योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-56, verse-2

शास्त्रार्थगुरुचेतोभिस्तावत्तावद्विचार्यते ।
सर्वदृश्यक्षयाभ्यासाद्यावदासाद्यते पदम् ॥ २ ॥

śāstrārthagurucetobhistāvattāvadvicāryate ,
sarvadṛśyakṣayābhyāsādyāvadāsādyate padam 2

2. śāstrārthagurucetobhiḥ tāvat tāvat vicāryate
sarvadṛśyakṣayābhyāsāt yāvat āsādyate padam

2. śāstrārthagurucetobhiḥ tāvat tāvat vicāryate
yāvat sarvadṛśyakṣayābhyāsāt padam āsādyate

2. Truth is continually contemplated by the intellects (cetas) informed by scriptures, their meanings, and spiritual teachers (guru). This contemplation persists until that ultimate state (pada) is attained through the practice (abhyāsa) of the cessation of all perceivable phenomena.

Words meanings summery:

• शास्त्रार्थगुरुचेतोभिः (śāstrārthagurucetobhiḥ) - by the minds (cetas) enlightened by scriptures, their meanings, and spiritual teachers (guru)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so long, to that extent

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so long, to that extent

• विचार्यते (vicāryate) - is reflected upon, is considered, is deliberated

• सर्वदृश्यक्षयाभ्यासात् (sarvadṛśyakṣayābhyāsāt) - from the practice (abhyāsa) of the cessation/destruction of all perceivable phenomena

• यावत् (yāvat) - until, as long as

• आसाद्यते (āsādyate) - is attained, is reached

• पदम् (padam) - the ultimate spiritual state (pada) (the state, the abode, the ultimate reality)

Words meanings and morphology

शास्त्रार्थगुरुचेतोभिः (śāstrārthagurucetobhiḥ) - by the minds (cetas) enlightened by scriptures, their meanings, and spiritual teachers (guru)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śāstrārthagurucetas

śāstrārthagurucetas - mind enlightened by scriptures, their meanings, and spiritual teachers (guru)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+artha+guru+cetas)

• śāstra – scripture, treatise, science, sacred text
  noun (neuter)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• guru – teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide
  noun (masculine)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness, heart
  noun (neuter)

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so long, to that extent

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so long, to that extent

(indeclinable)

विचार्यते (vicāryate) - is reflected upon, is considered, is deliberated

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

सर्वदृश्यक्षयाभ्यासात् (sarvadṛśyakṣayābhyāsāt) - from the practice (abhyāsa) of the cessation/destruction of all perceivable phenomena

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sarvadṛśyakṣayābhyāsa

sarvadṛśyakṣayābhyāsa - practice of the cessation of all perceivable phenomena

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+dṛśya+kṣaya+abhyāsa)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• dṛśya – perceivable, visible, an object of perception
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  root dṛś + ya
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, diminution, cessation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, study, spiritual discipline
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)

यावत् (yāvat) - until, as long as

(indeclinable)

आसाद्यते (āsādyate) - is attained, is reached

(verb)

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

Prefixes: ā+sam

Root: sad (class 1)

पदम् (padam) - the ultimate spiritual state (pada) (the state, the abode, the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, state, position, abode, ultimate state, word

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