योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-97

यदा न विन्दते किंचित्स्पन्दते न न वेपते ।
स्वात्मन्येव स्थितिं याति संविन्नो लिप्यते तदा ॥ ९७ ॥

yadā na vindate kiṃcitspandate na na vepate ,
svātmanyeva sthitiṃ yāti saṃvinno lipyate tadā 97

97. yadā na vindate kiñcit spandate na na vepate sva
ātmani eva sthitim yāti saṃvit na u lipyate tadā

97. yadā kiñcit na vindate,
na spandate,
na vepate,
sva ātmani eva sthitim yāti,
tadā saṃvit na u lipyate

97. When it (consciousness) perceives nothing, neither vibrates nor trembles, but attains stability within its own self (ātman), then consciousness remains unstained.

97. כאשר היא אינה תופסת דבר, אינה נעה ואינה רועדת, אלא מוצאת מנוחה בעצמי שלה בלבד, המודעות אינה מוכתמת עוד לעולם.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• न (na) - not, no

• विन्दते (vindate) - perceives, finds, knows

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

• स्पन्दते (spandate) - vibrates, throbs, stirs

• न (na) - nor, not

• वेपते (vepate) - trembles, shakes

• स्व (sva) - own, one's own

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, within oneself

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - stability, steadfastness, state

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness

• न (na) - not, no

• उ (u) - and, also, indeed, even

• लिप्यते (lipyate) - is tainted, is smeared, is affected

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विन्दते (vindate) - perceives, finds, knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 7)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दते (spandate) - vibrates, throbs, stirs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of spand

Root: spand (class 1)

न (na) - nor, not

(indeclinable)

वेपते (vepate) - trembles, shakes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vep

Root: vep (class 1)

स्व (sva) - own, one's own

(pronoun)

singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, peculiar, inherent

Note: Used here as a pronominal adjective modifying ātmani.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, within oneself

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, individual soul

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - stability, steadfastness, state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, position, state, stability, steadfastness, duration

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvit

saṁvit - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - and, also, indeed, even

(indeclinable)

लिप्यते (lipyate) - is tainted, is smeared, is affected

(verb)

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

Root: lip (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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