योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-17, verse-4

नूनमुज्झितसंकल्पा हृदि बाह्ये विहारिणी ।
वासना योदिता सेह जीवन्मुक्तशरीरिणी ॥ ४ ॥

nūnamujjhitasaṃkalpā hṛdi bāhye vihāriṇī ,
vāsanā yoditā seha jīvanmuktaśarīriṇī 4

4. nūnam ujjhitasaṃkalpā hṛdi bāhye vihāriṇī
vāsanā yā uditā sā iha jīvanmuktaśarīriṇī

4. nūnam yā vāsanā ujjhitasaṃkalpā hṛdi bāhye
vihāriṇī uditā sā iha jīvanmuktaśarīriṇī

4. Indeed, the latent impression (vāsanā) that has manifested, being free from mental constructs (saṃkalpa) and moving freely within the heart and externally, is verily the one belonging to an individual liberated (mokṣa) while living.

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

• उज्झितसंकल्पा (ujjhitasaṁkalpā) - having abandoned intentions/mental constructs

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, within

• बाह्ये (bāhye) - externally, outside, in external things

• विहारिणी (vihāriṇī) - moving about, dwelling, enjoying

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression, mental trace, desire, habit

• या (yā) - which (feminine)

• उदिता (uditā) - risen, manifested, appeared

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• जीवन्मुक्तशरीरिणी (jīvanmuktaśarīriṇī) - belonging to a living liberated person, embodied in a living liberated person

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

उज्झितसंकल्पा (ujjhitasaṁkalpā) - having abandoned intentions/mental constructs

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ujjhitasaṃkalpa

ujjhitasaṁkalpa - having abandoned intentions, free from mental constructs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ujjhitā+saṃkalpa)

• ujjhitā – abandoned, forsaken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jhā (to abandon) with prefix ud-
  Prefix: ud
  Root: jhā (class 3)
• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, mental construct, desire
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kḷp (to be able, to arrange) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vāsanā.

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, within

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, soul

बाह्ये (bāhye) - externally, outside, in external things

(adjective)

Locative, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outer, outside

विहारिणी (vihāriṇī) - moving about, dwelling, enjoying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vihārin

vihārin - moving about, dwelling, enjoying

Agent noun/Adjective from root hṛ

Derived from root hṛ (to carry, to take) with prefix vi- and suffix -in

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vāsanā.

वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression, mental trace, desire, habit

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, habit, desire, imagination

Derived from root vas (to dwell, to perfume) or vāś (to cry, to shine)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

या (yā) - which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Relative pronoun for vāsanā.

उदिता (uditā) - risen, manifested, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix ud-, or vad (to speak) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with vāsanā.

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun for yā.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

जीवन्मुक्तशरीरिणी (jīvanmuktaśarīriṇī) - belonging to a living liberated person, embodied in a living liberated person

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvanmuktaśarīrin

jīvanmuktaśarīrin - embodied in a living liberated person, having the body of a living liberated being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīvanmukta+śarīrin)

• jīvanmukta – living liberated
  adjective (masculine)
• śarīrin – embodied, having a body, a living being
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from śarīra (body) with suffix -in

Note: Agrees with vāsanā.

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