योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-25

जगत्पश्यत्यसक्तात्मा न स दुःखे निमज्जति ।
यस्यैतास्वस्वरूपासु भावना स्वात्मभावना ॥ २५ ॥

jagatpaśyatyasaktātmā na sa duḥkhe nimajjati ,
yasyaitāsvasvarūpāsu bhāvanā svātmabhāvanā 25

25. jagat paśyati asaktātmā na saḥ duḥkhe nimajjati
yasya etāsu asvarūpāsu bhāvanā svātmabhāvanā

25. asaktātmā yaḥ jagat paśyati (api),
saḥ duḥkhe na nimajjati.
yasya etāsu asvarūpāsu (viṣaye) bhāvanā svātmabhāvanā (asti)

25. The one whose mind (ātman) is unattached (asaktātmā), even if he perceives the world (jagat), does not sink into suffering (duḥkha). This is because his contemplation (bhāvanā) of these things, which are not their true essence (asvarūpāsu), is indeed a contemplation of his own true self (svātma-bhāvanā).

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives)

• असक्तात्मा (asaktātmā) - whose mind (ātman) is unattached (one whose self is unattached, having an unattached mind)

• न (na) - not, no

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• दुःखे (duḥkhe) - into suffering (duḥkha) (in sorrow, in suffering)

• निमज्जति (nimajjati) - sinks (sinks, plunges, immerses)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

• एतासु (etāsu) - of these (things) (in these, among these)

• अस्वरूपासु (asvarūpāsu) - which are not their true essence (in unreal forms, in things that are not their true nature)

• भावना (bhāvanā) - contemplation (bhāvanā) (conception, contemplation, mental image)

• स्वात्मभावना (svātmabhāvanā) - contemplation of his own true self (svātma-bhāvanā) (contemplation of one's own self)

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives)

(verb)

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

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root 'dṛś', transformed to 'paś' in present tense conjugation.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

असक्तात्मा (asaktātmā) - whose mind (ātman) is unattached (one whose self is unattached, having an unattached mind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaktātman

asaktātman - one whose self is unattached, unattached soul

Compound of 'asakta' (unattached) and 'ātman' (self).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (asakta+ātman)

• asakta – unattached, not clinging
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Negation of 'sakta' (attached), from root 'sañj' (to cling, be attached) with 'a-'
  Prefix: a
  Root: sañj (class 7)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दुःखे (duḥkhe) - into suffering (duḥkha) (in sorrow, in suffering)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, unhappiness

निमज्जति (nimajjati) - sinks (sinks, plunges, immerses)

(verb)

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

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root 'majj' (to sink) with prefix 'ni-'

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Possessive case, referring to the person whose contemplation is described.

एतासु (etāsu) - of these (things) (in these, among these)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

Note: Governed by the implication of 'bhāvanā' (contemplation 'of' these).

अस्वरूपासु (asvarūpāsu) - which are not their true essence (in unreal forms, in things that are not their true nature)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of asvarūpa

asvarūpa - not having one's own form or nature, unreal, not essential

Compound of 'a-' (not) and 'svarūpa' (one's own form/nature).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (a+svarūpa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• svarūpa – one's own form, true nature, essential character
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'sva' (own) and 'rūpa' (form).

भावना (bhāvanā) - contemplation (bhāvanā) (conception, contemplation, mental image)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conception, imagination, contemplation, mental attitude

From root 'bhū' (to be, become) in the causative sense with suffix -anā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वात्मभावना (svātmabhāvanā) - contemplation of his own true self (svātma-bhāvanā) (contemplation of one's own self)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svātmabhāvanā

svātmabhāvanā - the contemplation or realization of one's own self (ātman)

Compound of 'svātman' (one's own self) and 'bhāvanā' (contemplation).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (svātman+bhāvanā)

• svātman – one's own self, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'sva' (own) and 'ātman' (self).
  Root: an (class 2)
• bhāvanā – conception, mental image, contemplation, cultivation
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, become) in the causative sense with suffix -anā.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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