योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-41, verse-18

भावाभावविनिर्मुक्तो हेयोपादेयवर्जितः ।
एवमासमहं पूर्वमधुनेत्थं व्यवस्थितः ॥ १८ ॥

bhāvābhāvavinirmukto heyopādeyavarjitaḥ ,
evamāsamahaṃ pūrvamadhunetthaṃ vyavasthitaḥ 18

18. bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaḥ heyo-upādeya-varjitaḥ evam
āsam aham pūrvam adhunā ittham vyavasthitaḥ

18. aham pūrvam evam bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaḥ
heyo-upādeya-varjitaḥ āsam adhunā ittham vyavasthitaḥ

18. Formerly, I was thus, completely free from both existence and non-existence, and devoid of what is to be rejected or accepted. Now I am established in this very state.

Words meanings summery:

• भावाभावविनिर्मुक्तः (bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaḥ) - completely free from existence and non-existence

• हेयो-उपादेय-वर्जितः (heyo-upādeya-varjitaḥ) - devoid of what is to be rejected and what is to be accepted

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• आसम् (āsam) - I was

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

• अधुना (adhunā) - now

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

• व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ) - established, situated

Words meanings and morphology

भावाभावविनिर्मुक्तः (bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaḥ) - completely free from existence and non-existence

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvābhāvavinirmukta

bhāvābhāvavinirmukta - free from existence and non-existence

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhāvābhāva+vinirmukta)

• bhāvābhāva – existence and non-existence
  noun (masculine)
• vinirmukta – freed, liberated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root muc with prefixes vi and nir
  Prefixes: vi+nir
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to the speaker (aham)

हेयो-उपादेय-वर्जितः (heyo-upādeya-varjitaḥ) - devoid of what is to be rejected and what is to be accepted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of heyo-upādeya-varjita

heyo-upādeya-varjita - devoid of what is to be rejected and what is to be accepted

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (heyo-upādeya+varjita)

• heyo-upādeya – what is to be rejected and what is to be accepted
  noun (neuter)
• varjita – devoid of, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root vṛj
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Refers to the speaker (aham)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

आसम् (āsam) - I was

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: here functioning as an adverb

अधुना (adhunā) - now

(indeclinable)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ) - established, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - established, arranged, settled

Past Passive Participle

derived from root sthā with prefixes vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the speaker (aham)

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