योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-2, verse-32

यावन्नोदितमुच्चैस्त्वं सज्जनासङ्गसङ्गतः ।
यावन्मौर्ख्यं न संक्षीणं तावच्चित्तादिनिम्नता ॥ ३२ ॥

yāvannoditamuccaistvaṃ sajjanāsaṅgasaṅgataḥ ,
yāvanmaurkhyaṃ na saṃkṣīṇaṃ tāvaccittādinimnatā 32

32. yāvat na uditam uccaiḥ tvam sajjanāsaṅgasaṅgataḥ
yāvat maurkhyam na saṃkṣīṇam tāvat cittādinimnatā

32. yāvat sajjanāsaṅgasaṅgataḥ tvam uccaiḥ na uditam,
yāvat maurkhyam na saṃkṣīṇam,
tāvat cittādinimnatā

32. As long as you have not risen powerfully through the company of virtuous individuals, and as long as your foolishness is not fully eliminated, just so long will there be the degradation of the mind and other faculties.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• न (na) - not, no

• उदितम् (uditam) - risen, awakened, appeared

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - highly, loudly, strongly, powerfully

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• सज्जनासङ्गसङ्गतः (sajjanāsaṅgasaṅgataḥ) - associated with the company of good people, joined with virtuous companionship

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - foolishness, ignorance, stupidity

• न (na) - not, no

• संक्षीणम् (saṁkṣīṇam) - completely destroyed, dwindled, exhausted

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, to that extent

• चित्तादिनिम्नता (cittādinimnatā) - lowliness of mind and so on, degradation of mind etc.

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `uditam`.

उदितम् (uditam) - risen, awakened, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

from root i with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - highly, loudly, strongly, powerfully

(indeclinable)

Note: An adverb modifying `uditam`.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

सज्जनासङ्गसङ्गतः (sajjanāsaṅgasaṅgataḥ) - associated with the company of good people, joined with virtuous companionship

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sajjanāsaṅgasaṅgata

sajjanāsaṅgasaṅgata - associated with the company of good people, joined with virtuous companionship

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sajjana+āsaṅga+saṅgata)

• sajjana – good person, virtuous individual
  noun (masculine)
  compound of 'sat' (good) and 'jana' (person)
• āsaṅga – attachment, contact, association, company
  noun (masculine)
  from root sañj with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• saṅgata – joined, associated, met
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `tvam`.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - foolishness, ignorance, stupidity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maurkhya

maurkhya - foolishness, ignorance, stupidity

derived from mūrkha (foolish)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the participle `saṃkṣīṇam`.

संक्षीणम् (saṁkṣīṇam) - completely destroyed, dwindled, exhausted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃkṣīṇa

saṁkṣīṇa - completely destroyed, dwindled, exhausted, wasted away

Past Passive Participle

from root kṣi with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `maurkhyam`.

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, to that extent

(indeclinable)

चित्तादिनिम्नता (cittādinimnatā) - lowliness of mind and so on, degradation of mind etc.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittādinimnatā

cittādinimnatā - lowliness of mind and so on, degradation of mind etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+ādi+nimnatā)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle of cit
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• nimnatā – lowliness, depth, degradation, depravity
  noun (feminine)
  derived from nimna (low, deep)