योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-17

दर्शनस्पर्शनादीनि मा करोतु करोतु च ।
तवेन्द्रियमनो गौणं त्वमनिच्छो भवात्मवान् ॥ १७ ॥

darśanasparśanādīni mā karotu karotu ca ,
tavendriyamano gauṇaṃ tvamaniccho bhavātmavān 17

17. darśana-sparśana-ādīni mā karotu karotu ca tava
indriya-manaḥ gauṇam tvam an-icchaḥ bhava ātma-vān

17. tava indriya-manaḥ darśana-sparśana-ādīni mā karotu ca karotu (vā),
(tat) gauṇam (astu)tvam an-icchaḥ ātma-vān bhava।

17. Let your senses and mind either engage in seeing, touching, and similar activities, or not; let them be secondary. You, however, be desireless and self-possessed (ātman-vān).

Words meanings summery:

• दर्शन-स्पर्शन-आदीनि (darśana-sparśana-ādīni) - seeing, touching, and similar activities (seeing, touching, and so on; activities like seeing and touching)

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

• करोतु (karotu) - let it engage in (may it do, let it do, it should do)

• करोतु (karotu) - let it engage in (may it do, let it do, it should do)

• च (ca) - or (in the context of 'whether... or...') (and, also, moreover)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• इन्द्रिय-मनः (indriya-manaḥ) - senses and mind

• गौणम् (gauṇam) - secondary, subordinate, inferior, metaphorical

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अन्-इच्छः (an-icchaḥ) - desireless, without desire

• भव (bhava) - be (be, become, exist)

• आत्म-वान् (ātma-vān) - self-possessed (ātman-vān) (self-possessed, endowed with the Self (ātman), spiritual)

Words meanings and morphology

दर्शन-स्पर्शन-आदीनि (darśana-sparśana-ādīni) - seeing, touching, and similar activities (seeing, touching, and so on; activities like seeing and touching)

(compound noun)

Compound type : Dvandva/Bahuvrihi (darśana+sparśana+ādi)

• darśana – seeing, perception, vision
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• sparśana – touching, contact
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root spṛś (to touch)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of karotu.

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in mā karotu (may it not do).

करोतु (karotu) - let it engage in (may it do, let it do, it should do)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The subject is indriya-manaḥ.

करोतु (karotu) - let it engage in (may it do, let it do, it should do)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Repeated karotu with mā and ca implies 'whether it does or does not'.

च (ca) - or (in the context of 'whether... or...') (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with mā karotu karotu to express 'whether... or not...'.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying indriya-manaḥ.

इन्द्रिय-मनः (indriya-manaḥ) - senses and mind

(compound noun)

Compound type : Dvandva (indriya+manas)

• indriya – sense, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of karotu.

गौणम् (gauṇam) - secondary, subordinate, inferior, metaphorical

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gauṇa

gauṇa - secondary, subordinate, inferior, metaphorical

Note: Predicate adjective for indriya-manaḥ.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of bhava.

अन्-इच्छः (an-icchaḥ) - desireless, without desire

(compound adjective)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi/Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+icchā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• icchā – desire, wish, intention
  noun (feminine)
  From root iṣ (to wish, desire)
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for tvam.

भव (bhava) - be (be, become, exist)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

आत्म-वान् (ātma-vān) - self-possessed (ātman-vān) (self-possessed, endowed with the Self (ātman), spiritual)

(compound adjective)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (ātman+vat)

• ātman – Self, soul, essence, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)
• vat – possessing, having, endowed with
  indeclinable
  Secondary suffix indicating possession

Note: Predicate adjective for tvam.

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