योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-14, verse-51
स्वाद्यस्वादकसंत्यक्तं स्वाद्यस्वादकमध्यगम् ।
स्वादनं केवलं ध्यायन्नित्यमात्ममयो भव ॥ ५१ ॥
स्वादनं केवलं ध्यायन्नित्यमात्ममयो भव ॥ ५१ ॥
svādyasvādakasaṃtyaktaṃ svādyasvādakamadhyagam ,
svādanaṃ kevalaṃ dhyāyannityamātmamayo bhava 51
svādanaṃ kevalaṃ dhyāyannityamātmamayo bhava 51
51.
svādya-svādaka-saṃtyaktam svādya-svādaka-madhya-gam
svādanam kevalam dhyāyan nityam ātma-mayaḥ bhava
svādanam kevalam dhyāyan nityam ātma-mayaḥ bhava
51.
svādanam kevalam dhyāyan svādya-svādaka-saṃtyaktam
svādya-svādaka-madhya-gam nityam ātma-mayaḥ bhava
svādya-svādaka-madhya-gam nityam ātma-mayaḥ bhava
51.
Meditating solely on the act of tasting—which is free from both the tasted and the taster, and which lies precisely between the tasted and the taster—always become identical with the self (ātman).
Words meanings summery:
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- स्वाद्य-स्वादक-संत्यक्तम् (svādya-svādaka-saṁtyaktam) - that (tasting) which is free from (the duality of) tasted and taster (that which is completely abandoned by the tasted and the taster, devoid of the object and subject of taste)
- स्वाद्य-स्वादक-मध्य-गम् (svādya-svādaka-madhya-gam) - that (tasting) which lies precisely between the tasted and the taster (that which is situated in the middle of the tasted and the taster, residing between the object and subject of taste)
- स्वादनम् (svādanam) - the act of tasting/experiencing (the act of tasting, flavor, experience, sweetness)
- केवलम् (kevalam) - solely (solely, exclusively, merely, pure, alone)
- ध्यायन् (dhyāyan) - meditating (meditating, contemplating, reflecting)
- नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, eternally, perpetually)
- आत्म-मयः (ātma-mayaḥ) - identical with the self (ātman) (consisting of the self, full of the self, identical with the self)
- भव (bhava) - become (be, become, exist)
Words meanings and morphology
स्वाद्य-स्वादक-संत्यक्तम् (svādya-svādaka-saṁtyaktam) - that (tasting) which is free from (the duality of) tasted and taster (that which is completely abandoned by the tasted and the taster, devoid of the object and subject of taste)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of svādya-svādaka-saṃtyakta
svādya-svādaka-saṁtyakta - abandoned by the tasted and the taster
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svādya+svādaka+saṃtyakta)
- svādya – to be tasted, tasteful, enjoyable (object)
adjective (neuter)
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
Derived from root svad (to taste, to be sweet) with suffix ya
Root: svad (class 1) - svādaka – taster, one who tastes, enjoyer
noun (masculine)
Agent noun
Derived from root svad (to taste) with suffix aka
Root: svad (class 1) - saṃtyakta – completely abandoned, forsaken, relinquished, given up
participle (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix sam-
Prefix: sam
Root: tyaj (class 1)
Note: Modifies 'svādanam'.
स्वाद्य-स्वादक-मध्य-गम् (svādya-svādaka-madhya-gam) - that (tasting) which lies precisely between the tasted and the taster (that which is situated in the middle of the tasted and the taster, residing between the object and subject of taste)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of svādya-svādaka-madhya-ga
svādya-svādaka-madhya-ga - going into the middle of the tasted and the taster, situated in the midst of tasted and taster
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svādya+svādaka+madhya+ga)
- svādya – to be tasted, tasteful, enjoyable (object)
adjective (neuter)
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
Derived from root svad (to taste, to be sweet) with suffix ya
Root: svad (class 1) - svādaka – taster, one who tastes, enjoyer
noun (masculine)
Agent noun
Derived from root svad (to taste) with suffix aka
Root: svad (class 1) - madhya – middle, center, intermediate, central
noun (neuter) - ga – going, moving, situated in, residing
adjective (neuter)
Agent noun suffix
Derived from root gam (to go)
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Modifies 'svādanam'.
स्वादनम् (svādanam) - the act of tasting/experiencing (the act of tasting, flavor, experience, sweetness)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of svādana
svādana - act of tasting, flavor, experience, sweetness
Action noun
Derived from root svad (to taste) with suffix ana
Root: svad (class 1)
Note: Object of 'dhyāyan'.
केवलम् (kevalam) - solely (solely, exclusively, merely, pure, alone)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala
kevala - alone, solitary, simple, pure, merely, solely, absolute
Note: Adverbially modifying 'dhyāyan'.
ध्यायन् (dhyāyan) - meditating (meditating, contemplating, reflecting)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dhyāyat
dhyāyat - meditating, contemplating, reflecting
Present Active Participle
Derived from root dhyai (to meditate) with suffix śatṛ
Root: dhyai (class 1)
नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, eternally, perpetually)
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverb of time.
आत्म-मयः (ātma-mayaḥ) - identical with the self (ātman) (consisting of the self, full of the self, identical with the self)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ātma-maya
ātma-maya - consisting of the self, filled with the self, self-made
Derived from ātman (self) with suffix mayaṭ (consisting of)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+maya)
- ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, living principle
noun (masculine) - maya – made of, consisting of, full of
suffix (masculine)
Suffix mayaṭ indicating 'made of' or 'consisting of'
Note: Predicative adjective for the subject of 'bhava'.
भव (bhava) - become (be, become, exist)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū
Imperative
2nd person singular imperative active of root bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)