योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-60

गते तिष्ठाम्यहं स्वस्थो निर्गोनस इव द्रुमः ।
शाम्यामि परिनिर्वामि जगत्यस्मिन्प्रबोधवान् ॥ ६० ॥

gate tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ svastho nirgonasa iva drumaḥ ,
śāmyāmi parinirvāmi jagatyasminprabodhavān 60

60. gate tiṣṭhāmi aham svasthaḥ nirgonasaḥ iva drumaḥ
śāmyāmi parinirvāmi jagati asmin prabodhavān

60. (ahaṃkāre) gate aham nirgonasaḥ drumaḥ iva svasthaḥ tiṣṭhāmi,
asmin jagati prabodhavān (san) śāmyāmi parinirvāmi

60. When it (the ego) is gone, I remain self-abiding (svastha), like a tree freed from its burdens. I become pacified and attain perfect cessation (nirvāṇa) in this world, having achieved true awakening.

Words meanings summery:

• गते (gate) - when it (the ego) has vanished (when gone, departed, ceased)

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I remain (tranquil) (I stand, I remain, I dwell)

• अहम् (aham) - I, me

• स्वस्थः (svasthaḥ) - self-abiding, tranquil (healthy, well, at ease, self-abiding, tranquil)

• निर्गोनसः (nirgonasaḥ) - free from burdens/attachments (without burden, free from attachments, without serpents)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

• शाम्यामि (śāmyāmi) - I become pacified (I calm down, I become pacified, I cease)

• परिनिर्वामि (parinirvāmi) - I attain perfect cessation (nirvāṇa) (I am completely extinguished, I attain complete cessation/nirvāṇa)

• जगति (jagati) - in this world (in the world, in the universe)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

• प्रबोधवान् (prabodhavān) - having achieved true awakening (possessing awakening, wise, awakened)

Words meanings and morphology

गते (gate) - when it (the ego) has vanished (when gone, departed, ceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, ceased, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is 'ahaṃkāre'.

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I remain (tranquil) (I stand, I remain, I dwell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, Parasmaipada

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I, me

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Subject of 'tiṣṭhāmi'.

स्वस्थः (svasthaḥ) - self-abiding, tranquil (healthy, well, at ease, self-abiding, tranquil)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svastha

svastha - healthy, well, at ease, self-abiding, independent

Derived from sva (self) and stha (standing)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+sthā)

• sva – self, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• stha – standing, abiding, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

निर्गोनसः (nirgonasaḥ) - free from burdens/attachments (without burden, free from attachments, without serpents)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirgonasa

nirgonasa - without burden, free from attachments, without serpents

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+gonasa)

• nis – out, forth, without
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence.
• gonasa – serpent, viper; (figuratively) burden, attachment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'aham' and 'drumaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, plant

Note: Subject of comparison with 'aham'.

शाम्यामि (śāmyāmi) - I become pacified (I calm down, I become pacified, I cease)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śam

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, Parasmaipada

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Subject 'aham' (implied).

परिनिर्वामि (parinirvāmi) - I attain perfect cessation (nirvāṇa) (I am completely extinguished, I attain complete cessation/nirvāṇa)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nirvā

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, Parasmaipada, from root vā (to blow) with prefixes nis and pari

Prefixes: pari+nis

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Subject 'aham' (implied).

जगति (jagati) - in this world (in the world, in the universe)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, living beings, moving

Root: gam

Note: Locative of place.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Adjective for 'jagati'.

प्रबोधवान् (prabodhavān) - having achieved true awakening (possessing awakening, wise, awakened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabodhavat

prabodhavat - possessing awakening, wise, intelligent, awakened

Derived from prabodha (awakening) with suffix -vat (possessing)

Note: Agrees with 'aham' (implied subject of 'śāmyāmi' and 'parinirvāmi').

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