योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-34

किं प्रमाणमतः पुत्र दुःखस्यात्र सुखस्य च ।
तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य तिष्ठावः स्वच्छतां गतौ ॥ ३४ ॥

kiṃ pramāṇamataḥ putra duḥkhasyātra sukhasya ca ,
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya tiṣṭhāvaḥ svacchatāṃ gatau 34

34. kim pramāṇam ataḥ putra duḥkhasya atra sukhasya ca
tasmāt sarvam parityajya tiṣṭhāvaḥ svacchatām gatau

34. putra,
ataḥ atra duḥkhasya ca sukhasya kim pramāṇam? tasmāt,
sarvam parityajya,
gatau svacchatām tiṣṭhāvaḥ.

34. What is the standard (pramāṇa) for sorrow and happiness here, my son? Therefore, having abandoned everything, let us both remain, having attained purity.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, how

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - standard (pramāṇa) (measure, proof, standard, criterion)

• अतः (ataḥ) - regarding this matter (hence, therefore, from this)

• पुत्र (putra) - my son (son (vocative))

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of sorrow, of suffering

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of happiness, of pleasure

• च (ca) - and, also

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced

• तिष्ठावः (tiṣṭhāvaḥ) - let us two stand, let us two remain

• स्वच्छताम् (svacchatām) - a state of inner purity or serenity (purity, cleanliness, clarity)

• गतौ (gatau) - having attained (purity) (having gone, having reached, having attained)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, how

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, how

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - standard (pramāṇa) (measure, proof, standard, criterion)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - measure, proof, authority, standard, right knowledge

From pra- + mā (to measure)

Root: mā (class 3)

अतः (ataḥ) - regarding this matter (hence, therefore, from this)

(indeclinable)

पुत्र (putra) - my son (son (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of sorrow, of suffering

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of happiness, of pleasure

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, comfort, well-being

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, therefore

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root tyaj with prefixes pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Gerund; indicates an action completed before the main verb.

तिष्ठावः (tiṣṭhāvaḥ) - let us two stand, let us two remain

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Dual, indicating 'we two' (the speaker and the addressee, his son)

स्वच्छताम् (svacchatām) - a state of inner purity or serenity (purity, cleanliness, clarity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svacchatā

svacchatā - purity, cleanliness, clearness, serenity

From svaccha (pure, clear) + -tā (suffix forming feminine noun)

Note: Object of 'gatau' in the sense of 'having reached'

गतौ (gatau) - having attained (purity) (having gone, having reached, having attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, being in a state of

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the dual subject implied by 'tiṣṭhāvaḥ', meaning 'we two having attained (purity)'