योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-56

हेयादेयदशातीतं शान्तं शमसमस्थिति ।
यथाप्राप्तेष्वनुद्वेगं कच्चित्तव मनःस्थितम् ॥ ५६ ॥

heyādeyadaśātītaṃ śāntaṃ śamasamasthiti ,
yathāprāpteṣvanudvegaṃ kaccittava manaḥsthitam 56

56. heyādeyadaśātītam śāntam śamasamasthiti
yathāprāpteṣu anudvegam kaccit tava manaḥ sthitam

56. kaccit tava manaḥ heyādeyadaśātītam,
śāntam,
śamasamasthiti,
yathāprāpteṣu anudvegam sthitam (asti) ?

56. I hope your mind (manas) is established in a state that transcends the conditions of acceptance and rejection, that is peaceful, unwavering in tranquility, and free from agitation regarding whatever comes to pass.

56. האם רוחך יציבה ושלווה, מעבר לתפיסות של קבלה ודחייה, ללא כעס או סערה מול כל מה שנקרה בדרכך?

Words meanings summery:

• हेयादेयदशातीतम् (heyādeyadaśātītam) - transcending the state of what is to be accepted or rejected

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

• शमसमस्थिति (śamasamasthiti) - state of unwavering tranquility (steadfast in tranquility and equanimity, state of equipoise in tranquility)

• यथाप्राप्तेषु (yathāprāpteṣu) - regarding whatever comes to pass (in things as they are obtained, in whatever has been obtained)

• अनुद्वेगम् (anudvegam) - free from agitation (without agitation, undisturbed, calm)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that... (I hope that..., perhaps, whether, if)

• तव (tava) - your

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, established, firm

Words meanings and morphology

हेयादेयदशातीतम् (heyādeyadaśātītam) - transcending the state of what is to be accepted or rejected

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of heyādeyadaśātīta

heyādeyadaśātīta - transcending the state of what is to be accepted or rejected

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (heya+ādeya+daśā+atīta)

• heya – to be abandoned, to be avoided, to be rejected
  gerundive
  Gerundive
  Derived from root hā (to abandon)
  Root: hā (class 3)
• ādeya – to be taken, to be accepted, to be received
  gerundive
  Gerundive
  Derived from root dā (to give) with prefix ā (to take)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• daśā – state, condition, period, phase
  noun (feminine)
• atīta – past, gone beyond, transcended
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root i (to go) with prefix ati (beyond)
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ sthitam'.

शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - calm, peaceful, tranquil, quieted, appeased

past passive participle

Derived from root śam (to be calm, to be quiet).

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Used as an adjective agreeing with 'manaḥ sthitam'.

शमसमस्थिति (śamasamasthiti) - state of unwavering tranquility (steadfast in tranquility and equanimity, state of equipoise in tranquility)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śamasamasthiti

śamasamasthiti - steadfastness in tranquility and equanimity; a state of mental equipoise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śama+sama+sthiti)

• śama – tranquility, calmness, quietude, control of the mind
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• sama – equal, even, calm, impartial, equanimous
  adjective (masculine)
• sthiti – state, condition, steadfastness, firmness, duration
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Though grammatically feminine nominative, it functions here predicatively to describe the state of the neuter mind.

यथाप्राप्तेषु (yathāprāpteṣu) - regarding whatever comes to pass (in things as they are obtained, in whatever has been obtained)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of yathāprāpta

yathāprāpta - as obtained, as received, as arrived

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+prāpta)

• yathā – as, in the manner that, according to
  indeclinable
• prāpta – obtained, reached, arrived, happened
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Refers to 'things'.

अनुद्वेगम् (anudvegam) - free from agitation (without agitation, undisturbed, calm)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anudvega

anudvega - absence of agitation, undisturbed, calm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (an+udvega)

• an – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• udvega – agitation, anxiety, alarm, distress
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ sthitam'.

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that... (I hope that..., perhaps, whether, if)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Genitive singular of 'tvam'

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, established, firm

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, established, firm, existing

past passive participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective for 'manaḥ'.

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