योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-90, verse-18

मैत्र्यादिभिर्गुणैर्युक्तं भवत्युत्तमवासनम् ।
भूयो जन्मविनिर्मुक्तं जीवन्मुक्तमनोऽनघ ॥ १८ ॥

maitryādibhirguṇairyuktaṃ bhavatyuttamavāsanam ,
bhūyo janmavinirmuktaṃ jīvanmuktamano'nagha 18

18. maitryādibhiḥ guṇaiḥ yuktam bhavati uttamavāsanam
bhūyaḥ janmavinirmuktam jīvanmuktamanaḥ anagha

18. anagha maitryādibhiḥ guṇaiḥ yuktam uttamavāsanam
bhūyaḥ janmavinirmuktam jīvanmuktamanaḥ bhavati

18. O sinless one (anagha), the mind of a liberated-while-living person is endowed with qualities like friendliness and others, possesses excellent latent tendencies, and is entirely freed from rebirth (saṃsāra).

18. רוחו של המשוחרר בחיים, אדם זך, ניחנה בסגולות כגון ידידות, מלאה ברשמים נעלים, וחופשייה מלידה מחדש.

Words meanings summery:

• मैत्र्यादिभिः (maitryādibhiḥ) - by friendship and others, by friendliness and similar qualities

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by attributes

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with, joined with, connected with, possessed of

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

• उत्तमवासनम् (uttamavāsanam) - having excellent latent tendencies

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - implies "completely" or "definitively" in this context of liberation. Or "from then on." (again, further, repeatedly)

• जन्मविनिर्मुक्तम् (janmavinirmuktam) - released from rebirth (saṃsāra), free from future births

• जीवन्मुक्तमनः (jīvanmuktamanaḥ) - the mind of a liberated-while-living person

• अनघ (anagha) - A vocative addressing Rāma or another pure soul. (O sinless one! O faultless one!)

Words meanings and morphology

मैत्र्यादिभिः (maitryādibhiḥ) - by friendship and others, by friendliness and similar qualities

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maitryādi

maitryādi - friendship, amity, and so forth ('ādi' implies a list of virtues like compassion, joy, equanimity)

compound

Compound type : dvandva (maitrī+ādi)

• maitrī – friendship, friendliness, benevolence
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – and so on, beginning with, et cetera
  indeclinable

Note: Used adverbially to specify the type of qualities.

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by attributes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, constituent (of prakṛti)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with, joined with, connected with, possessed of

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, endowed with, possessed of, yoked

Past Passive Participle

from root 'yuj' (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

(verb)

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

present 3rd person singular

'bhū' (root, Class 1, bhvādi)

Root: bhū (class 1)

उत्तमवासनम् (uttamavāsanam) - having excellent latent tendencies

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttamavāsana

uttamavāsana - having excellent latent tendencies, possessing pure impressions

compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uttama+vāsanā)

• uttama – excellent, best, supreme, highest
  adjective (masculine)
• vāsanā – latent tendency, impression, subconscious imprint, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - implies "completely" or "definitively" in this context of liberation. Or "from then on." (again, further, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

comparative of 'bahu' (much)

जन्मविनिर्मुक्तम् (janmavinirmuktam) - released from rebirth (saṃsāra), free from future births

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janmavinirmukta

janmavinirmukta - released from rebirth, free from future births

compound

Compound type : pañcamī-tatpuruṣa (janman+vinirmukta)

• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vinirmukta – completely liberated, entirely freed, released
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'muc' with prefixes 'vi' and 'nir'
  Prefixes: vi+nir
  Root: muc (class 6)

जीवन्मुक्तमनः (jīvanmuktamanaḥ) - the mind of a liberated-while-living person

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvanmuktamanaḥ

jīvanmuktamanaḥ - the mind (manas) of a jīvanmukta (one liberated while living)

compound

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jīvanmukta+manas)

• jīvanmukta – liberated while living, one who has attained liberation (mokṣa) in this life
  adjective (masculine)
  compound
  compound of 'jīvan' (living) and 'mukta' (liberated)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

अनघ (anagha) - A vocative addressing Rāma or another pure soul. (O sinless one! O faultless one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

'na' (not) + 'agha' (sin, fault)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+agha)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, fault, evil
  noun (neuter)

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