योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-19, verse-27

पिता तव महाप्राज्ञ गतः सार्धं त्वदम्बया ।
स्वामेव परमात्मात्मपदवीं मोक्षनामिकाम् ॥ २७ ॥

pitā tava mahāprājña gataḥ sārdhaṃ tvadambayā ,
svāmeva paramātmātmapadavīṃ mokṣanāmikām 27

27. pitā tava mahāprājña gataḥ sārdham tvat ambayā |
svām eva paramātmātmapadavīm mokṣanāmikām || 27 ||

27. mahāprājña,
tava pitā tvat ambayā sārdham gataḥ,
svām eva mokṣanāmikām paramātmātmapadavīm [prāptaḥ].

27. O greatly wise one, your father has gone, along with your mother, to his own state of the Supreme Self (paramātman), which is called liberation (mokṣa).

27. אביך החכם, הו חכם גדול, הלך יחד עם אמך אל מדרגתו שלו, דרכו של העצמי העליון, הנקראת שחרור.

Words meanings summery:

• पिता (pitā) - your father (father)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

• गतः (gataḥ) - has gone (gone, departed, reached)

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - along with (together with, along with)

• त्वत् (tvat) - your (your, of you (in compounds))

• अम्बया (ambayā) - with your mother (by mother, with mother)

• स्वाम् (svām) - his own (own, one's own)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (indeed, just, only, very)

• परमात्मात्मपदवीम् (paramātmātmapadavīm) - to the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman) (the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman) and individual self (ātman))

• मोक्षनामिकाम् (mokṣanāmikām) - which is called liberation (mokṣa) (named liberation (mokṣa))

Words meanings and morphology

पिता (pitā) - your father (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Subject of the implied verb of motion.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Genitive singular form of `yuṣmad`

Note: Possessive pronoun.

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, very intelligent

Bahuvrīhi compound: `mahā` (great) + `prājña` (wise)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  From `prajñā` (wisdom) + `aṇ` suffix

Note: Refers to the son, the listener.

गतः (gataḥ) - has gone (gone, departed, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root `gam` with suffix `kta` (past participle)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `pitā`.

सार्धम् (sārdham) - along with (together with, along with)

(indeclinable)

त्वत् (tvat) - your (your, of you (in compounds))

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Stem form of `yuṣmad` used in compounds

Note: Part of the compound `tvadambayā`.

अम्बया (ambayā) - with your mother (by mother, with mother)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - mother

Note: Governed by `sārdham`. Forms `tvadambayā` through sandhi with `tvat`.

स्वाम् (svām) - his own (own, one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Note: Refers to the father's own state.

एव (eva) - very, indeed (indeed, just, only, very)

(indeclinable)

परमात्मात्मपदवीम् (paramātmātmapadavīm) - to the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman) (the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman) and individual self (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramātmātmapadavī

paramātmātmapadavī - the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman) and individual self (ātman); the state where the individual self is one with the Supreme Self

Complex compound often interpreted as `paramātman` (Supreme Self) and `ātmapadavī` (state of the self), signifying the state where the individual `ātman` realizes its identity with `paramātman`.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+ātman+ātman+padavī)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• padavī – path, state, condition, rank
  noun (feminine)

मोक्षनामिकाम् (mokṣanāmikām) - which is called liberation (mokṣa) (named liberation (mokṣa))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mokṣanāmikā

mokṣanāmikā - named liberation (mokṣa)

Bahuvrīhi compound: `mokṣa` (liberation) + `nāman` (name/having name). Literally 'having liberation as its name'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mokṣa+nāman)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation (mokṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  From root `muc` (to free)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `paramātmātmapadavīm`.

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