योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-18, verse-8

पृष्टः सन्प्रकृतं वक्ति न पृष्टः स्थाणुवत्स्थितः ।
ईहितानीहितैर्मुक्तः संसारे नावसीदति ॥ ८ ॥

pṛṣṭaḥ sanprakṛtaṃ vakti na pṛṣṭaḥ sthāṇuvatsthitaḥ ,
īhitānīhitairmuktaḥ saṃsāre nāvasīdati 8

8. pṛṣṭaḥ san prakṛtam vakti na pṛṣṭaḥ sthāṇuvatsthitaḥ
īhitānīhitaiḥ muktaḥ saṃsāre na avasīdati

8. pṛṣṭaḥ san prakṛtam vakti na pṛṣṭaḥ sthāṇuvatsthitaḥ
īhitānīhitaiḥ muktaḥ saṃsāre na avasīdati

8. When asked, he speaks what is appropriate; when not asked, he remains still like a pillar. Freed from both desired and undesired things, such a one does not despair in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• सन् (san) - being, existing

• प्रकृतम् (prakṛtam) - what is appropriate/relevant (what is appropriate, what is natural, what is already done/established)

• वक्ति (vakti) - speaks, says

• न (na) - not, no

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• स्थाणुवत्स्थितः (sthāṇuvatsthitaḥ) - standing like a pillar, motionless like a tree trunk

• ईहितानीहितैः (īhitānīhitaiḥ) - from both desired and undesired things (by desired and undesired things)

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed, liberated, released

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration, in worldly existence

• न (na) - not, no

• अवसीदति (avasīdati) - sinks down, despairs, becomes dejected

Words meanings and morphology

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √prach (to ask)

Root: √prach (class 6)

Note: Used participially to form a conditional clause: 'when asked'.

सन् (san) - being, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, true

Present active participle

Present active participle of √as (to be)

Root: √as (class 2)

Note: Used participially to form a conditional clause: 'when being'.

प्रकृतम् (prakṛtam) - what is appropriate/relevant (what is appropriate, what is natural, what is already done/established)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prakṛta

prakṛta - done, made, natural, appropriate, established

Past Passive Participle

PPP of pra-√kṛ (to do, to make, to begin)

Prefix: pra

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

वक्ति (vakti) - speaks, says

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Present active indicative

Root verb

Root: √vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √prach (to ask)

Root: √prach (class 6)

Note: Used participially to form a conditional clause: 'when asked'.

स्थाणुवत्स्थितः (sthāṇuvatsthitaḥ) - standing like a pillar, motionless like a tree trunk

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthāṇuvatsthita

sthāṇuvatsthita - standing like a pillar/tree-trunk, motionless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sthāṇuvat+sthita)

• sthāṇuvat – like a pillar, like a tree trunk
  indeclinable
  Derived from sthāṇu (pillar, tree trunk) with -vat suffix
• sthita – standing, situated, remaining, firm
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of √sthā (to stand)
  Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the person described in the verse.

ईहितानीहितैः (īhitānīhitaiḥ) - from both desired and undesired things (by desired and undesired things)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of īhitānīhita

īhitānīhita - desired and undesired things

Compound type : dvandva (īhita+anīhita)

• īhita – desired, wished for, striven for
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of √īh (to strive, to wish)
  Root: √īh (class 1)
• anīhita – undesired, not wished for
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle (negative)
  PPP of √īh with negative prefix an-
  Prefix: an
  Root: √īh (class 1)

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed, liberated, released

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - freed, liberated, released

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √muc (to release, to free)

Root: √muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to the person described in the verse.

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration, in worldly existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of transmigration, worldly existence, rebirth (saṃsāra)

Derived from saṃ-√sṛ (to move together, flow together)

Prefix: sam

Root: √sṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अवसीदति (avasīdati) - sinks down, despairs, becomes dejected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of avasīd

Present active indicative

Formed from ava-√sad (to sit down)

Prefix: ava

Root: √sad (class 1)