योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-56, verse-4

संप्रबोधवती तीक्ष्णा कलङ्करहिता मतिः ।
सर्वसामग्र्यहीनापि पदं प्राप्नोति शाश्वतम् ॥ ४ ॥

saṃprabodhavatī tīkṣṇā kalaṅkarahitā matiḥ ,
sarvasāmagryahīnāpi padaṃ prāpnoti śāśvatam 4

4. samprabodhāvatī tīkṣṇā kalaṅkarahitā matiḥ
sarvasāmagryahīnā api padam prāpnoti śāśvatam

4. tīkṣṇā kalaṅkarahitā samprabodhāvatī matiḥ
sarvasāmagryahīnā api śāśvatam padam prāpnoti

4. A keen and spotless intellect (mati), endowed with complete awakening, attains the eternal state (pada), even if it is replete with all auxiliary means.

4. חשיבה חדה, ערה לחלוטין ונקייה מכל רבב, אף אם היא נטולת כל אמצעים חיצוניים, מגיעה אל המצב הנצחי.

Words meanings summery:

• सम्प्रबोधावती (samprabodhāvatī) - endowed with full awakening, having complete enlightenment

• तीक्ष्णा (tīkṣṇā) - sharp, keen, acute, subtle

• कलङ्करहिता (kalaṅkarahitā) - spotless, free from blemish, pure

• मतिः (matiḥ) - intellect, mind, understanding, thought, opinion

• सर्वसामग्र्यहीना (sarvasāmagryahīnā) - complete with all means, replete with all requisites

• अपि (api) - even if, although (even, also, too, although)

• पदम् (padam) - the eternal state (state, position, goal, abode)

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

Words meanings and morphology

सम्प्रबोधावती (samprabodhāvatī) - endowed with full awakening, having complete enlightenment

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samprabodhāvat

samprabodhāvat - endowed with complete awakening, having perfect knowledge

From `samprabodha` (complete awakening) + possessive suffix `vat`

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samprabodha+vat)

• samprabodha – complete awakening, full knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  From root budh 'to awaken/know' with prefixes sam + pra
  Prefixes: sam+pra
  Root: budh (class 1)
• vat – possessing, having, like
  suffix
  Suffix forming possessive adjectives

Note: Agrees with matiḥ.

तीक्ष्णा (tīkṣṇā) - sharp, keen, acute, subtle

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, acute, subtle, intense

Note: Agrees with matiḥ.

कलङ्करहिता (kalaṅkarahitā) - spotless, free from blemish, pure

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalaṅkarahita

kalaṅkarahita - free from stain, spotless, pure

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalaṅka+rahita)

• kalaṅka – stain, blemish, fault, impurity
  noun (masculine)
• rahita – deprived of, without, free from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rah 'to abandon'
  Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with matiḥ.

मतिः (matiḥ) - intellect, mind, understanding, thought, opinion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, opinion

From root man 'to think'

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सर्वसामग्र्यहीना (sarvasāmagryahīnā) - complete with all means, replete with all requisites

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvasāmagryahīna

sarvasāmagryahīna - complete with all means, replete with all requisites, not lacking in any equipment

Compound of `sarva` (all) + `sāmagrī` (means/equipment) + `ahīna` (not lacking/complete)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+sāmagrī+ahīna)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• sāmagrī – equipment, material, means, complete collection
  noun (feminine)
• ahīna – not deficient, not wanting, complete, perfect
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative prefix a- + hīna
  From a (negation) and hīna (past passive participle of hā 'to abandon, quit, fail'). Literally 'not failed' or 'not wanting'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with matiḥ.

अपि (api) - even if, although (even, also, too, although)

(indeclinable)

पदम् (padam) - the eternal state (state, position, goal, abode)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, mark, sign, position, state, ultimate goal

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prāp

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, everlasting, perpetual, constant

Note: Agrees with padam.

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