योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-46

सबाह्याभ्यन्तरं त्यक्त्वा सर्वां दृश्यदृशं यदा ।
मनस्तिष्ठति तल्लीनं संप्राप्तं तत्पदं तदा ॥ ४६ ॥

sabāhyābhyantaraṃ tyaktvā sarvāṃ dṛśyadṛśaṃ yadā ,
manastiṣṭhati tallīnaṃ saṃprāptaṃ tatpadaṃ tadā 46

46. sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram tyaktvā sarvām dṛśya-dṛśam yadā |
manaḥ tiṣṭhati tat-līnam samprāptam tat-padam tadā ||

46. yadā,
sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram sarvām dṛśya-dṛśam tyaktvā,
manaḥ tat-līnam tiṣṭhati,
tadā tat-padam samprāptam.

46. When, having abandoned all that is seen and the act of seeing, both external and internal, the mind (manas) remains absorbed in that (supreme reality), then that supreme state (brahman) is attained.

Words meanings summery:

• स-बाह्य-आभ्यन्तरम् (sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram) - both external and internal (with external and internal, including external and internal)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)

• सर्वाम् (sarvām) - all (referring to `dṛśya-dṛśam`) (all, entire (feminine accusative singular))

• दृश्य-दृशम् (dṛśya-dṛśam) - all that is seen and the act of seeing (the seen and the seeing, the object and the subject)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (stands, remains, stays)

• तत्-लीनम् (tat-līnam) - absorbed in that (supreme reality) (absorbed in that, merged in that)

• सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - is attained (attained, reached, acquired (neuter nominative singular))

• तत्-पदम् (tat-padam) - that supreme state (brahman) (that state, that position, that supreme state)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

स-बाह्य-आभ्यन्तरम् (sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram) - both external and internal (with external and internal, including external and internal)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sa-bāhya-ābhyantara

sa-bāhya-ābhyantara - accompanied by or including external and internal; together with inner and outer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+bāhya-ābhyantara)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix/indeclinable
• bāhya – external, outer
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from bahis (outside) + ya
• ābhyantara – internal, inner
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from abhyantara (inside) + aṇ

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root √tyaj, 1st class, absolutive form tyaktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

सर्वाम् (sarvām) - all (referring to `dṛśya-dṛśam`) (all, entire (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire, whole

दृश्य-दृशम् (dṛśya-dṛśam) - all that is seen and the act of seeing (the seen and the seeing, the object and the subject)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛśya-dṛś

dṛśya-dṛś - the seen (object) and the seeing (subject/act of seeing)

Compound type : dvandva (dṛśya+dṛś)

• dṛśya – to be seen, visible, perceptible, an object of sight
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from √dṛś (to see) + yat
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• dṛś – seeing, eye, sight, appearance, the seer, the act of seeing
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √dṛś (to see) + kvip
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (stands, remains, stays)

(verb)

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

Present, Active, 3rd person singular

Root √sthā, 1st class (tiṣṭhati)

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत्-लीनम् (tat-līnam) - absorbed in that (supreme reality) (absorbed in that, merged in that)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat-līna

tat-līna - absorbed in that, merged in that, completely immersed in that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+līna)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• līna – absorbed, dissolved, merged, hidden
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √lī (to cling, dissolve) + kta
  Root: lī (class 4)

सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - is attained (attained, reached, acquired (neuter nominative singular))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - obtained, reached, attained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam + pra + √āp (to obtain) + kta

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तत्-पदम् (tat-padam) - that supreme state (brahman) (that state, that position, that supreme state)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat-pada

tat-pada - that state, that position, the supreme state or abode, the Absolute

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+pada)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• pada – foot, step, place, state, position, word
  noun (neuter)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

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