योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-13

अहं जगच्चैकमिदं सर्वमेवेति यस्य धीः ।
आस्थानास्थे परित्यज्य संस्थिता स न मज्जति ॥ १३ ॥

ahaṃ jagaccaikamidaṃ sarvameveti yasya dhīḥ ,
āsthānāsthe parityajya saṃsthitā sa na majjati 13

13. aham jagat ca ekam idam sarvam eva iti yasya dhīḥ
āsthā-anāsthe parityajya saṃsthitā saḥ na majjati

13. yasya dhīḥ aham jagat ca ekam idam sarvam eva iti
āsthā-anāsthe parityajya saṃsthitā saḥ na majjati

13. He whose intellect (dhīḥ) is established, having abandoned both conviction and non-conviction, with the understanding that 'I and this entire world are indeed one,' that person does not sink (into saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• च (ca) - and

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single

• इदम् (idam) - this

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• यस्य (yasya) - whose

• धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, understanding, mind (dhīḥ)

• आस्था-अनास्थे (āsthā-anāsthe) - conviction and non-conviction (dual)

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced

• संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - established, settled, fixed (feminine)

• सः (saḥ) - he

• न (na) - not

• मज्जति (majjati) - does not sink (into saṃsāra) (sinks, drowns, is immersed)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings

Present Active Participle (nominalized)

From root gam (to go, move)

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique, alone

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the quoted statement

यस्य (yasya) - whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the person whose intellect is described

धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, understanding, mind (dhīḥ)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - thought, intellect, understanding, mind, wisdom

Root: dhī (class 5)

आस्था-अनास्थे (āsthā-anāsthe) - conviction and non-conviction (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, dual of āsthā-anāsthā

āsthā-anāsthā - conviction and non-conviction, faith and faithlessness

Dvandva compound of 'āsthā' and 'anāsthā'

Compound type : dvandva (āsthā+anāsthā)

• āsthā – conviction, reliance, faith, trust
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• anāsthā – non-conviction, indifference, distrust
  noun (feminine)
  Prefixes: an+ā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefixes 'pari' and 'tya' and root 'tyaj'

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - established, settled, fixed (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - standing firmly, established, settled, composed

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'dhīḥ'

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

मज्जति (majjati) - does not sink (into saṃsāra) (sinks, drowns, is immersed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of majj

Root: majj (class 6)

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