योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-7

इच्छामात्रमविद्येह तन्नाशो मोक्ष उच्यते ।
स चासंकल्पमात्रेण सिद्धो भवति राघव ॥ ७ ॥

icchāmātramavidyeha tannāśo mokṣa ucyate ,
sa cāsaṃkalpamātreṇa siddho bhavati rāghava 7

7. icchā-mātram avidyā iha tat nāśaḥ mokṣaḥ ucyate |
saḥ ca asaṃkalpa-mātreṇa siddhaḥ bhavati rāghava

7. rāghava,
iha avidyā icchā-mātram,
tat nāśaḥ mokṣaḥ ucyate.
ca saḥ asaṃkalpa-mātreṇa siddhaḥ bhavati

7. Here, ignorance (avidyā) is simply desire (icchā). Its cessation is called final liberation (mokṣa). And that (liberation (mokṣa)), O Rāghava, is achieved merely by the absence of mental constructs (asaṃkalpamātreṇa).

7. אָבִידְיָא (הבורות הרוחנית) אינה אלא תשוקה גרידא, והיעלמותה נקראת שחרור. שחרור זה, רָאגְהַוָוה, מושג פשוט באמצעות חדלות כל הבנייה מחשבתית.

Words meanings summery:

• इच्छा-मात्रम् (icchā-mātram) - simply desire (merely desire, only desire)

• अविद्या (avidyā) - metaphysical ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience)

• इह (iha) - in this context (of spiritual discussion) (here, in this world, in this context)

• तत् (tat) - its (referring to 'avidyā') (that, its)

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - cessation, destruction (destruction, cessation, loss)

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - final liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, release, emancipation)

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

• सः (saḥ) - that (liberation (mokṣa)) (that, he)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• असंकल्प-मात्रेण (asaṁkalpa-mātreṇa) - merely by the absence of mental constructs (merely by non-volition/non-conceptualization)

• सिद्धः (siddhaḥ) - achieved, realized (accomplished, perfected, achieved)

• भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes (is, becomes, exists)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (Rāma) (descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

Words meanings and morphology

इच्छा-मात्रम् (icchā-mātram) - simply desire (merely desire, only desire)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of icchā-mātra

icchā-mātra - merely desire, only a wish

Compound noun/adjective

Compound type : karmadhāraya (icchā+mātra)

• icchā – desire, wish, longing
  noun (feminine)
  From root iṣ (to wish)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)
• mātra – only, merely, exclusively, nothing but
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix indicating 'only' or 'mere'

Note: Null gender if it refers to an abstract concept.

अविद्या (avidyā) - metaphysical ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'vidyā' (knowledge)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science, spiritual knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  From root vid- 'to know'
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

इह (iha) - in this context (of spiritual discussion) (here, in this world, in this context)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place and context

तत् (tat) - its (referring to 'avidyā') (that, its)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Used as a pronominal adjective, meaning 'its'.

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - cessation, destruction (destruction, cessation, loss)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, loss, ruin, disappearance, cessation

From root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - final liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, release, emancipation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, freedom from transmigration

From root muc (to release) with suffix -sa

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'tat-nāśaḥ'.

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

(verb)

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

From root vac (to speak) in passive voice

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Verb for 'tat-nāśaḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - that (liberation (mokṣa)) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

असंकल्प-मात्रेण (asaṁkalpa-mātreṇa) - merely by the absence of mental constructs (merely by non-volition/non-conceptualization)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of asaṃkalpa-mātra

asaṁkalpa-mātra - merely the absence of intention/volition/conceptualization

Compound noun

Compound type : karmadhāraya (a-saṃkalpa+mātra)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, volition, mental construct, conception
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to arrange, form) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, exclusively, nothing but
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix indicating 'only' or 'mere'

Note: Describes the means by which liberation is achieved.

सिद्धः (siddhaḥ) - achieved, realized (accomplished, perfected, achieved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siddha

siddha - accomplished, perfected, fulfilled, successful, realized

Past Passive Participle

From root sidh (to succeed, accomplish)

Root: sidh (class 4)

भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes (is, becomes, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhavati

From root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'saḥ'.

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (Rāma) (descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

From Raghu + aṇ (patronymic suffix)

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