योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-93, verse-89

एवं रूपं परित्यज्य सङ्गं स्वात्मविकारदम् ।
यदि तिष्ठसि निर्व्यग्रः कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यसे ॥ ८९ ॥

evaṃ rūpaṃ parityajya saṅgaṃ svātmavikāradam ,
yadi tiṣṭhasi nirvyagraḥ kurvannapi na lipyase 89

89. evam rūpam parityajya saṅgam svātma-vikāradam
yadi tiṣṭhasi nirvyagraḥ kurvan api na lipyase

89. yadi nirvyagraḥ tiṣṭhasi,
evam svātma-vikāradam saṅgam rūpam parityajya,
kurvan api na lipyase

89. If you remain free from anxiety, having abandoned such a form of attachment (saṅga) that causes disturbance to one's own self (ātman), then even while performing actions, you are not tainted.

89. אם תנטוש הִצְמַדּוּת מסוג זה, המעוותת את רוחך, ותישאר שליו ובלתי מוטרד, לא תוכתם בתוצאות מעשיך אף כשתפעל.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, such

• रूपम् (rūpam) - the nature or aspect (of attachment) (form, nature, appearance, aspect)

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up completely

• सङ्गम् (saṅgam) - attachment, union, company

• स्वात्म-विकारदम् (svātma-vikāradam) - causing disturbance to one's own self (ātman), generating विकार (vikāra) in one's own ātman

• यदि (yadi) - if

• तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain, you exist, you abide

• निर्व्यग्रः (nirvyagraḥ) - undisturbed, free from anxiety, calm, unagitated

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing, acting

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not

• लिप्यसे (lipyase) - you are tainted, you are smeared, you are bound

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, such

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - the nature or aspect (of attachment) (form, nature, appearance, aspect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, aspect

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up completely

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'tyaj' with prefix 'pari' and suffix 'lyaP'

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

सङ्गम् (saṅgam) - attachment, union, company

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṅga

saṅga - attachment, union, company, association (saṅga)

स्वात्म-विकारदम् (svātma-vikāradam) - causing disturbance to one's own self (ātman), generating विकार (vikāra) in one's own ātman

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svātma-vikārada

svātma-vikārada - causing disturbance to one's own self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman+vikāra+da)

• sva – own, oneself
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• vikāra – change, alteration, disturbance, modification, agitation
  noun (masculine)
• da – giving, granting, causing, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix derived from the root 'dā' (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain, you exist, you abide

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

निर्व्यग्रः (nirvyagraḥ) - undisturbed, free from anxiety, calm, unagitated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvyagra

nirvyagra - free from agitation, undisturbed, calm

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+vyagra)

• nis – without, free from, out
  indeclinable
• vyagra – agitated, disturbed, anxious, busy
  adjective (masculine)

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing, acting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, performing, acting

present active participle

Present active participle of the root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

लिप्यसे (lipyase) - you are tainted, you are smeared, you are bound

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of lip

Root: lip (class 6)

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