योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-34

मलं संवेद्यमुत्सृज्य मनो निर्गलयन्परम् ।
आशापाशमलं छित्त्वा स्वसंवित्तिपरो भव ॥ ३४ ॥

malaṃ saṃvedyamutsṛjya mano nirgalayanparam ,
āśāpāśamalaṃ chittvā svasaṃvittiparo bhava 34

34. malam saṃvedyam utsṛjya manaḥ nirgalayan param
āśāpāśamalam chittvā svasaṃvittiparaḥ bhava

34. saṃvedyam malam utsṛjya manaḥ param nirgalayan
āśāpāśamalam chittvā svasaṃvittiparaḥ bhava

34. Abandoning all perceived impurity (mala), and completely purifying the mind (manas), having cut the defilement of the bonds of desire, be intent on your own self-awareness (svasaṃvitti).

Words meanings summery:

• मलम् (malam) - impurity, defilement, dirt

• संवेद्यम् (saṁvedyam) - perceived or that which is to be understood/felt as (to be known, perceptible, what is felt/perceived)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having discarded

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• निर्गलयन् (nirgalayan) - purifying in this context (causing to flow out, purifying, cleansing)

• परम् (param) - completely or supremely modifying the action of purifying the mind (supreme, highest, excellent; completely, fully)

• आशापाशमलम् (āśāpāśamalam) - impurity of the bonds of desire

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

• स्वसंवित्तिपरः (svasaṁvittiparaḥ) - intent on one's own consciousness/self-awareness

• भव (bhava) - be, become

Words meanings and morphology

मलम् (malam) - impurity, defilement, dirt

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - impurity, dirt, defilement, sin

Note: Object of utsṛjya.

संवेद्यम् (saṁvedyam) - perceived or that which is to be understood/felt as (to be known, perceptible, what is felt/perceived)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃvedya

saṁvedya - to be known, to be perceived, perceptible, knowable

Gerundive

From root vid (to know) with saṃ prefix.

Prefix: saṃ

Root: vid (class 2)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having discarded

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Indeclinable participle, expresses an action completed before the main verb.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, heart

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of nirgalayan.

निर्गलयन् (nirgalayan) - purifying in this context (causing to flow out, purifying, cleansing)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirgalayant

nirgalayant - causing to flow out, purifying, cleansing, removing

Present Active Participle

Causative of nirgal (to flow out), root gal with nir prefix.

Prefix: nir

Root: gal (class 1)

परम् (param) - completely or supremely modifying the action of purifying the mind (supreme, highest, excellent; completely, fully)

(indeclinable)

आशापाशमलम् (āśāpāśamalam) - impurity of the bonds of desire

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āśāpāśamala

āśāpāśamala - defilement of the bonds of hope/desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśāpāśa+mala)

• āśāpāśa – bonds of desire/hope
  noun (masculine)
• mala – impurity, dirt, defilement, sin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of chittvā.

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

(indeclinable)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Indeclinable participle, expresses an action completed before the main verb.

स्वसंवित्तिपरः (svasaṁvittiparaḥ) - intent on one's own consciousness/self-awareness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svasaṃvittipara

svasaṁvittipara - devoted to one's own consciousness, intent on self-awareness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svasaṃvitti+para)

• svasaṃvitti – self-awareness, one's own consciousness
  noun (feminine)
  sva (own) + saṃvitti (consciousness/awareness, from root vid to know)
  Prefix: saṃ
  Root: vid (class 2)
• para – supreme, highest, excellent; intent on, devoted to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: The adjective describes the implicit subject 'you'.

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

Previous Verse Next Verse