योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-28

स्पन्दत्वं च यथा वायोस्तथैष परमे पदे ।
कर्माण्यद्यतनान्यस्य संचितानि न सन्ति हि ॥ २८ ॥

spandatvaṃ ca yathā vāyostathaiṣa parame pade ,
karmāṇyadyatanānyasya saṃcitāni na santi hi 28

28. spandatvam ca yathā vāyoḥ tathā eṣa parame pade
karmāṇi adyatanāni asya sañcitāni na santi hi

28. ca yathā vāyoḥ spandatvam,
tathā eṣa parame pade.
asya adyatanāni karmāṇi,
sañcitāni ca (karmāṇi) na santi hi.

28. And just as vibration is inherent in the wind, so too this (enlightened one) resides in the supreme state. Indeed, neither his current actions (karma) nor his accumulated past actions (karma) exist (for him in terms of binding effect).

Words meanings summery:

• स्पन्दत्वम् (spandatvam) - vibration, pulsation, movement

• च (ca) - and

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the wind

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

• एष (eṣa) - this enlightened one (this one)

• परमे (parame) - in the highest, in the supreme

• पदे (pade) - in the supreme state (in the state, in the abode, in the position)

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds)

• अद्यतनानि (adyatanāni) - current actions (present-day, current, recent)

• अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the enlightened one) (of him, his, of this)

• सञ्चितानि (sañcitāni) - accumulated (past actions) (accumulated, collected)

• न (na) - not

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

Words meanings and morphology

स्पन्दत्वम् (spandatvam) - vibration, pulsation, movement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of spandatva

spandatva - vibration, pulsation, movement, tremor

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the wind

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, breath, vital air

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this enlightened one (this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

परमे (parame) - in the highest, in the supreme

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

पदे (pade) - in the supreme state (in the state, in the abode, in the position)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, abode, position

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अद्यतनानि (adyatanāni) - current actions (present-day, current, recent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of adyatana

adyatana - present-day, belonging to today, current

From adya ('today') + tana suffix

अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the enlightened one) (of him, his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

सञ्चितानि (sañcitāni) - accumulated (past actions) (accumulated, collected)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sañcita

sañcita - accumulated, collected, heaped up

Past Passive Participle

From root ci with prefix saṃ

Prefix: sam

Root: ci (class 5)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सन्ति (santi) - they are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

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