योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-13

संकल्पनाशयत्नेन न भयान्यनुगच्छति ।
भावनाभावमात्रेण संकल्पः क्षीयते स्वयम् ॥ १३ ॥

saṃkalpanāśayatnena na bhayānyanugacchati ,
bhāvanābhāvamātreṇa saṃkalpaḥ kṣīyate svayam 13

13. saṃkalpa-nāśa-yatnena na bhayāni anugacchati
bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa saṃkalpaḥ kṣīyate svayam

13. saṃkalpaḥ saṃkalpa-nāśa-yatnena bhayāni na
anugacchati bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa svayam kṣīyate

13. One does not encounter fears through the effort to destroy a resolve (saṃkalpa). Rather, resolve (saṃkalpa) itself is spontaneously diminished merely by the absence of mental constructs (bhāvanā).

13. מתוך המאמץ להכחיד את המחשבות הדמיוניות לא יבואו פחדים. עצם היעדר ההזיה המחשבתית מביא להתפוגגות המחשבה מאליה.

Words meanings summery:

• संकल्प-नाश-यत्नेन (saṁkalpa-nāśa-yatnena) - by the effort of destroying resolve

• न (na) - not, no

• भयानि (bhayāni) - fears, dangers

• अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - experiences (fears) (follows, approaches, experiences)

• भावना-अभाव-मात्रेण (bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa) - merely by the absence of mental construction/ideation

• संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is diminished, is destroyed, decays

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by oneself, automatically

Words meanings and morphology

संकल्प-नाश-यत्नेन (saṁkalpa-nāśa-yatnena) - by the effort of destroying resolve

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa-nāśa-yatna

saṁkalpa-nāśa-yatna - effort to destroy resolve

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃkalpa+nāśa+yatna)

• saṃkalpa – resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  From root √naś
  Root: naś (class 4)
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  From root √yat
  Root: yat (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भयानि (bhayāni) - fears, dangers

(noun)

neuter, plural of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

From root √bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Here, accusative plural, as fears are the object of "do not follow".

अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - experiences (fears) (follows, approaches, experiences)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anugam

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is "one" (person).

भावना-अभाव-मात्रेण (bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa) - merely by the absence of mental construction/ideation

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhāvanā-abhāva-mātra

bhāvanā-abhāva-mātra - merely the absence of ideation

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāvanā+abhāva+mātra)

• bhāvanā – mental construction, ideation, imagination, cultivation
  noun (feminine)
  From root √bhū, causative
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, non-being
  noun (masculine)
  From a- + √bhū
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, just
  adjective/noun (neuter)

संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)

From sam-kḷp

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Subject of kṣīyate.

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is diminished, is destroyed, decays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṣī

Middle voice, passive-like formation.

Root: kṣī (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by oneself, automatically

(indeclinable)

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