योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-24, verse-19

इन्द्रियारीनलं जित्वा तीर्णो भव भवार्णवात् ।
असत्येव शरीरेऽस्मिन्सुखदुःखेष्वसत्सु च ॥ १९ ॥

indriyārīnalaṃ jitvā tīrṇo bhava bhavārṇavāt ,
asatyeva śarīre'sminsukhaduḥkheṣvasatsu ca 19

19. indriyārīn alam jitvā tīrṇaḥ bhava bhavārṇavāt
asati eva śarīre asmin sukhaduḥkheṣu asatsu ca

19. tvam indriyārīn alam jitvā,
bhavārṇavāt tīrṇaḥ bhava.
asmin śarīre asati eva,
sukhaduḥkheṣu ca asatsu

19. Having thoroughly conquered the enemies of the senses, cross over from the ocean of existence (saṃsāra). This applies especially as this body is impermanent and both joys and sorrows are likewise transient.

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रियारीन् (indriyārīn) - the enemies who are the sense organs themselves, or the objects of the senses as enemies (the enemies of the senses)

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, thoroughly, completely, enough

• जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having overcome

• तीर्णः (tīrṇaḥ) - crossed over, passed over, delivered

• भव (bhava) - be, become

• भवार्णवात् (bhavārṇavāt) - from the ocean of existence, from the ocean of saṃsāra

• असति (asati) - when this body is impermanent (being non-existent, being unreal, being impermanent)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• सुखदुःखेषु (sukhaduḥkheṣu) - in pleasures and pains, in happiness and sorrow

• असत्सु (asatsu) - when joys and sorrows are impermanent/transient (being non-existent, being unreal, being impermanent)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियारीन् (indriyārīn) - the enemies who are the sense organs themselves, or the objects of the senses as enemies (the enemies of the senses)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of indriyāri

indriyāri - enemy of the senses, sense-enemy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indriya+ari)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, thoroughly, completely, enough

(indeclinable)

जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having overcome

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root ji (to conquer)

Root: ji (class 1)

तीर्णः (tīrṇaḥ) - crossed over, passed over, delivered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīrṇa

tīrṇa - crossed, passed over, delivered, fulfilled

Past Passive Participle

derived from root tṛ (to cross, pass over)

Root: tṛ (class 1)

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

imperative, active voice

2nd person singular imperative of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भवार्णवात् (bhavārṇavāt) - from the ocean of existence, from the ocean of saṃsāra

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhavārṇava

bhavārṇava - ocean of existence, ocean of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+arṇava)

• bhava – existence, being, worldly existence, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

असति (asati) - when this body is impermanent (being non-existent, being unreal, being impermanent)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, impermanent, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

derived from root as (to be) with negative prefix a

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, good, true
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  derived from root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

सुखदुःखेषु (sukhaduḥkheṣu) - in pleasures and pains, in happiness and sorrow

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – suffering, pain, sorrow, misery
  noun (neuter)

असत्सु (asatsu) - when joys and sorrows are impermanent/transient (being non-existent, being unreal, being impermanent)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, impermanent, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

derived from root as (to be) with negative prefix a

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, good, true
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  derived from root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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