योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-112, verse-8

यत्तु चञ्चलताहीनं तन्मनो मृतमुच्यते ।
तदेव च तपःशास्त्रसिद्धान्तो मोक्ष उच्यते ॥ ८ ॥

yattu cañcalatāhīnaṃ tanmano mṛtamucyate ,
tadeva ca tapaḥśāstrasiddhānto mokṣa ucyate 8

8. yat tu cañcalatāhīnam tat manaḥ mṛtam ucyate
tat eva ca tapaḥśāstrasiddhāntaḥ mokṣaḥ ucyate

8. yat tu cañcalatāhīnam,
tat manaḥ mṛtam ucyate.
ca tat eva tapaḥśāstrasiddhāntaḥ mokṣaḥ ucyate.

8. However, that mind which is devoid of restlessness is declared to be 'dead'. And that very state is proclaimed as liberation (mokṣa), the ultimate principle (siddhānta) of austerities (tapas) and scriptures.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• चञ्चलताहीनम् (cañcalatāhīnam) - devoid of restlessness, without unsteadiness

• तत् (tat) - that

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

• तत् (tat) - that

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• च (ca) - and

• तपःशास्त्रसिद्धान्तः (tapaḥśāstrasiddhāntaḥ) - the ultimate principle (siddhānta) of austerities (tapas) and scriptures

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation (mokṣa)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

चञ्चलताहीनम् (cañcalatāhīnam) - devoid of restlessness, without unsteadiness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cañcalatāhīna

cañcalatāhīna - devoid of restlessness, calm, steady

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (cañcalatā+hīna)

• cañcalatā – restlessness, unsteadiness, fickleness
  noun (feminine)
  derived from cañcala (restless) + tā (suffix forming abstract nouns)
• hīna – devoid, lacking, deprived of, inferior
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root hā (to abandon, to quit)
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart, understanding

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, lifeless

Past Passive Participle

from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तपःशास्त्रसिद्धान्तः (tapaḥśāstrasiddhāntaḥ) - the ultimate principle (siddhānta) of austerities (tapas) and scriptures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapaḥśāstrasiddhānta

tapaḥśāstrasiddhānta - the established conclusion/principle of asceticism and scriptures

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (tapas+śāstra+siddhānta)

• tapas – austerities, asceticism, penance, heat (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, sacred text, scientific work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• siddhānta – established doctrine, ultimate principle, conclusion, axiom
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sidh (class 1)

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation (mokṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, emancipation, release from saṃsāra (mokṣa)

from root muc (to release)

Root: muc (class 6)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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