योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-37

परमामृतनाम्नी सा समतैवावशिष्यते ।
अथ सर्वं करोमीति महाकर्तृतया तया ॥ ३७ ॥

paramāmṛtanāmnī sā samataivāvaśiṣyate ,
atha sarvaṃ karomīti mahākartṛtayā tayā 37

37. paramāmṛtanāmnī sā samatā eva avaśiṣyate |
atha sarvam karomi iti mahākartṛtayā tayā

37. paramāmṛtanāmnī sā samatā eva avaśiṣyate.
atha,
'aham sarvam karomi' iti tayā mahākartṛtayā.
.
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37. That very equanimity (samatā), named the supreme nectar (paramāmṛta), alone remains. Now, by that great sense of doership (mahākartṛtā) — 'I do everything' — (this thought continues in the next verse).

Words meanings summery:

• परमामृतनाम्नी (paramāmṛtanāmnī) - which is called the supreme nectar (named the supreme nectar/immortality)

• सा (sā) - that (equanimity) (she, that (feminine))

• समता (samatā) - equanimity (samatā) (equanimity, sameness, equality)

• एव (eva) - alone (only, indeed, just)

• अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains (remains, is left over, survives)

• अथ (atha) - now (introducing a new topic/alternative) (now, then, and, moreover)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything, the whole)

• करोमि (karomi) - I do (I do, I make)

• इति (iti) - (marks the preceding statement as a thought) (thus, (marks direct speech or thought))

• महाकर्तृतया (mahākartṛtayā) - by the sense of being a great doer (mahākartṛtā) (by great doership, by the state of being a great agent)

• तया (tayā) - by that (sense of doership) (by her, by that (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

परमामृतनाम्नी (paramāmṛtanāmnī) - which is called the supreme nectar (named the supreme nectar/immortality)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paramāmṛtanāmin

paramāmṛtanāmin - named supreme nectar, having the name supreme immortality

bahuvrīhi compound: parama + amṛta + nāman + -in (possessive suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parama+amṛta+nāman)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, best
  adjective (masculine)
• amṛta – nectar, immortality, immortal
  noun (neuter)
  nañ-tatpuruṣa: a (not) + mṛta (dead)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with samatā.

सा (sā) - that (equanimity) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to samatā.

समता (samatā) - equanimity (samatā) (equanimity, sameness, equality)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samatā

samatā - equanimity, sameness, equality, impartiality

from sama (same, equal) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

एव (eva) - alone (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains (remains, is left over, survives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of avaśiṣ

Present Passive Indicative

root śiṣ (to leave, remain), class 7, with prefix ava-, Ātmanepada (passive construction)

Prefix: ava

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: The root śiṣ can be both Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada. Here, it is used in the passive sense (Ātmanepada ending).

अथ (atha) - now (introducing a new topic/alternative) (now, then, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction often marking the beginning of a new section or alternative.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything, the whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Functions as the object of karomi.

करोमि (karomi) - I do (I do, I make)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Active Indicative

root kṛ, class 8, Parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - (marks the preceding statement as a thought) (thus, (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

महाकर्तृतया (mahākartṛtayā) - by the sense of being a great doer (mahākartṛtā) (by great doership, by the state of being a great agent)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mahākartṛtā

mahākartṛtā - great doership, the state of being a great agent/creator

compound of mahat + kartṛ + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+kartṛ)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  from root kṛ + tṛC suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तया (tayā) - by that (sense of doership) (by her, by that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to mahākartṛtayā.

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