योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-20

तामसीर्वासनाः पूर्वं त्यक्त्वा विषयवासिताः ।
मैत्र्यादिभावनानाम्नीं गृहाणामलवासनाम् ॥ २० ॥

tāmasīrvāsanāḥ pūrvaṃ tyaktvā viṣayavāsitāḥ ,
maitryādibhāvanānāmnīṃ gṛhāṇāmalavāsanām 20

20. tāmasīḥ vāsanāḥ pūrvam tyaktvā viṣayavāsitāḥ
maitryādibhāvanānāmnīm gṛhāṇa amalavāsanām

20. pūrvam viṣayavāsitāḥ tāmasīḥ vāsanāḥ tyaktvā
maitryādibhāvanānāmnīm amalavāsanām gṛhāṇa

20. First, having relinquished the dull, sensuous mental impressions (vāsanā), accept the pure mental impression (vāsanā) characterized by feelings such as friendliness (maitrī).

Words meanings summery:

• तामसीः (tāmasīḥ) - dark, dull, ignorant (feminine plural)

• वासनाः (vāsanāḥ) - mental impressions, latent tendencies, desires (plural)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, first

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• विषयवासिताः (viṣayavāsitāḥ) - perfumed by sense objects, tainted by objects

• मैत्र्यादिभावनानाम्नीम् (maitryādibhāvanānāmnīm) - named as feelings such as friendliness

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - accept, take, grasp (imperative)

• अमलवासनाम् (amalavāsanām) - pure mental impression

Words meanings and morphology

तामसीः (tāmasīḥ) - dark, dull, ignorant (feminine plural)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tāmasī

tāmasī - dark, dull, inert, ignorant, related to tamas (a guṇa)

Feminine form of tāmasa

वासनाः (vāsanāḥ) - mental impressions, latent tendencies, desires (plural)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vāsanā

vāsanā - mental impression, latent tendency, desire

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, first

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of pūrva

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root tyaj with suffix -ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

विषयवासिताः (viṣayavāsitāḥ) - perfumed by sense objects, tainted by objects

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of viṣayavāsita

viṣayavāsita - perfumed by sense objects, imbued with objects of sense

Tṛtīyā Tatpuruṣa compound: viṣayaiḥ vāsitāḥ (feminine plural)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣaya+vāsita)

• viṣaya – object of sense, sense object, domain, sphere
  noun (masculine)
• vāsita – perfumed, scented, imbued, infused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vās (to perfume, to dwell)
  Root: vās (class 4)

मैत्र्यादिभावनानाम्नीम् (maitryādibhāvanānāmnīm) - named as feelings such as friendliness

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maitryādibhāvanānāmnī

maitryādibhāvanānāmnī - named by the feelings of friendliness (maitrī) and the like

Complex compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (maitrī+ādi+bhāvanā+nāmnī)

• maitrī – friendliness (maitrī), benevolence, amity
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  indeclinable
• bhāvanā – feeling, contemplation, mental cultivation, concept
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root bhū (causative)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• nāmnī – named, called (feminine form of nāmin)
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from nāman (name) + -in suffix

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - accept, take, grasp (imperative)

(verb)

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

Root: grah (class 9)

अमलवासनाम् (amalavāsanām) - pure mental impression

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of amalavāsanā

amalavāsanā - pure mental impression/latent tendency

Karmadhāraya compound: amalā ca sā vāsanā ca

Compound type : karmadhāraya (amala+vāsanā)

• amala – pure, spotless, stainless, free from impurity
  adjective
  Negation of mala (dirt, impurity)
  Prefix: a
• vāsanā – mental impression, latent tendency, desire
  noun (feminine)

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