योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-6

मोक्षोपायाभिधानेयं संहिता सारसंमिता ।
त्रिंशद्द्वे च सहस्राणि ज्ञाता निर्वाणदायिनी ॥ ६ ॥

mokṣopāyābhidhāneyaṃ saṃhitā sārasaṃmitā ,
triṃśaddve ca sahasrāṇi jñātā nirvāṇadāyinī 6

6. mokṣopāyābhidhānā iyam saṃhitā sārasaṃmitā |
triṃśat dve ca sahasrāṇi jñātā nirvāṇadāyinī ||

6. iyam mokṣopāyābhidhānā sārasaṃmitā saṃhitā triṃśat dve ca sahasrāṇi jñātā nirvāṇadāyinī.

6. This compilation, titled "The Means to Liberation" (mokṣa), is imbued with essence. When it is understood, this text, comprising two thousand and thirty [verses], bestows final liberation (nirvāṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• मोक्षोपायाभिधाना (mokṣopāyābhidhānā) - named "Means to Liberation"

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• संहिता (saṁhitā) - compilation, text

• सारसंमिता (sārasaṁmitā) - imbued with essence, containing the essence

• त्रिंशत् (triṁśat) - thirty

• द्वे (dve) - two

• च (ca) - and

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• ज्ञाता (jñātā) - known, understood

• निर्वाणदायिनी (nirvāṇadāyinī) - bestowing final liberation (nirvāṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

मोक्षोपायाभिधाना (mokṣopāyābhidhānā) - named "Means to Liberation"

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mokṣopāyābhidhāna

mokṣopāyābhidhāna - title, designation of the means to liberation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+upāya+abhidhāna)

• mokṣa – liberation, release, emancipation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• upāya – means, method, resource
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)
• abhidhāna – naming, designation, name, title
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

संहिता (saṁhitā) - compilation, text

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃhitā

saṁhitā - collection, compilation, text, treatise

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

सारसंमिता (sārasaṁmitā) - imbued with essence, containing the essence

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sārasaṃmita

sārasaṁmita - containing the essence, equal in essence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāra+saṃmita)

• sāra – essence, core, pith, strength
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• saṃmita – measured, equal to, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mā with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mā (class 2)

त्रिंशत् (triṁśat) - thirty

(numeral)

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

ज्ञाता (jñātā) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñāta

jñāta - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

निर्वाणदायिनी (nirvāṇadāyinī) - bestowing final liberation (nirvāṇa)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirvāṇadāyin

nirvāṇadāyin - giving nirvāṇa, bestowing liberation

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (nirvāṇa+dāyin)

• nirvāṇa – final liberation, extinguishment, bliss
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: vā (class 2)
• dāyin – giver, bestower, granting
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root dā with suffix ṇini
  Root: dā (class 3)

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