योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-29

वीतशोकभयायासो गतसंसारसंभ्रमः ।
तुर्यावस्थामुपारूढो भूयः पतति नात्मवान् ॥ २९ ॥

vītaśokabhayāyāso gatasaṃsārasaṃbhramaḥ ,
turyāvasthāmupārūḍho bhūyaḥ patati nātmavān 29

29. vīta-śoka-bhaya-āyāsaḥ gata-saṃsāra-saṃbhramaḥ
turyā-avasthām upa-ārūḍhaḥ bhūyaḥ patati na ātma-vān

29. vīta-śoka-bhaya-āyāsaḥ gata-saṃsāra-saṃbhramaḥ
ātma-vān turyā-avasthām upa-ārūḍhaḥ bhūyaḥ na patati

29. The self-realized one (ātman), freed from sorrow, fear, and fatigue, and for whom the bewilderment of transmigration (saṃsāra) has ceased, having ascended to the fourth state (turyā), does not fall again.

Words meanings summery:

• वीत-शोक-भय-आयासः (vīta-śoka-bhaya-āyāsaḥ) - free from sorrow, fear, and fatigue; one whose grief, fear, and weariness have departed

• गत-संसार-संभ्रमः (gata-saṁsāra-saṁbhramaḥ) - one for whom the bewilderment of saṃsāra has departed

• तुर्या-अवस्थाम् (turyā-avasthām) - to the transcendental fourth state (turyā) of consciousness (to the fourth state)

• उप-आरूढः (upa-ārūḍhaḥ) - having attained (having ascended, having mounted, having attained)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

• पतति (patati) - falls back (into saṃsāra) (falls, descends, drops)

• न (na) - not, no

• आत्म-वान् (ātma-vān) - the self-realized one (self-possessed, endowed with the self, wise, enlightened)

Words meanings and morphology

वीत-शोक-भय-आयासः (vīta-śoka-bhaya-āyāsaḥ) - free from sorrow, fear, and fatigue; one whose grief, fear, and weariness have departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīta-śoka-bhaya-āyāsa

vīta-śoka-bhaya-āyāsa - free from grief, fear, and fatigue

Bahuvrīhi compound. 'Vīta' (past participle of 'vī' - to go, passed away) followed by a dvandva compound 'śoka-bhaya-āyāsa'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vīta+śoka+bhaya+āyāsa)

• vīta – gone, passed, departed, free from
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vī' (to go) or 'vi' (to abandon).
  Root: vi (class 1)
• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• āyāsa – exertion, fatigue, weariness, trouble
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ayas (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'ātma-vān'.

गत-संसार-संभ्रमः (gata-saṁsāra-saṁbhramaḥ) - one for whom the bewilderment of saṃsāra has departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata-saṃsāra-saṃbhrama

gata-saṁsāra-saṁbhrama - one from whom the delusion of saṃsāra has gone, free from worldly bewilderment

Bahuvrīhi compound. 'Gata' (gone) followed by 'saṃsāra-saṃbhrama' (bewilderment of saṃsāra).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+saṃsāra-saṃbhrama)

• gata – gone, departed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam 'to go'.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• saṃsāra-saṃbhrama – bewilderment of saṃsāra, confusion of transmigration
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound.
• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• saṃbhrama – agitation, confusion, bewilderment, haste
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram 'to wander', with sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'ātma-vān'.

तुर्या-अवस्थाम् (turyā-avasthām) - to the transcendental fourth state (turyā) of consciousness (to the fourth state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of turyā-avasthā

turyā-avasthā - the fourth state (turyā)

Compound meaning "fourth state". Turyā is the transcendental state beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (turyā+avasthā)

• turyā – fourth, the fourth state (turyā)
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'turya' (fourth).
• avasthā – state, condition, situation
  noun (feminine)
  From root sthā with ava-.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उप-आरूढः (upa-ārūḍhaḥ) - having attained (having ascended, having mounted, having attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upa-ārūḍha

upa-ārūḍha - ascended, mounted, attained

Past Passive Participle

From upasarga upa- and root ruh 'to ascend', in past participle form.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'ātma-vān'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

पतति (patati) - falls back (into saṃsāra) (falls, descends, drops)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root pat, present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: pat (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

आत्म-वान् (ātma-vān) - the self-realized one (self-possessed, endowed with the self, wise, enlightened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātma-vat

ātma-vat - possessing the self (ātman), spiritual, self-possessed, wise

Formed with suffix -vat (possessive) from ātman.

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to the person who possesses the ātman.

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