योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-7

पदार्थमात्रं देहादि धिया संत्यज्य दूरतः ।
आशीतलान्तःकरणो नित्यमात्ममयो भव ॥ ७ ॥

padārthamātraṃ dehādi dhiyā saṃtyajya dūrataḥ ,
āśītalāntaḥkaraṇo nityamātmamayo bhava 7

7. padārthamātram dehādi dhiyā saṃtyajya dūrataḥ
āśītalāntaḥkaraṇaḥ nityam ātmamayaḥ bhava

7. dhiyā padārthamātram dehādi dūrataḥ saṃtyajya
āśītalāntaḥkaraṇaḥ nityam ātmamayaḥ bhava

7. With your intellect (dhī), completely abandon the body (deha) and other things, regarding them as mere objects (padārtha). Become one whose inner being (antaḥkaraṇa) is perpetually calm, always permeated by the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• पदार्थमात्रम् (padārthamātram) - merely an object, only a thing

• देहादि (dehādi) - the body and so on, beginning with the body

• धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

• संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having completely abandoned, having renounced

• दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar, completely, entirely

• आशीतलान्तःकरणः (āśītalāntaḥkaraṇaḥ) - one whose inner being is completely calm/cool

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

• आत्ममयः (ātmamayaḥ) - consisting of the Self, full of the Self, permeated by the Self (ātman)

• भव (bhava) - become! be!

Words meanings and morphology

पदार्थमात्रम् (padārthamātram) - merely an object, only a thing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of padārthamātra

padārthamātra - merely an object, only a thing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padārtha+mātra)

• padārtha – object, meaning of a word, thing
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – mere, only, merely
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Object of 'saṃtyajya'.

देहादि (dehādi) - the body and so on, beginning with the body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dehādi

dehādi - body and so forth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+ādi)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and others
  noun (masculine)

Note: Collective singular, object of 'saṃtyajya'.

धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having completely abandoned, having renounced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

prefix sam + root tyaj + suffix lyaP

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar, completely, entirely

(indeclinable)

आशीतलान्तःकरणः (āśītalāntaḥkaraṇaḥ) - one whose inner being is completely calm/cool

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśītalāntaḥkaraṇa

āśītalāntaḥkaraṇa - one whose internal organ (antaḥkaraṇa) is completely cooled/calm

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āśītala+antaḥkaraṇa)

• āśītala – very cool, perfectly calm
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
• antaḥkaraṇa – inner organ (mind, intellect, ego)
  noun (neuter)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

आत्ममयः (ātmamayaḥ) - consisting of the Self, full of the Self, permeated by the Self (ātman)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmamaya

ātmamaya - consisting of the Self, full of the Self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+maya)

• ātman – Self, soul, essence
  noun (masculine)
• maya – consisting of, full of, made of
  suffix / adjective (masculine)

भव (bhava) - become! be!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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