योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-128, verse-1

श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।
शान्तो दान्तश्चोपरतो निषिद्धात्काम्यकर्मणः ।
विषयेन्द्रियसंश्लेषसुखाच्च श्रद्धयान्वितः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvālmīkiruvāca ,
śānto dāntaścoparato niṣiddhātkāmyakarmaṇaḥ ,
viṣayendriyasaṃśleṣasukhācca śraddhayānvitaḥ 1

1. śrīvālmīkiḥ uvāca śāntaḥ dāntaḥ ca uparataḥ niṣiddhāt
kāmyakarmaṇaḥ viṣayendriyasaṃśleṣasukhāt ca śraddhayānvitaḥ

1. śrīvālmīkiḥ uvāca.
[saḥ] śāntaḥ dāntaḥ ca.
niṣiddhāt kāmyakarmaṇaḥ ca viṣayendriyasaṃśleṣasukhāt uparataḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ [bhavet].

1. Śrī Vālmīki said: One should be calm, self-controlled, and abstinent from prohibited actions as well as from actions driven by desire (kāmya karma). [One should also be abstinent] from the pleasure derived from the contact between sense objects and the senses, and endowed with faith (śraddhā).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Sage Vālmīki

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - calm, peaceful, tranquil

• दान्तः (dāntaḥ) - self-controlled, subdued (senses)

• च (ca) - and, also

• उपरतः (uparataḥ) - ceased, abstained, withdrawn

• निषिद्धात् (niṣiddhāt) - from prohibited

• काम्यकर्मणः (kāmyakarmaṇaḥ) - from desire-driven actions

• विषयेन्द्रियसंश्लेषसुखात् (viṣayendriyasaṁśleṣasukhāt) - from the pleasure of the contact of senses with objects

• च (ca) - and, also

• श्रद्धयान्वितः (śraddhayānvitaḥ) - endowed with faith

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Sage Vālmīki

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvālmīki

śrīvālmīki - the revered Vālmīki

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vālmīki)

• śrī – glory, splendor, prosperity, venerable
  adjective (feminine)
• vālmīki – Vālmīki (the author of the Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense form of √vac (root vac has irregular perfect forms)

Root: vac (class 2)

शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - calm, peaceful, tranquil

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - calm, tranquil, peaceful, pacified

Past Passive Participle

From √śam + kta

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Refers to an implicit agent.

दान्तः (dāntaḥ) - self-controlled, subdued (senses)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dānta

dānta - self-controlled, disciplined, subdued

Past Passive Participle

From √dam + kta

Root: dam (class 4)

Note: Refers to an implicit agent.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उपरतः (uparataḥ) - ceased, abstained, withdrawn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uparata

uparata - ceased, abstained, withdrawn, tranquil

Past Passive Participle

From upa + √ram + kta

Prefix: upa

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implicit agent.

निषिद्धात् (niṣiddhāt) - from prohibited

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of niṣiddha

niṣiddha - prohibited, forbidden, interdicted

Past Passive Participle

From ni + √sidh + kta

Prefix: ni

Root: sidh (class 1)

काम्यकर्मणः (kāmyakarmaṇaḥ) - from desire-driven actions

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāmyakarman

kāmyakarman - actions performed with a desire for results, ritual actions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāmya+karman)

• kāmya – desirable, longed for, relating to desire
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive (kṛtya)
  From √kam + ya (ṇyat)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  From √kṛ + man
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Ablative singular of neuter noun 'kāmyakarman'.

विषयेन्द्रियसंश्लेषसुखात् (viṣayendriyasaṁśleṣasukhāt) - from the pleasure of the contact of senses with objects

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of viṣayendriyasaṃśleṣasukha

viṣayendriyasaṁśleṣasukha - pleasure from the union of sense objects and senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣaya+indriya+saṃśleṣa+sukha)

• viṣaya – object (of sense), sphere, domain
  noun (masculine)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
  From indra + ya
• saṃśleṣa – contact, union, adhesion
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + √śliṣ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śliṣ (class 1)
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

श्रद्धयान्वितः (śraddhayānvitaḥ) - endowed with faith

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śraddhayānvita

śraddhayānvita - endowed with faith, possessed of trust

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śraddhā+anvita)

• śraddhā – faith, trust, belief, confidence
  noun (feminine)
  From śrat + √dhā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• anvita – joined with, accompanied by, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From anu + √i + kta
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Refers to an implicit agent.