योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-10, verse-14

परिज्ञाय परित्यागो वासनानां य उत्तमः ।
सत्तासामान्यरूपत्वं तत्कैवल्यपदं विदुः ॥ १४ ॥

parijñāya parityāgo vāsanānāṃ ya uttamaḥ ,
sattāsāmānyarūpatvaṃ tatkaivalyapadaṃ viduḥ 14

14. parijñāya parityāgaḥ vāsanānām yaḥ uttamaḥ
sattā sāmānya rūpatvam tat kaivalya padam viduḥ

14. vāsanānām parijñāya yaḥ uttamaḥ parityāgaḥ tat
sattā sāmānya rūpatvam kaivalya padam viduḥ

14. "They declare that excellent renunciation, which involves fully understanding and abandoning latent tendencies (vāsanā), to be the state of being of the nature of general existence, which is indeed the status of absolute independence (kaivalya)."

Words meanings summery:

• परिज्ञाय (parijñāya) - having fully known, having completely understood

• परित्यागः (parityāgaḥ) - abandonment, renunciation, complete giving up

• वासनानाम् (vāsanānām) - of latent tendencies, of impressions, of desires (vāsanā)

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who

• उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, supreme

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

• सामान्य (sāmānya) - general, universal, common

• रूपत्वम् (rūpatvam) - the state of being of the nature of, the essential form

• तत् (tat) - that

• कैवल्य (kaivalya) - absolute independence, isolation, aloneness (kaivalya)

• पदम् (padam) - state, status, position, abode

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand, they declare

Words meanings and morphology

परिज्ञाय (parijñāya) - having fully known, having completely understood

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from the root jñā with prefix pari and suffix lyaP

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

परित्यागः (parityāgaḥ) - abandonment, renunciation, complete giving up

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parityāga

parityāga - abandonment, renunciation

Noun derived from the root tyaj with prefix pari and suffix ghañ

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

वासनानाम् (vāsanānām) - of latent tendencies, of impressions, of desires (vāsanā)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent tendency, mental impression, desire, inclination (vāsanā)

Root: vas (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence

Root: as (class 2)

Note: First part of a compound

सामान्य (sāmānya) - general, universal, common

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāmānya

sāmānya - general, common, universal, ordinary

Note: Middle part of a compound

रूपत्वम् (rūpatvam) - the state of being of the nature of, the essential form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sattāsāmānyarūpatva

sattāsāmānyarūpatva - the state of being of the nature of general existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sattā+sāmānya+rūpatva)

• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Root: as (class 2)
• sāmānya – general, common, universal
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpatva – the state or nature of being (form)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from rūpa (form) with suffix -tva

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कैवल्य (kaivalya) - absolute independence, isolation, aloneness (kaivalya)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaivalya

kaivalya - absolute independence, isolation, aloneness (kaivalya)

Note: First part of a compound

पदम् (padam) - state, status, position, abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaivalyapada

kaivalyapada - the state or status of absolute independence (kaivalya)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaivalya+pada)

• kaivalya – absolute independence, isolation, aloneness (kaivalya)
  noun (neuter)
• pada – foot, step, state, condition, abode, word
  noun (neuter)

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

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