योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-37

भावाभावविनिर्मुक्तं जरामरणवर्जितम् ।
संस्मरात्मानमव्यग्रो मा विमूढमना भव ॥ ३७ ॥

bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam ,
saṃsmarātmānamavyagro mā vimūḍhamanā bhava 37

37. bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam
saṃsmara ātmānam avyagraḥ mā vimūḍhamanā bhava

37. avyagraḥ bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam
ātmānam saṃsmara mā vimūḍhamanā bhava

37. Remember the (ātman) Self, which is free from existence and non-existence, and devoid of old age and death, remaining undistracted. Do not let your mind be deluded.

Words meanings summery:

• भावाभावविनिर्मुक्तं (bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaṁ) - free from the cycle of becoming and ceasing (freed from existence and non-existence, released from being and non-being)

• जरामरणवर्जितम् (jarāmaraṇavarjitam) - devoid of old age and death, free from decay and mortality

• संस्मर (saṁsmara) - remember, recollect

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self, the soul, the individual essence

• अव्यग्रः (avyagraḥ) - undistracted, tranquil, composed

• मा (mā) - do not, lest

• विमूढमना (vimūḍhamanā) - having a deluded mind, foolish-minded

• भव (bhava) - be, become

Words meanings and morphology

भावाभावविनिर्मुक्तं (bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaṁ) - free from the cycle of becoming and ceasing (freed from existence and non-existence, released from being and non-being)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāvābhāvavinirmukta

bhāvābhāvavinirmukta - freed from existence and non-existence, released from being and non-being

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāva-abhāva+vinirmukta)

• bhāvābhāva – existence and non-existence, being and non-being
  noun (masculine)
• vinirmukta – released, freed, liberated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: vi+nir
  Root: muc

जरामरणवर्जितम् (jarāmaraṇavarjitam) - devoid of old age and death, free from decay and mortality

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jarāmaraṇavarjita

jarāmaraṇavarjita - devoid of old age and death, free from decay and mortality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jarā-maraṇa+varjita)

• jarāmaraṇa – old age and death
  noun (neuter)
• varjita – avoided, excluded, deprived of, free from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: vṛj

संस्मर (saṁsmara) - remember, recollect

(verb)

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

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self, the soul, the individual essence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, individual essence, breath

अव्यग्रः (avyagraḥ) - undistracted, tranquil, composed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyagra

avyagra - undistracted, tranquil, composed, not agitated

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyagra)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vyagra – distracted, agitated, anxious
  adjective (masculine)

मा (mā) - do not, lest

(indeclinable)

विमूढमना (vimūḍhamanā) - having a deluded mind, foolish-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimūḍhamanas

vimūḍhamanas - having a deluded mind, foolish-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vimūḍha+manas)

• vimūḍha – deluded, perplexed, bewildered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muh
• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: The form vimūḍhamanā is an alternative nominative singular for a manas-ending compound or a vocative. Given bhava (imperative), it is likely nominative agreeing with the implied subject 'you'.

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

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