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2,20

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-20, verse-3

महापुरुषता ह्येषा शमादिगुणशालिनी ।
सम्यग्ज्ञानं विना राम सिद्धिमेति न कांचन ॥ ३ ॥
mahāpuruṣatā hyeṣā śamādiguṇaśālinī ,
samyagjñānaṃ vinā rāma siddhimeti na kāṃcana 3
3. mahāpuruṣatā hi eṣā śama-ādi-guṇa-śālinī
samyak jñānam vinā rāma siddhim eti na kāñcana
3. rāma,
hi eṣā śama-ādi-guṇa-śālinī mahāpuruṣatā samyak jñānam vinā kāñcana siddhim na eti.
3. Indeed, this great (puruṣa) personality, adorned with qualities like tranquility and others, O Rāma, does not attain any perfection (siddhi) without right knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

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  • महापुरुषता (mahāpuruṣatā) - the nature of a great person (great personality, eminence)
  • हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)
  • एषा (eṣā) - this
  • शम-आदि-गुण-शालिनी (śama-ādi-guṇa-śālinī) - adorned with qualities like tranquility and others (possessing qualities like tranquility)
  • सम्यक् (samyak) - right (right, proper, true, perfect)
  • ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge (knowledge, wisdom, understanding)
  • विना (vinā) - without, except for
  • राम (rāma) - O Rama
  • सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection (siddhi) (perfection, success, accomplishment)
  • एति (eti) - attains (attains, goes, reaches)
  • (na) - not, no
  • काञ्चन (kāñcana) - any (with 'na' forms 'not any') (any, some)

Words meanings and morphology

महापुरुषता (mahāpuruṣatā) - the nature of a great person (great personality, eminence)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāpuruṣatā
mahāpuruṣatā - greatness of a person, eminence
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahāpuruṣa+tā)
  • mahāpuruṣa – great person (puruṣa), eminent man
    noun (masculine)
  • tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
    indeclinable (feminine)
हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)
(indeclinable)
एषा (eṣā) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of etad
etad - this, that, he, she, it
शम-आदि-गुण-शालिनी (śama-ādi-guṇa-śālinī) - adorned with qualities like tranquility and others (possessing qualities like tranquility)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śamādiguṇaśālin
śamādiguṇaśālin - possessing qualities beginning with tranquility
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śama+ādi+guṇa+śālin)
  • śama – tranquility, calmness, quietude
    noun (masculine)
    derived from root śam 'to be calm'
    Root: śam (class 4)
  • ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
    indeclinable
  • guṇa – quality, attribute, virtue
    noun (masculine)
  • śālin – possessing, endowed with, characterized by
    adjective (masculine)
    Agent Noun
    Derived from root śāl + -in
    Root: śāl (class 1)
Note: agrees with 'mahāpuruṣatā'
सम्यक् (samyak) - right (right, proper, true, perfect)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of samyac
samyac - right, proper, true, perfect, accurate
Note: agrees with 'jñānam'
ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge (knowledge, wisdom, understanding)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jñāna
jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, realization
from root jñā 'to know'
Root: jñā (class 9)
विना (vinā) - without, except for
(indeclinable)
राम (rāma) - O Rama
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma
rāma - Rama (a proper name, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)
सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection (siddhi) (perfection, success, accomplishment)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of siddhi
siddhi - accomplishment, success, perfection, supernatural power (siddhi)
from root sidh 'to succeed'
Root: sidh (class 4)
एति (eti) - attains (attains, goes, reaches)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of i
Root: i (class 2)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
काञ्चन (kāñcana) - any (with 'na' forms 'not any') (any, some)
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kaścana
kaścana - any, some, a certain
Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'not any, no'