योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-12, verse-14

भविष्यं नानुसंधत्ते नातीतं चिन्तयत्यसौ ।
वर्तमाननिमेषं तु हसन्नेवानुवर्तते ॥ १४ ॥

bhaviṣyaṃ nānusaṃdhatte nātītaṃ cintayatyasau ,
vartamānanimeṣaṃ tu hasannevānuvartate 14

14. bhaviṣyam na anusandhatte na atītam cintayati
asau | vartamāna-nimeṣam tu hasan eva anuvarte ||

14. asau bhaviṣyam na anusandhatte atītam na
cintayati tu hasan eva vartamāna-nimeṣam anuvarte

14. He neither plans for the future nor ponders the past. Instead, he simply continues, smiling, in the present moment.

Words meanings summery:

• भविष्यम् (bhaviṣyam) - the future (future, what will be)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अनुसन्धत्ते (anusandhatte) - plans for, contemplates (considers, contemplates, remembers, investigates)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अतीतम् (atītam) - the past (past, gone by)

• चिन्तयति (cintayati) - ponders, dwells on (thinks, ponders, considers)

• असौ (asau) - he (that one, he, she, it)

• वर्तमान-निमेषम् (vartamāna-nimeṣam) - the present moment

• तु (tu) - instead, but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• हसन् (hasan) - smiling (smiling, laughing)

• एव (eva) - simply, just (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• अनुवर्ते (anuvarte) - continues, lives (follows, continues, exists, lives)

Words meanings and morphology

भविष्यम् (bhaviṣyam) - the future (future, what will be)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaviṣya

bhaviṣya - future, what will be, destined to be

Future Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, exist) with suffix -iṣya. Can function as a noun (neuter) meaning 'future'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अनुसन्धत्ते (anusandhatte) - plans for, contemplates (considers, contemplates, remembers, investigates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anusandhā

Present tense, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular

Prefixes: anu+sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अतीतम् (atītam) - the past (past, gone by)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of atīta

atīta - past, gone by, elapsed, dead

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix ati.

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

चिन्तयति (cintayati) - ponders, dwells on (thinks, ponders, considers)

(verb)

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

Present tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, from the denominative root cintay (from cintā 'thought')

Root: cit (class 10)

असौ (asau) - he (that one, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, this, this one (emphatic or referring to something distant)

Note: Can be masculine, feminine or neuter based on context; here masculine as an implicit subject.

वर्तमान-निमेषम् (vartamāna-nimeṣam) - the present moment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vartamāna-nimeṣa

vartamāna-nimeṣa - the present moment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vartamāna+nimeṣa)

• vartamāna – present, existing, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root vṛt (to be, exist) with suffix -māna.
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• nimeṣa – twinkling of an eye, instant, moment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 6)

तु (tu) - instead, but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

हसन् (hasan) - smiling (smiling, laughing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hasat

hasat - smiling, laughing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root has (to laugh, smile) with suffix -at.

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'asau'.

एव (eva) - simply, just (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

अनुवर्ते (anuvarte) - continues, lives (follows, continues, exists, lives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anuvṛt

Present tense, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)