योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-32

नूनं स्थितिमुपायाता समासाद्य पदं स्थिता ।
कुतो जातेयमिति ते राम मास्तु विचारणा ॥ ३२ ॥

nūnaṃ sthitimupāyātā samāsādya padaṃ sthitā ,
kuto jāteyamiti te rāma māstu vicāraṇā 32

32. nūnam sthitim upāyātā samāsādya padam sthitā
kutaḥ jātā iyam iti te rāma mā astu vicāraṇā

32. nūnam [avidyā] sthitim upāyātā ca padam samāsādya sthitā.
rāma,
iyam kutaḥ jātā iti te vicāraṇā mā astu.

32. This [ignorance (avidyā)] has certainly attained a steady state, having firmly established itself. O Rama, let there be no inquiry by you as to 'from where is this born?'

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - a stable or fixed condition (state, condition, stability, existence)

• उपायाता (upāyātā) - having attained, having approached

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained, having acquired

• पदम् (padam) - a firm position or state (state, position, abode, step, foot)

• स्थिता (sthitā) - firmly established (stood, situated, remained, established)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (source) (from where, whence, why)

• जाता (jātā) - born, arisen, produced

• इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to avidya) (this, she)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote or thought (thus, so, in this manner)

• ते (te) - by you (to you, your (genitive/dative of 'tvad'))

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, inquiry, consideration, investigation

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'nūna'.

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - a stable or fixed condition (state, condition, stability, existence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - state, condition, stability, position, existence, steadfastness

From root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'upāyātā'.

उपायाता (upāyātā) - having attained, having approached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upāyāta

upāyāta - approached, attained, gone to

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yā' (2nd class) with prefix 'upa-'.

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained, having acquired

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'sad' (1st class) with prefixes 'sam-' and 'ā-'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

पदम् (padam) - a firm position or state (state, position, abode, step, foot)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

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

From root 'pad' (4th class), 'to go, move'.

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of 'samāsādya'.

स्थिता (sthitā) - firmly established (stood, situated, remained, established)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, remained, established, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (1st class), 'to stand'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'avidyā' (implied).

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (source) (from where, whence, why)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial ablative of interrogative pronoun 'kim'.

Note: Interrogative particle.

जाता (jātā) - born, arisen, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, arisen, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jan' (4th class), 'to be born'.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'iyam'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to avidya) (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'avidyā'.

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote or thought (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces or concludes a direct quotation or thought.

ते (te) - by you (to you, your (genitive/dative of 'tvad'))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Pronominal stem for 2nd person pronoun.

Note: Dative of interest, meaning 'for you' or 'by you'.

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a prominent deity in Hinduism, central figure of the Ramayana)

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle.

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root 'as' (2nd class).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used with 'mā' for prohibition.

विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, inquiry, consideration, investigation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - deliberation, inquiry, consideration, investigation, reasoning

From root 'car' (1st class) with prefix 'vi-' and suffix '-aṇā'.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'astu'.

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