तयोत्तमत्वप्रदया नाभिवाञ्छति नोज्झति ॥ ३० ॥

svavicāramahauṣadhyā sādhuścittaniṣaṇṇayā ,
tayottamatvapradayā nābhivāñchati nojjhati 30

30. sva-vicāra-mahoṣadhyā sādhuḥ citta-niṣaṇṇayā tayā
uttamattva-pradayā na abhivāñchati na ujjhati

30. sādhuḥ sva-vicāra-mahoṣadhyā citta-niṣaṇṇayā tayā
uttamattva-pradayā na abhivāñchati na ujjhati

30. Through that great medicine of one's own inquiry, which is well-established in the mind and bestows the state of supreme excellence, the discerning individual neither craves nor relinquishes anything.

30. באמצעות תרופת הפלא של חקירה עצמית השוכנת בחשיבתו ומעניקה לו נעלה, האדם הנאור אינו משתוקק לדבר ואינו דוחה דבר.

Words meanings summery:

• स्व-विचार-महोषध्या (sva-vicāra-mahoṣadhyā) - by the great medicine of one's own inquiry

• साधुः (sādhuḥ) - the wise person, sage, virtuous man

• चित्त-निषण्णया (citta-niṣaṇṇayā) - by that which is settled in the mind

• तया (tayā) - by that

• उत्तमत्त्व-प्रदया (uttamattva-pradayā) - by that which bestows supreme excellence

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिवाञ्छति (abhivāñchati) - desires, longs for, yearns

• न (na) - not, no

• उज्झति (ujjhati) - abandons, gives up, forsakes

Words meanings and morphology

स्व-विचार-महोषध्या (sva-vicāra-mahoṣadhyā) - by the great medicine of one's own inquiry

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva-vicāra-mahoṣadhī

sva-vicāra-mahoṣadhī - the great medicine of one's own inquiry

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vicāra+mahā+oṣadhī)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• vicāra – inquiry, discernment, reflection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)
• mahat – great, large, excellent
  adjective
• oṣadhī – herb, medicinal plant, medicine
  noun (feminine)

साधुः (sādhuḥ) - the wise person, sage, virtuous man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, wise, righteous, saint

चित्त-निषण्णया (citta-niṣaṇṇayā) - by that which is settled in the mind

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of citta-niṣaṇṇa

citta-niṣaṇṇa - settled in the mind, residing in the mind

Past Passive Participle

niṣaṇṇa from root sad with prefix ni, kta suffix.

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (citta+niṣaṇṇa)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• niṣaṇṇa – settled, seated, residing, fixed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sad (to sit, settle) with prefix ni and kta suffix.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: sad (class 1)

तया (tayā) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

उत्तमत्त्व-प्रदया (uttamattva-pradayā) - by that which bestows supreme excellence

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of uttamattva-pradā

uttamattva-pradā - giver of supreme excellence

Primary derivative (kṛt)

Compound type : tatpurusha (uttamattva+pradā)

• uttamattva – state of being best/supreme, excellence, supremacy
  noun (neuter)
  From uttama + tva (abstract suffix).
• pradā – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Primary derivative (kṛt)
  From root dā with prefix pra + suffix a.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिवाञ्छति (abhivāñchati) - desires, longs for, yearns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of abhivāñch

Prefix: abhi

Root: vāñch (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उज्झति (ujjhati) - abandons, gives up, forsakes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ujjhati

Root: ujjhati (class 1)

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