योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-58, verse-45

यावदन्यन्न संत्यक्तं तावत्सामान्यमेव हि ।
वस्तु नासाद्यते साधो स्वात्मलाभे तु का कथा ॥ ४५ ॥

yāvadanyanna saṃtyaktaṃ tāvatsāmānyameva hi ,
vastu nāsādyate sādho svātmalābhe tu kā kathā 45

45. yāvat anyat na saṃtyaktam tāvat sāmānyam eva hi
vastu na āsādyate sādho svātmalābhe tu kā kathā

45. sādho yāvat anyat na saṃtyaktam tāvat sāmānyam
vastu eva hi na āsādyate svātmalābhe tu kā kathā

45. O virtuous one, as long as something else is not completely given up, even an ordinary object is certainly not attained. What, then, can be said about the attainment of one's own Self (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• न (na) - not, no

• संत्यक्तम् (saṁtyaktam) - completely abandoned, renounced, given up

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, so much

• सामान्यम् (sāmānyam) - an ordinary or common object/reality (common, ordinary, general thing)

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

• हि (hi) - surely, certainly, because, for

• वस्तु (vastu) - thing, object, substance, reality

• न (na) - not, no

• आसाद्यते (āsādyate) - is obtained, is reached, is met with

• साधो (sādho) - O good one, O virtuous one, O sage

• स्वात्मलाभे (svātmalābhe) - in the attainment of one's own Self (ātman)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• का (kā) - what, which (feminine)

• कथा (kathā) - what question is there? (story, talk, discussion, question)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संत्यक्तम् (saṁtyaktam) - completely abandoned, renounced, given up

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃtyakta

saṁtyakta - completely abandoned, given up, renounced, left behind

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, so much

(indeclinable)

सामान्यम् (sāmānyam) - an ordinary or common object/reality (common, ordinary, general thing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāmānya

sāmānya - common, general, ordinary, universal, a common object/thing

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

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - surely, certainly, because, for

(indeclinable)

वस्तु (vastu) - thing, object, substance, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - thing, object, substance, reality, essence, wealth

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आसाद्यते (āsādyate) - is obtained, is reached, is met with

(verb)

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

Passive form of ā-sad

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

साधो (sādho) - O good one, O virtuous one, O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, excellent, holy man, sage

स्वात्मलाभे (svātmalābhe) - in the attainment of one's own Self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svātmalābha

svātmalābha - attainment of one's own Self (ātman), Self-realization

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman+lābha)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, the ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (masculine)
• lābha – gain, acquisition, attainment, profit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: labh (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what, which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, how, why

कथा (kathā) - what question is there? (story, talk, discussion, question)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - talk, conversation, story, narrative, discussion, question