योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-31

वीतशोकभयः शान्तनिर्वाणो गतकल्पनः ।
जीवन्मुक्तो जितमना व्यासोऽयमिति वर्णितः ॥ ३१ ॥

vītaśokabhayaḥ śāntanirvāṇo gatakalpanaḥ ,
jīvanmukto jitamanā vyāso'yamiti varṇitaḥ 31

31. vīta-śoka-bhayaḥ śānta-nirvāṇaḥ gata-kalpanaḥ
jīvanmuktaḥ jita-manāḥ vyāsaḥ ayam iti varṇitaḥ

31. ayam vyāsaḥ vīta-śoka-bhayaḥ,
śānta-nirvāṇaḥ,
gata-kalpanaḥ,
jīvanmuktaḥ,
jita-manāḥ iti varṇitaḥ.

31. Free from sorrow and fear, peaceful through the attainment of nirvāṇa (nirvāṇa), devoid of mental constructs, liberated while living (jīvanmukta), and with a conquered mind—thus is this Vyāsa described.

Words meanings summery:

• वीत-शोक-भयः (vīta-śoka-bhayaḥ) - free from sorrow and fear.

• शान्त-निर्वाणः (śānta-nirvāṇaḥ) - peaceful through the attainment of nirvāṇa (nirvāṇa). (having attained peaceful nirvāṇa (nirvāṇa); peacefully extinguished.)

• गत-कल्पनः (gata-kalpanaḥ) - devoid of mental constructs. (free from imagination/conjecture/mental constructs.)

• जीवन्मुक्तः (jīvanmuktaḥ) - liberated while living (jīvanmukta).

• जित-मनाः (jita-manāḥ) - with a conquered mind.

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa (the sage). (Vyāsa (proper noun).)

• अयम् (ayam) - this. (this, he.)

• इति (iti) - thus (he is described). (thus, in this manner, so. (marks quoted speech or thought).)

• वर्णितः (varṇitaḥ) - described. (described, praised, painted.)

Words meanings and morphology

वीत-शोक-भयः (vīta-śoka-bhayaḥ) - free from sorrow and fear.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīta-śoka-bhaya

vīta-śoka-bhaya - free from sorrow and fear

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vīta+śoka+bhaya)

• vīta – gone, disappeared, free from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Compound describing Vyāsa.

शान्त-निर्वाणः (śānta-nirvāṇaḥ) - peaceful through the attainment of nirvāṇa (nirvāṇa). (having attained peaceful nirvāṇa (nirvāṇa); peacefully extinguished.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śānta-nirvāṇa

śānta-nirvāṇa - peaceful nirvāṇa, one whose nirvāṇa is peaceful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śānta+nirvāṇa)

• śānta – calm, peaceful, tranquil, ceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śam' (to be calm) with suffix '-ta'.
  Root: śam (class 4)
• nirvāṇa – extinction, blowing out; final emancipation (nirvāṇa), perfect calm, bliss
  noun (neuter)
  From 'nir-vā' (to be extinguished).
  Prefix: nis
  Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Compound describing Vyāsa.

गत-कल्पनः (gata-kalpanaḥ) - devoid of mental constructs. (free from imagination/conjecture/mental constructs.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata-kalpana

gata-kalpana - whose imagination or mental construct has gone, free from mental constructs

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+kalpana)

• gata – gone, departed, disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go) with suffix '-ta'.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• kalpana – imagination, mental construction, conjecture, fancy
  noun (feminine)
  From causative of 'kḷp' (to arrange, to imagine) + suffix '-ana'.
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Compound describing Vyāsa.

जीवन्मुक्तः (jīvanmuktaḥ) - liberated while living (jīvanmukta).

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvanmukta

jīvanmukta - one who is liberated while living, a living liberated person (jīvanmukta)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvan+mukta)

• jīvan – living, alive
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'jīv' (to live) with suffix '-at'.
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'muc' (to release) with suffix '-ta'.
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Compound describing Vyāsa. A key term in Advaita Vedānta.

जित-मनाः (jita-manāḥ) - with a conquered mind.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jita-manas

jita-manas - one whose mind is conquered, with a subdued mind

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jita+manas)

• jita – conquered, subdued, won
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ji' (to conquer) with suffix '-ta'.
  Root: ji (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Compound describing Vyāsa.

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa (the sage). (Vyāsa (proper noun).)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - a name of a celebrated sage, the compiler of the Vedas and Purāṇas, Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

Literally 'divider' or 'compiler', from 'vi-as' (to throw apart, to arrange).

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: The subject of the description.

अयम् (ayam) - this. (this, he.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to Vyāsa.

इति (iti) - thus (he is described). (thus, in this manner, so. (marks quoted speech or thought).)

(indeclinable)

वर्णितः (varṇitaḥ) - described. (described, praised, painted.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṇita

varṇita - described, narrated, praised, painted

Past Passive Participle

From root 'varṇ' (to describe, to paint) with suffix '-ita'.

Root: varṇ (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective to Vyāsa.

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