योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-42

यदभावनमास्थाय यदभावस्य भावनम् ।
यद्यथावस्तुदर्शित्वं तदचित्तत्वमुच्यते ॥ ४२ ॥

yadabhāvanamāsthāya yadabhāvasya bhāvanam ,
yadyathāvastudarśitvaṃ tadacittatvamucyate 42

42. yat abhāvanam āsthāya yat abhāvasya bhāvanam
yat yathāvasta-darśitvam tat acittatvam ucyate

42. yat abhāvanam āsthāya yat abhāvasya bhāvanam
yat yathāvasta-darśitvam tat acittatvam ucyate

42. The state where one resorts to the absence of mental constructs, where there is contemplation of such absence, and where there is a perception of reality exactly as it is – that is declared to be the state of no-mind (acittatva).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• अभावनम् (abhāvanam) - non-existence, non-manifestation, absence of mental construct

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken a stand, having depended upon

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• अभावस्य (abhāvasya) - of non-existence, of absence

• भावनम् (bhāvanam) - contemplation, reflection, thought, causing to be, bringing into existence

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• यथावस्त-दर्शित्वम् (yathāvasta-darśitvam) - the state of seeing things as they are, reality-perception

• तत् (tat) - that

• अचित्तत्वम् (acittatvam) - the state of no-mind (acittatva) (the state of no-mind, mindlessness)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

अभावनम् (abhāvanam) - non-existence, non-manifestation, absence of mental construct

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhāvana

abhāvana - non-existence, non-manifestation, absence of thought, non-production

from a- + bhāvana

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāvana)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāvana – thinking, contemplation, conception, causing to be, manifestation
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken a stand, having depended upon

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from ā- √sthā + -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

अभावस्य (abhāvasya) - of non-existence, of absence

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, annihilation

from a- + bhāva

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling, thought
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

भावनम् (bhāvanam) - contemplation, reflection, thought, causing to be, bringing into existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvana

bhāvana - thinking, contemplation, conception, causing to be, manifestation

verbal noun from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

यथावस्त-दर्शित्वम् (yathāvasta-darśitvam) - the state of seeing things as they are, reality-perception

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathāvasta-darśitva

yathāvasta-darśitva - the state of seeing things as they are

from yathā + vastu + darśin + -tva (suffix for 'state')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yathā+vastu+darśin)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• darśin – seeing, perceiving, one who sees
  adjective
  from root dṛś + -in
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अचित्तत्वम् (acittatvam) - the state of no-mind (acittatva) (the state of no-mind, mindlessness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acittatva

acittatva - state of no-mind, freedom from thought

from a- + citta + -tva (suffix for 'state')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+citta)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  from root cit
  Root: cit (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

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

Present Passive

from root vac, passive form

Root: vac (class 2)