योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-17, verse-9

बन्धाशामथ मोक्षाशां सुखदुःखदशामपि ।
त्यक्त्वा सदसदाशां च तिष्ठाक्षुब्धमहाब्धिवत् ॥ ९ ॥

bandhāśāmatha mokṣāśāṃ sukhaduḥkhadaśāmapi ,
tyaktvā sadasadāśāṃ ca tiṣṭhākṣubdhamahābdhivat 9

9. bandha āśām atha mokṣa āśām sukha duḥkha daśām api
tyaktvā sat asat āśām ca tiṣṭha akṣubdha mahā abdhi vat

9. bandha āśām atha mokṣa āśām sukha duḥkha daśām api ca
sat asat āśām tyaktvā akṣubdha mahā abdhi vat tiṣṭha

9. Abandoning the desire for bondage and for liberation (mokṣa), also the states of happiness and sorrow, and furthermore the hope for existence or non-existence, remain like an unagitated great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• बन्ध (bandha) - bondage, fetter, tie

• आशाम् (āśām) - hope, desire, longing

• अथ (atha) - and, moreover, then

• मोक्ष (mokṣa) - liberation, emancipation

• आशाम् (āśām) - hope, desire, longing

• सुख (sukha) - happiness, joy, comfort

• दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow, pain, suffering

• दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition, situation

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up, having renounced

• सत् (sat) - existing, real, true

• असत् (asat) - non-existing, unreal, false

• आशाम् (āśām) - hope, desire, longing

• च (ca) - and, also

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - remain, stand, abide

• अक्षुब्ध (akṣubdha) - unagitated, undisturbed, calm

• महा (mahā) - great, vast, mighty

• अब्धि (abdhi) - ocean, sea

• वत् (vat) - like, as, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

बन्ध (bandha) - bondage, fetter, tie

(noun)

masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, tying, fetter, imprisonment

Root: bandh (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'bandhāśā'.

आशाम् (āśām) - hope, desire, longing

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, desire, wish, expectation, direction

Root: āś (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'bandhāśā'.

अथ (atha) - and, moreover, then

(indeclinable)

मोक्ष (mokṣa) - liberation, emancipation

(noun)

masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, emancipation, freedom from saṃsāra, salvation

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Part of a compound 'mokṣāśā'.

आशाम् (āśām) - hope, desire, longing

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, desire, wish, expectation

Root: āś (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'mokṣāśā'.

सुख (sukha) - happiness, joy, comfort

(noun)

neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort, ease

Note: Part of a compound 'sukhaduḥkhadaśā'.

दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow, pain, suffering

(noun)

neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery, discomfort

Note: Part of a compound 'sukhaduḥkhadaśā'.

दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition, situation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of daśā

daśā - state, condition, situation, period of life

Note: Part of a compound 'sukhaduḥkhadaśā'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up, having renounced

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from root 'tyaj' with suffix '-ktvā'.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

सत् (sat) - existing, real, true

(adjective)

singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound 'sadasadāśā'.

असत् (asat) - non-existing, unreal, false

(adjective)

singular of asat

asat - non-existing, unreal, false, bad

Present Active Participle

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

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound 'sadasadāśā'.

आशाम् (āśām) - hope, desire, longing

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, desire, wish, expectation

Root: āś (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'sadasadāśā'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - remain, stand, abide

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

अक्षुब्ध (akṣubdha) - unagitated, undisturbed, calm

(adjective)

singular of akṣubdha

akṣubdha - unagitated, undisturbed, calm, tranquil

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'kṣubh' with negative prefix 'a-'.

Prefix: a

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'akṣubdhamahābdhivat'.

महा (mahā) - great, vast, mighty

(adjective)

singular of mahā

mahā - great, large, mighty, excellent

Note: Part of a compound 'akṣubdhamahābdhivat'.

अब्धि (abdhi) - ocean, sea

(noun)

masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea, reservoir

Note: Part of a compound 'akṣubdhamahābdhivat'.

वत् (vat) - like, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

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