योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-22

साधो स्मर महालक्ष्मीमात्मीयां स्मर चाकृतिम् ।
अकाण्ड एव किं देहविरामः क्रियते त्वया ॥ २२ ॥

sādho smara mahālakṣmīmātmīyāṃ smara cākṛtim ,
akāṇḍa eva kiṃ dehavirāmaḥ kriyate tvayā 22

22. sādho smara mahālakṣmīm ātmīyām smara ca ākṛtim
akāṇḍe eva kim dehavirāmaḥ kriyate tvayā

22. sādho ātmīyām mahālakṣmīm smara ca ākṛtim
smara akāṇḍe eva tvayā dehavirāmaḥ kim kriyate

22. "O virtuous one, remember Mahālakṣmī, your very own, and remember your true nature (ākṛti)! Why are you causing the cessation of your body at such an improper moment?"

Words meanings summery:

• साधो (sādho) - O virtuous one, O good man, O holy one

• स्मर (smara) - remember, recollect

• महालक्ष्मीम् (mahālakṣmīm) - Mahālakṣmī (the goddess of wealth and prosperity)

• आत्मीयाम् (ātmīyām) - your own, belonging to oneself

• स्मर (smara) - remember, recollect

• च (ca) - and

• आकृतिम् (ākṛtim) - form, shape, true nature, appearance

• अकाण्डे (akāṇḍe) - at the wrong time, improperly, unseasonably

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• किम् (kim) - why, what

• देहविरामः (dehavirāmaḥ) - cessation of the body, stopping of the body

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is being done, is caused

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

साधो (sādho) - O virtuous one, O good man, O holy one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, holy, upright, saintly person

स्मर (smara) - remember, recollect

(verb)

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

1st class verb (Bhvādi), imperative mood

Root: smṛ (class 1)

महालक्ष्मीम् (mahālakṣmīm) - Mahālakṣmī (the goddess of wealth and prosperity)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahālakṣmī

mahālakṣmī - Goddess Mahālakṣmī, great fortune

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+lakṣmī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• lakṣmī – Goddess Lakṣmī, prosperity, fortune, beauty
  noun (feminine)

आत्मीयाम् (ātmīyām) - your own, belonging to oneself

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ātmīya

ātmīya - one's own, pertaining to oneself

Note: modifies Mahālakṣmī

स्मर (smara) - remember, recollect

(verb)

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

1st class verb (Bhvādi), imperative mood

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Repeated for emphasis or parallel construction

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आकृतिम् (ākṛtim) - form, shape, true nature, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākṛti

ākṛti - form, shape, appearance, true nature, essence

अकाण्डे (akāṇḍe) - at the wrong time, improperly, unseasonably

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of akāṇḍa

akāṇḍa - unseasonable, improper time, not a section/chapter

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kāṇḍa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kāṇḍa – section, chapter, arrow, proper time
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially, 'at an improper time'

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - why, what

(indeclinable)

Note: Here used as an interrogative particle 'why?'

देहविरामः (dehavirāmaḥ) - cessation of the body, stopping of the body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehavirāma

dehavirāma - cessation/stoppage of the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+virāma)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• virāma – cessation, pause, rest, end
  noun (masculine)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is being done, is caused

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṛ

8th class verb (Tanādi), present tense, passive voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

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