योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-37

त्रिविधं तु परित्यज्य रूपमेतन्महामते ।
संकल्पः परमायाति पदमात्मपरिक्षये ॥ ३७ ॥

trividhaṃ tu parityajya rūpametanmahāmate ,
saṃkalpaḥ paramāyāti padamātmaparikṣaye 37

37. tri-vidham tu parityajya rūpam etad mahā-mate
saṅkalpaḥ param āyāti padam ātma-parikṣaye

37. tu mahā-mate etad tri-vidham rūpam parityajya
saṅkalpaḥ ātma-parikṣaye param padam āyāti

37. But O great-minded one, having abandoned this threefold nature, resolve (saṅkalpa) attains the supreme state upon the complete dissolution of the individual self (ātman).

37. כשנוטשים את שלושת המצבים הללו, אציל נפש, ופעולת הדימוי המחשבתי מתכלה, מגיעים אל המצב העליון.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रि-विधम् (tri-vidham) - threefold, of three kinds

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

• एतद् (etad) - this, that

• महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O great-minded one, O intelligent one

• सङ्कल्पः (saṅkalpaḥ) - (saṅkalpa) (resolve, intention, determination, mental activity)

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to, arrives at

• पदम् (padam) - state, position, foot, step, word

• आत्म-परिक्षये (ātma-parikṣaye) - upon the complete dissolution of the individual self (ātman) (upon the exhaustion of the self, at the destruction of ego)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रि-विधम् (tri-vidham) - threefold, of three kinds

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tri-vidha

tri-vidha - threefold, of three kinds, triple

From tri (three) + vidha (kind, sort)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tri+vidha)

• tri – three
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, way
  noun (neuter)
  From root dhā (to place, make) + vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies `rūpam`.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From pari + tyaj (to abandon)

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: This word functions as an indeclinable, not a verb, participle, or adjective with gender/number/case.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, nature, appearance, characteristic

एतद् (etad) - this, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Qualifies `rūpam`.

महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O great-minded one, O intelligent one

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-mati

mahā-mati - great-minded, highly intelligent, of great intellect

Compound: mahā (great) + mati (mind, intellect)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  From mahat
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  From root man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Addressed to a person.

सङ्कल्पः (saṅkalpaḥ) - (saṅkalpa) (resolve, intention, determination, mental activity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - resolve, intention, determination, volition, mental activity

From sam + kḷp (to arrange, ordain)

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to, arrives at

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

पदम् (padam) - state, position, foot, step, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

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

From root pad (to go)

Root: pad (class 4)

आत्म-परिक्षये (ātma-parikṣaye) - upon the complete dissolution of the individual self (ātman) (upon the exhaustion of the self, at the destruction of ego)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātma-parikṣaya

ātma-parikṣaya - destruction of the self, exhaustion of ego, cessation of individual identity

Compound of ātman (self/ego) and parikṣaya (destruction/exhaustion)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+parikṣaya)

• ātman – self, soul, ego, individual consciousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• parikṣaya – complete destruction, decay, exhaustion, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From pari + kṣi (to destroy, diminish)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Expresses 'when this occurs' or 'upon this.'

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