योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
नास्तीदमिति निर्णीय सर्वतस्त्यज रञ्जनाम् ।
यन्नास्ति तत्प्रति किल केवास्थेह विचारिणाम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
nāstīdamiti nirṇīya sarvatastyaja rañjanām ,
yannāsti tatprati kila kevāstheha vicāriṇām 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca na asti idam iti nirṇīya sarvataḥ tyaja
rañjanām yat na asti tat prati kila kā vā āsthā iha vicāriṇām

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca idam na asti iti nirṇīya sarvataḥ rañjanām
tyaja yat na asti tat prati iha vicāriṇām kila kā vā āsthā

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Having definitively ascertained, 'This (world/phenomena) does not exist,' completely relinquish all attachments (rañjanā). Indeed, what kind of interest or reliance (āsthā) can reflective individuals (vicārin) possibly have in that which is nonexistent?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Revered Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• इदम् (idam) - this, this (world/phenomenon)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

• निर्णीय (nirṇīya) - having ascertained, having decided, having determined

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - completely, on all sides, everywhere

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

• रञ्जनाम् (rañjanām) - attachment, fascination, delusion, coloring

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• तत् (tat) - that

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, concerning

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as is well known (particle of emphasis or confirmation)

• का (kā) - what, what kind of

• वा (vā) - or, even

• आस्था (āsthā) - regard, interest, reliance, trust, attention

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• विचारिणाम् (vicāriṇām) - of the discerning, of those who reflect

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Revered Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated sage)

Compound of Śrī (honorific) + Vasiṣṭha (proper name)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, revered, auspicious
  indeclinable / noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle

Note: Negates 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present tense

3rd person singular present active of root 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this, this (world/phenomenon)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Nominative singular neuter of demonstrative pronoun 'idam'

Note: Subject of 'asti'.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

(indeclinable)

Quotative particle

Note: Marks the preceding phrase as a conclusion.

निर्णीय (nirṇīya) - having ascertained, having decided, having determined

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

From prefix 'nir' (out, completely) + root 'nī' (to lead) + suffix '-ya'

Prefix: nir

Root: nī (class 1)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - completely, on all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

From 'sarva' (all) + suffix '-tas'

Note: Modifies 'tyaja'.

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

(verb)

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

imperative

2nd person singular imperative active of root 'tyaj'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

रञ्जनाम् (rañjanām) - attachment, fascination, delusion, coloring

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rañjanā

rañjanā - coloring, dyeing, delighting, charming, fascinating, attachment, delusion

From root 'rañj' (to color, delight)

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Object of 'tyaja'.

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Nominative singular neuter of relative pronoun 'yad'

Note: Subject of the clause 'yat na asti'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle

Note: Negates 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present tense

3rd person singular present active of root 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Accusative singular neuter of demonstrative pronoun 'tad'

Note: Object of 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, concerning

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing accusative case

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as is well known (particle of emphasis or confirmation)

(indeclinable)

Particle

का (kā) - what, what kind of

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Nominative singular feminine of interrogative pronoun 'kim'

वा (vā) - or, even

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle

आस्था (āsthā) - regard, interest, reliance, trust, attention

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - regard, interest, reliance, trust, attention

From 'ā' (towards) + root 'sthā' (to stand)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'asti'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

विचारिणाम् (vicāriṇām) - of the discerning, of those who reflect

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vicārin

vicārin - one who reflects, discerning, judicious, investigating

agent noun

From 'vi' (apart) + root 'car' (to move, go)

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'āsthā' (regard of the discerning).

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