योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-58, verse-41

तावत्तावन्महाबाहो स्वयं संत्यज्यतेऽखिलम् ।
यावद्यावत्परालोकः परमात्मैव शिष्यते ॥ ४१ ॥

tāvattāvanmahābāho svayaṃ saṃtyajyate'khilam ,
yāvadyāvatparālokaḥ paramātmaiva śiṣyate 41

41. tāvattāvat mahābāho svayam saṃtyajyate akhilam
yāvadyāvat parālokaḥ paramātmā eva śiṣyate

41. mahābāho yāvadyāvat svayam akhilam saṃtyajyate
tāvattāvat parālokaḥ paramātmā eva śiṣyate

41. O mighty-armed one, as everything is progressively relinquished by oneself, eventually only the supreme Self (paramātman) remains, which is the transcendent reality (parāloka).

41. הוי גיבור חייל, הכל נזנח מעצמו עוד ועוד, עד אשר נותרת רק המציאות העליונה – העצמי הפנימי העליון.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत्तावत् (tāvattāvat) - progressively, as long as (emphasizing duration/process) (so long, to that extent; repeatedly, progressively)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, on one's own

• संत्यज्यते (saṁtyajyate) - is progressively abandoned/relinquished (is abandoned, is relinquished, is given up)

• अखिलम् (akhilam) - all, whole, entire, everything

• यावद्यावत् (yāvadyāvat) - progressively, as long as (emphasizing duration/process) (as long as, as much as; repeatedly, progressively)

• परालोकः (parālokaḥ) - the transcendent reality, the ultimate realm (other world, transcendent realm, supreme world)

• परमात्मा (paramātmā) - supreme self, ultimate reality

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly, just

• शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left, is spared

Words meanings and morphology

तावत्तावत् (tāvattāvat) - progressively, as long as (emphasizing duration/process) (so long, to that extent; repeatedly, progressively)

(indeclinable)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with great arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, on one's own

(indeclinable)

संत्यज्यते (saṁtyajyate) - is progressively abandoned/relinquished (is abandoned, is relinquished, is given up)

(verb)

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

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अखिलम् (akhilam) - all, whole, entire, everything

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akhila

akhila - all, whole, complete, entire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• khila – deficient, waste, empty, remnant
  noun (neuter)

यावद्यावत् (yāvadyāvat) - progressively, as long as (emphasizing duration/process) (as long as, as much as; repeatedly, progressively)

(indeclinable)

परालोकः (parālokaḥ) - the transcendent reality, the ultimate realm (other world, transcendent realm, supreme world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parāloka

parāloka - other world, transcendent realm, supreme world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+loka)

• para – other, distant, supreme, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)

परमात्मा (paramātmā) - supreme self, ultimate reality

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramātman

paramātman - supreme self, ultimate reality, the absolute soul

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest, utmost
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul, universal soul
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left, is spared

(verb)

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

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

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