योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-56

परमात्मदशां त्यक्त्वा चेत्यं परिपतन्नलम् ।
यदा गच्छसि संकल्पं चेत्यं संपश्यसे तदा ॥ ५६ ॥

paramātmadaśāṃ tyaktvā cetyaṃ paripatannalam ,
yadā gacchasi saṃkalpaṃ cetyaṃ saṃpaśyase tadā 56

56. paramātmadśām tyaktvā cetyam paripatan alam
yadā gacchasi saṅkalpam cetyam saṃpaśyase tadā

56. yadā paramātmadśām tyaktvā cetyam paripatan
alam saṅkalpam gacchasi tadā cetyam saṃpaśyase

56. When you abandon the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman) and completely engage with the external objects of perception (cetya), then, by cultivating mental intentions (saṅkalpa), you perceive those objects (cetya).

Words meanings summery:

• परमात्मद्शाम् (paramātmadśām) - the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having forsaken

• चेत्यम् (cetyam) - the external objects of perception (the knowable, the object of thought, the object of perception)

• परिपतन् (paripatan) - engaging completely with (falling down, falling completely into, engaging fully)

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, completely

• यदा (yadā) - when

• गच्छसि (gacchasi) - you cultivate, you form (you go, you attain)

• सङ्कल्पम् (saṅkalpam) - mental intention, resolve, conception

• चेत्यम् (cetyam) - those objects of perception (the knowable, the object of thought, the object of perception)

• संपश्यसे (saṁpaśyase) - you see, you perceive

• तदा (tadā) - then

Words meanings and morphology

परमात्मद्शाम् (paramātmadśām) - the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramātmadśā

paramātmadśā - the condition, state, or nature of the Supreme Self

Compound type : tatpurusha (paramātman+daśā)

• paramātman – the Supreme Self, the ultimate reality
  noun (masculine)
• daśā – state, condition, stage, period
  noun (feminine)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having forsaken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable past participle (absolutive) from root √tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

चेत्यम् (cetyam) - the external objects of perception (the knowable, the object of thought, the object of perception)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetya

cetya - that which is to be known or understood, object of thought, object of perception

Gerundive

From root √cit 'to perceive, understand'

Root: cit (class 1)

परिपतन् (paripatan) - engaging completely with (falling down, falling completely into, engaging fully)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paripatant

paripatant - falling around, falling completely, becoming immersed, engaging fully

Present Active Participle

From root √pat 'to fall' with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'you'.

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, completely

(indeclinable)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

गच्छसि (gacchasi) - you cultivate, you form (you go, you attain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

सङ्कल्पम् (saṅkalpam) - mental intention, resolve, conception

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - mental resolve, intention, will, concept, determination

चेत्यम् (cetyam) - those objects of perception (the knowable, the object of thought, the object of perception)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetya

cetya - that which is to be known or understood, object of thought, object of perception

Gerundive

From root √cit 'to perceive, understand'

Root: cit (class 1)

संपश्यसे (saṁpaśyase) - you see, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of √dṛś

From root √dṛś with prefix saṃ

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then

(indeclinable)

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