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.

14. הוא אינו מתחקה אחר העתיד ואינו מוטרד מן העבר; הוא חווה את רגע ההווה בחיוך בלבד.

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)

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