योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-19

यदि सर्वं परित्यज्य तिष्ठस्युत्क्रान्तवासनः ।
अमुनैव निमेषेण तन्मुक्तोऽसि न संशयः ॥ १९ ॥

yadi sarvaṃ parityajya tiṣṭhasyutkrāntavāsanaḥ ,
amunaiva nimeṣeṇa tanmukto'si na saṃśayaḥ 19

19. yadi sarvam parityajya tiṣṭhasi utkrānta-vāsanaḥ
amunā eva nimeṣeṇa tat muktaḥ asi na saṃśayaḥ

19. yadi sarvam parityajya utkrānta-vāsanaḥ tiṣṭhasi,
tat amunā eva nimeṣeṇa muktaḥ asi,
na saṃśayaḥ.

19. If you abandon everything and remain free from all latent tendencies (vāsana), then you are liberated in that very instant, without a doubt.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up, forsaking

• तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you remain, you stand, you exist

• उत्क्रान्त-वासनः (utkrānta-vāsanaḥ) - with transcended latent tendencies, whose latent impressions are overcome

• अमुना (amunā) - by this

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - by an instant, by a blink of an eye

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

• असि (asi) - you are

• न (na) - not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Object of `parityajya`.

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up, forsaking

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From `pari-tyaj` + `lyaP` suffix.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you remain, you stand, you exist

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root `sthā` in 1st class.

Root: sthā (class 1)

उत्क्रान्त-वासनः (utkrānta-vāsanaḥ) - with transcended latent tendencies, whose latent impressions are overcome

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utkrānta-vāsana

utkrānta-vāsana - having transcended latent impressions, whose vāsana are overcome

Bahuvrihi compound. `utkrānta` (overcome, transcended) `vāsana` (latent impression).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (utkrānta+vāsana)

• utkrānta – transcended, overcome, crossed over, gone beyond
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `ut-kram` (to step over, transcend).
  Prefix: ut
  Root: kram (class 1)
• vāsana – latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, mental predisposition
  noun (feminine)
  From root `vas` (to dwell, perfume).
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'you' (masculine).

अमुना (amunā) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (demonstrative pronoun, referring to something far or specific)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis.

Note: Emphasizes `nimeṣeṇa`.

निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - by an instant, by a blink of an eye

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - winking, blinking, closing the eyes, an instant, a moment

From `ni-miṣ` (to wink, close eyes).

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Often acts as a correlative to `yadi`.

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - liberated, released, freed, loosened

Past Passive Participle

From root `muc` (to release, free).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with implied 'you' (masculine).

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Irregular verb.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

From `sam-śī` (to lie together, doubt).

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: `na saṃśayaḥ` means 'no doubt'.

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