योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-2, verse-26

कलनापेलवं रूपमुत्सृज्यालीनमात्मनि ।
कदैष्यति मनः शान्तिमम्भसीव तरङ्गकः ॥ २६ ॥

kalanāpelavaṃ rūpamutsṛjyālīnamātmani ,
kadaiṣyati manaḥ śāntimambhasīva taraṅgakaḥ 26

26. kalanāpelavam rūpam utsṛjya ālīnam ātmani kadā
eṣyati manaḥ śāntim ambhasi iva taraṅgakaḥ

26. manaḥ kalanāpelavam rūpam utsṛjya ātmani ālīnam
kadā śāntim eṣyati ambhasi taraṅgakaḥ iva

26. When will the mind, abandoning the ephemeral forms apprehended by perception, and absorbed in the self (ātman), attain peace, just as a small wave merges into water?

Words meanings summery:

• कलनापेलवम् (kalanāpelavam) - subtle due to conceptualization by the mind (delicate from perception/grasping, subtle due to conceptualization, ephemeral due to manifestation)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - the external or conceptual form of objects perceived by the mind (form, appearance, shape)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having released

• आलीनम् (ālīnam) - absorbed in the self (absorbed, clung, adhered)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the supreme self (ātman), the ultimate reality (in the self)

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• एष्यति (eṣyati) - will attain (peace) (will go, will attain, will come)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• शान्तिम् (śāntim) - mental peace, spiritual tranquility (peace, tranquility, cessation)

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तरङ्गकः (taraṅgakaḥ) - a small wave, a ripple

Words meanings and morphology

कलनापेलवम् (kalanāpelavam) - subtle due to conceptualization by the mind (delicate from perception/grasping, subtle due to conceptualization, ephemeral due to manifestation)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalanāpelava

kalanāpelava - delicate by perception/activity; having a form delicate from mental activity

compound of kalanā and pelava

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalanā+pelava)

• kalanā – perception, reckoning, manifestation, activity
  noun (feminine)
  from root kal (to count, to know, to perform)
  Root: kal (class 1)
• pelava – delicate, tender, soft, subtle, ephemeral
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifies rūpam

रूपम् (rūpam) - the external or conceptual form of objects perceived by the mind (form, appearance, shape)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, beauty

Note: Object of utsṛjya

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having released

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with prefix ut + root sṛj

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

आलीनम् (ālīnam) - absorbed in the self (absorbed, clung, adhered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ālīna

ālīna - absorbed, clinging, adhering, merged

Past Passive Participle

from prefix ā + root lī (to cling, to dissolve)

Prefix: ā

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying manaḥ (understood)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the supreme self (ātman), the ultimate reality (in the self)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the Supreme Spirit

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

एष्यति (eṣyati) - will attain (peace) (will go, will attain, will come)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of i

Future Active Indicative

Root i (to go), Future tense

Root: i (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, conscience

Root: man

Note: Subject of the sentence

शान्तिम् (śāntim) - mental peace, spiritual tranquility (peace, tranquility, cessation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, quiet, cessation, alleviation

from root śam (to be calm)

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Object of eṣyati

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तरङ्गकः (taraṅgakaḥ) - a small wave, a ripple

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taraṅgaka

taraṅgaka - a small wave, a ripple

Diminutive of taraṅga