योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-56, verse-22

गृहमेव गृहस्थानां सुसमाहितचेतसाम् ।
शान्ताहंकृतिदोषाणां विजनावनभूमयः ॥ २२ ॥

gṛhameva gṛhasthānāṃ susamāhitacetasām ,
śāntāhaṃkṛtidoṣāṇāṃ vijanāvanabhūmayaḥ 22

22. gṛham eva gṛhasthānām su-samāhita-cetasām
śānta-ahaṃkṛti-doṣāṇām vijana-avana-bhūmayaḥ

22. su-samāhita-cetasām śānta-ahaṃkṛti-doṣāṇām
gṛhasthānām gṛham eva vijana-avana-bhūmayaḥ

22. For householders whose minds are well-composed and whose faults of ego (ahaṃkāra) are pacified, their very homes are like solitary forest lands.

Words meanings summery:

• गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• गृहस्थानाम् (gṛhasthānām) - for householders

• सु-समाहित-चेतसाम् (su-samāhita-cetasām) - whose minds are well-composed/tranquil

• शान्त-अहंकृति-दोषाणाम् (śānta-ahaṁkṛti-doṣāṇām) - whose faults of ego (ahaṃkāra) are pacified

• विजन-अवन-भूमयः (vijana-avana-bhūmayaḥ) - solitary forest lands/regions

Words meanings and morphology

गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, abode

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

गृहस्थानाम् (gṛhasthānām) - for householders

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gṛhastha

gṛhastha - householder, one who stays at home

Compound type : Tatpurusha (gṛha+stha)

• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective
  Derived from √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

सु-समाहित-चेतसाम् (su-samāhita-cetasām) - whose minds are well-composed/tranquil

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of su-samāhita-cetas

su-samāhita-cetas - one whose mind is well-composed, tranquil, or concentrated

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (su+samāhita+cetas)

• su – good, well, excellent (prefix)
  indeclinable
• samāhita – composed, collected, concentrated, tranquil
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from sam-ā-√dhā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

शान्त-अहंकृति-दोषाणाम् (śānta-ahaṁkṛti-doṣāṇām) - whose faults of ego (ahaṃkāra) are pacified

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śānta-ahaṃkṛti-doṣa

śānta-ahaṁkṛti-doṣa - one whose faults of egoism (ahaṃkāra) are pacified

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śānta+ahaṃkṛti+doṣa)

• śānta – pacified, tranquil, calm
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from √śam (to be calm)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• ahaṃkṛti – ego, egotism, self-consciousness (ahaṃkāra)
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: aham
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, error
  noun (masculine)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

विजन-अवन-भूमयः (vijana-avana-bhūmayaḥ) - solitary forest lands/regions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vijana-avana-bhūmi

vijana-avana-bhūmi - solitary forest lands, deserted regions of forest

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vijana+avana+bhūmi)

• vijana – solitary, deserted, uninhabited, lonely
  adjective
  Prefix: vi
• avana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
  Root: av (class 1)
• bhūmi – earth, land, ground, region
  noun (feminine)

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