योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-17, verse-8

तामेतां सर्वभावेषु सत्स्वसत्सु च सर्वदा ।
संत्यज्य परमोदारः परमेति महामनाः ॥ ८ ॥

tāmetāṃ sarvabhāveṣu satsvasatsu ca sarvadā ,
saṃtyajya paramodāraḥ parameti mahāmanāḥ 8

8. tām etām sarvabhāveṣu satsu asatsu ca sarvadā
saṃtyajya parama udāraḥ paramā eti mahāmanāḥ

8. parama udāraḥ mahāmanāḥ tām etām sarvadā satsu
asatsu ca sarvabhāveṣu saṃtyajya paramā eti

8. Having completely abandoned that (craving and clinging), always and in all existing and non-existing phenomena, the supremely noble, great-minded individual attains the highest state.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that craving and clinging from the previous verse (that (feminine))

• एताम् (etām) - this present craving and clinging (this (feminine))

• सर्वभावेषु (sarvabhāveṣu) - in all states, in all beings, in all phenomena

• सत्सु (satsu) - in all existing phenomena (in existing, in good (things/beings))

• असत्सु (asatsu) - in all non-existing phenomena (in non-existing, in bad (things/beings))

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times, forever

• संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having completely abandoned, having renounced

• परम (parama) - supreme, highest, excellent

• उदारः (udāraḥ) - noble, generous, exalted

• परमा (paramā) - the highest state of spiritual attainment (the highest, supreme (state or goal))

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

• महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded, high-souled

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that craving and clinging from the previous verse (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एताम् (etām) - this present craving and clinging (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

सर्वभावेषु (sarvabhāveṣu) - in all states, in all beings, in all phenomena

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarvabhāva

sarvabhāva - all states, all beings, all things

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhāva)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, being, existence, feeling, emotion, phenomenon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

सत्सु (satsu) - in all existing phenomena (in existing, in good (things/beings))

(adjective)

Locative, plural of sat

sat - existing, real, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to both masculine and neuter nouns.

असत्सु (asatsu) - in all non-existing phenomena (in non-existing, in bad (things/beings))

(adjective)

Locative, plural of asat

asat - non-existing, unreal, bad, false

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root 'as' (to be) with negative prefix 'a-'.

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times, forever

(indeclinable)

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having completely abandoned, having renounced

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from root 'tyaj' with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

परम (parama) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent

उदारः (udāraḥ) - noble, generous, exalted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udāra

udāra - noble, generous, lofty, exalted, great

परमा (paramā) - the highest state of spiritual attainment (the highest, supreme (state or goal))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paramā

paramā - the highest, supreme, ultimate (often referring to a feminine noun like gati 'state' or sthiti 'condition')

Note: Used here effectively as an adverb 'supremely' or noun 'the highest (state)' which the subject attains.

एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded, high-souled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmanas

mahāmanas - great-minded, high-souled, noble-spirited

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+manas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• manas – mind, intellect, spirit, soul
  noun (neuter)

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