योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-126, verse-55

यथाचारं यथाशास्त्रं यथाचित्तं यथास्थितम् ।
व्यवहारमुपादत्ते यः स आर्य इति स्मृतः ॥ ५५ ॥

yathācāraṃ yathāśāstraṃ yathācittaṃ yathāsthitam ,
vyavahāramupādatte yaḥ sa ārya iti smṛtaḥ 55

55. yathācāram yathāśāstram yathācittam yathāsthitam
vyavahāram upādatte yaḥ saḥ āryaḥ iti smṛtaḥ

55. yaḥ yathācāram yathāśāstram yathācittam yathāsthitam vyavahāram upādatte,
saḥ āryaḥ iti smṛtaḥ

55. That person who engages in conduct (vyavahāra) in accordance with custom, sacred texts, one's intention, and the prevailing situation, is remembered as noble.

Words meanings summery:

• यथाचारम् (yathācāram) - according to custom, as is the conduct

• यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to scripture, according to the rule/injunctions

• यथाचित्तम् (yathācittam) - according to one's mind, as thought, according to one's intention

• यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, according to the situation, as it stands

• व्यवहारम् (vyavahāram) - conduct, practice, transaction, dealings, behavior

• उपादत्ते (upādatte) - adopts, undertakes, receives, engages in

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• आर्यः (āryaḥ) - noble, honorable, an Aryan

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, considered, called, known as

Words meanings and morphology

यथाचारम् (yathācāram) - according to custom, as is the conduct

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+ācāra)

• yathā – as, according to, in what manner
  indeclinable
• ācāra – conduct, custom, practice, tradition, behavior
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to scripture, according to the rule/injunctions

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śāstra)

• yathā – as, according to, in what manner
  indeclinable
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, instruction, science
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)

यथाचित्तम् (yathācittam) - according to one's mind, as thought, according to one's intention

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+citta)

• yathā – as, according to, in what manner
  indeclinable
• citta – mind, thought, intellect, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, according to the situation, as it stands

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sthita)

• yathā – as, according to, in what manner
  indeclinable
• sthita – standing, situated, existing, fixed, steady, abiding
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

व्यवहारम् (vyavahāram) - conduct, practice, transaction, dealings, behavior

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyavahāra

vyavahāra - intercourse, transaction, practice, custom, behavior, legal procedure

Derived from root hṛ with prefixes vi- and ava-.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

उपादत्ते (upādatte) - adopts, undertakes, receives, engages in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of upādā

Root dā with prefixes upa- and ā-.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

आर्यः (āryaḥ) - noble, honorable, an Aryan

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable; a noble person

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

(indeclinable)

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, considered, called, known as

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, thought of, called, considered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root smṛ.

Root: smṛ (class 1)