योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-13

तां सुषुप्तदशामेत्य जीवन्व्यवहरन्नरः ।
सुखदुःखवरत्राभिर्न कदाचन कृष्यते ॥ १३ ॥

tāṃ suṣuptadaśāmetya jīvanvyavaharannaraḥ ,
sukhaduḥkhavaratrābhirna kadācana kṛṣyate 13

13. tām suṣuptadaśām etya jīvan vyavaharan naraḥ
sukhaduḥkhavaratrābhiḥ na kadācana kṛṣyate

13. naraḥ tām suṣuptadaśām etya jīvan vyavaharan
sukhaduḥkhavaratrābhiḥ na kadācana kṛṣyate

13. Having attained that state of deep sleep (suṣuptadaśā), a person (nara) who continues to live and act in the world is never drawn or pulled by the strong bonds of pleasure and pain.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that

• सुषुप्तदशाम् (suṣuptadaśām) - the state of deep sleep

• एत्य (etya) - having attained, having reached

• जीवन् (jīvan) - living, while living

• व्यवहरन् (vyavaharan) - acting, conducting oneself, behaving

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• सुखदुःखवरत्राभिः (sukhaduḥkhavaratrābhiḥ) - by the bonds/ropes of pleasure and pain

• न (na) - not

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time (with 'na', never)

• कृष्यते (kṛṣyate) - is drawn, is pulled

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

सुषुप्तदशाम् (suṣuptadaśām) - the state of deep sleep

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of suṣuptadaśā

suṣuptadaśā - state of deep sleep, slumberous state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (suṣupta+daśā)

• suṣupta – deeply asleep, soundly sleeping
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)
• daśā – state, condition, period
  noun (feminine)

एत्य (etya) - having attained, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'i' (to go) + suffix '-tvā' or '-ya'

Root: i (class 2)

जीवन् (jīvan) - living, while living

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

Root: jīv (class 1)

व्यवहरन् (vyavaharan) - acting, conducting oneself, behaving

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavaharat

vyavaharat - acting, behaving, dealing, transacting

Present Active Participle

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

सुखदुःखवरत्राभिः (sukhaduḥkhavaratrābhiḥ) - by the bonds/ropes of pleasure and pain

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of sukhaduḥkhavaratrā

sukhaduḥkhavaratrā - bonds of pleasure and pain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukhaduḥkha+varatrā)

• sukhaduḥkha – pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• varatrā – strap, thong, rope, bond, cord
  noun (feminine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time (with 'na', never)

(indeclinable)

कृष्यते (kṛṣyate) - is drawn, is pulled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of kṛṣ

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

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