योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-93, verse-60

स्थिरास्थिरशरीरेषु रम्यारम्येषु वस्तुषु ।
न हृष्यति ग्लायति वा सदा समतयेद्धया ॥ ६० ॥

sthirāsthiraśarīreṣu ramyāramyeṣu vastuṣu ,
na hṛṣyati glāyati vā sadā samatayeddhayā 60

60. sthirāsthirasarīreṣu ramyāramyeṣu vastuṣu
na hṛṣyati glāyati vā sadā samatayā iddhayā

60. sadā samatayā iddhayā sthirāsthirasarīreṣu
ramyāramyeṣu vastuṣu na hṛṣyati vā glāyati

60. A person endowed with constant and abundant equanimity neither rejoices nor becomes dejected concerning stable and unstable bodies, or agreeable and disagreeable things.

60. בין גופים יציבים לחולפים, בין עצמים נעימים למכוערים, הוא אינו שמח ואינו מתעצב, אלא שוכן תמיד בשוויון נפש מקרין.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थिरास्थिरसरीरेषु (sthirāsthirasarīreṣu) - in stable and unstable bodies

• रम्यारम्येषु (ramyāramyeṣu) - in agreeable and disagreeable things

• वस्तुषु (vastuṣu) - in things, in objects

• न (na) - not, no

• हृष्यति (hṛṣyati) - rejoices, becomes glad

• ग्लायति (glāyati) - becomes dejected, becomes weary

• वा (vā) - or, either

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• समतया (samatayā) - by equanimity, by evenness

• इद्धया (iddhayā) - by increased, by prosperous, by abundant

Words meanings and morphology

स्थिरास्थिरसरीरेषु (sthirāsthirasarīreṣu) - in stable and unstable bodies

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sthirāsthirasarīra

sthirāsthirasarīra - stable and unstable body

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (sthira+asthira+śarīra)

• sthira – stable, firm, fixed
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• asthira – unstable, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation 'a-' + 'sthira'.
  Prefix: a
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)

रम्यारम्येषु (ramyāramyeṣu) - in agreeable and disagreeable things

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of ramyāramya

ramyāramya - agreeable and disagreeable

Compound type : dvandva (ramya+aramya)

• ramya – agreeable, pleasant, lovely
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root √ram (to delight).
  Root: ram (class 1)
• aramya – disagreeable, unpleasant
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation 'a-' + 'ramya'.
  Prefix: a

Note: Qualifies 'vastuṣu'.

वस्तुषु (vastuṣu) - in things, in objects

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vastu

vastu - thing, object, substance, reality

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हृष्यति (hṛṣyati) - rejoices, becomes glad

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From root √hṛṣ (4th class verb, 'hṛṣyati').

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

ग्लायति (glāyati) - becomes dejected, becomes weary

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From root √glā (2nd class verb, 'glāyati').

Root: glā (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

समतया (samatayā) - by equanimity, by evenness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of samatā

samatā - equanimity, evenness, impartiality

From 'sama' (equal) + 'tā' (feminine suffix).

Note: Used with 'iddhayā' to qualify the nature of equanimity.

इद्धया (iddhayā) - by increased, by prosperous, by abundant

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of iddhā

iddhā - prosperous, flourishing, abundant, increased, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

From root √idh (to prosper, to inflame).

Root: idh (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'samatayā'.

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