योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-5

स्वरूपावस्थितिर्मुक्तिस्तद्भ्रंशोऽहंत्ववेदनम् ।
एतत्संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं तज्ज्ञत्वाज्ञत्वलक्षणम् ॥ ५ ॥

svarūpāvasthitirmuktistadbhraṃśo'haṃtvavedanam ,
etatsaṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ tajjñatvājñatvalakṣaṇam 5

5. svarūpāvasthitiḥ muktiḥ tat bhraṃśaḥ ahaṃtva-vedanam
etat saṃkṣepataḥ proktam tat jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇam

5. svarūpāvasthitiḥ muktiḥ (asti) tat-bhraṃśaḥ ahaṃtva-vedanam
(asti) etat tat-jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇam saṃkṣepataḥ proktam

5. Abiding in one's own essential nature (svarūpa) is liberation (mokṣa). Its deviation, on the other hand, is the experience of ego (ahaṅkāra). This, in brief, has been declared as the defining characteristic that distinguishes the state of a knower from that of a non-knower.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वरूपावस्थितिः (svarūpāvasthitiḥ) - abiding in one's own essential nature; remaining in one's true form

• मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation, release, final emancipation (mokṣa)

• तत् (tat) - Refers to svarūpāvasthiti (abiding in one's own nature). First member of a compound. (its, that, of that)

• भ्रंशः (bhraṁśaḥ) - fall, deviation, decline, loss

• अहंत्व-वेदनम् (ahaṁtva-vedanam) - the feeling of 'I-ness', ego (ahaṅkāra)

• एतत् (etat) - Refers to the previously stated concepts of liberation and ego. (this)

• संक्षेपतः (saṁkṣepataḥ) - in brief, concisely, summarily

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared, said, spoken

• तत् (tat) - First member of the compound tat-jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇam. (that, of that)

• ज्ञत्व-अज्ञत्व-लक्षणम् (jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇam) - characteristic of knowing and not knowing; characteristic of a knower and a non-knower

Words meanings and morphology

स्वरूपावस्थितिः (svarūpāvasthitiḥ) - abiding in one's own essential nature; remaining in one's true form

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svarūpāvasthiti

svarūpāvasthiti - abiding in one's own nature, state of being oneself

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+rūpa+avasthiti)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• avasthiti – abiding, staying, state, condition
  noun (feminine)
  From ava-sthā (to stand down, to settle).
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation, release, final emancipation (mokṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mukti

mukti - liberation, release, final emancipation (mokṣa)

Derived from root muc (to release).

Root: muc (class 6)

तत् (tat) - Refers to svarūpāvasthiti (abiding in one's own nature). First member of a compound. (its, that, of that)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: First member of a tatpurusha compound.

भ्रंशः (bhraṁśaḥ) - fall, deviation, decline, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhraṃśa

bhraṁśa - fall, deviation, decline, loss

From root bhraṃś (to fall).

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

अहंत्व-वेदनम् (ahaṁtva-vedanam) - the feeling of 'I-ness', ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṃtva-vedana

ahaṁtva-vedana - the feeling of 'I-ness', ego

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+tva+vedana)

• aham – I, self
  pronoun
• tva – suffix meaning 'state of being', 'essence'
  indeclinable
  Secondary suffix forming abstract nouns.
• vedana – feeling, sensation, perception, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  From root vid (to know, to feel).
  Root: vid (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - Refers to the previously stated concepts of liberation and ego. (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

संक्षेपतः (saṁkṣepataḥ) - in brief, concisely, summarily

(indeclinable)

From saṃ-kṣip (to throw together, to condense). saṃkṣepataḥ is an adverbial form (tasil suffix).

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Derived from noun with suffix -tas, indicating "from" or "in terms of".

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared, said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - declared, said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Formed from pra-vac (to speak forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with etat.

तत् (tat) - First member of the compound tat-jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇam. (that, of that)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: First member of a tatpurusha compound.

ज्ञत्व-अज्ञत्व-लक्षणम् (jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇam) - characteristic of knowing and not knowing; characteristic of a knower and a non-knower

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇa

jñatva-ajñatva-lakṣaṇa - the characteristic of being a knower and a non-knower

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (jñatva+ajñatva+lakṣaṇa)

• jñatva – state of knowing, knower-ness
  noun (neuter)
  From root jñā (to know) + suffix tva.
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• ajñatva – state of not knowing, non-knower-ness
  noun (neuter)
  a (negation) + jñatva.
• lakṣaṇa – characteristic, mark, sign, definition
  noun (neuter)
  From root lakṣ (to perceive, to mark).
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)

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