योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-26, verse-5

अपि संरुध्यते वायुरपि वा सलिलं गतेः ।
नैतस्मात्सुसमाधानाद्विरुद्धं संस्मराम्यहम् ॥ ५ ॥

api saṃrudhyate vāyurapi vā salilaṃ gateḥ ,
naitasmātsusamādhānādviruddhaṃ saṃsmarāmyaham 5

5. api saṃrudhyate vāyuḥ api vā salilam gateḥ na
etasmāt susamādhānāt viruddham saṃsmarāmi aham

5. vāyuḥ api saṃrudhyate vā salilam api gateḥ
etasmāt susamādhānāt viruddham na aham saṃsmarāmi

5. Can air (vāyu) truly be restrained? Or water in its natural course? I remember nothing contradictory to this state of perfect equanimity (susamādhāna).

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - can it be that? (even, also, too, moreover, but, if, certainly, an interrogative particle)

• संरुध्यते (saṁrudhyate) - is restrained (is obstructed, is hindered, is restrained, is held back)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (vāyu) (air, wind, vital breath, the god of wind)

• अपि (api) - can it be that? (even, also, too, moreover, but, if, certainly, an interrogative particle)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or, like, as if)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water (water, liquid)

• गतेः (gateḥ) - of its course, in its flow (of movement, of going, of course, from movement)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this

• सुसमाधानात् (susamādhānāt) - from this state of perfect equanimity (susamādhāna) (from perfect equanimity, from perfect concentration, from perfect absorption)

• विरुद्धम् (viruddham) - anything contradictory (contradictory, opposing, hostile, contrary, disliked, obstructed)

• संस्मरामि (saṁsmarāmi) - I remember, I recall (I remember, I recall, I recollect)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - can it be that? (even, also, too, moreover, but, if, certainly, an interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

संरुध्यते (saṁrudhyate) - is restrained (is obstructed, is hindered, is restrained, is held back)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of saṃrudh

Present Passive

Root 'rudh' (class 7) with prefix 'sam'; passive voice, 3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Prefix: sam

Root: rudh (class 7)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (vāyu) (air, wind, vital breath, the god of wind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, vital breath, the god of wind

अपि (api) - can it be that? (even, also, too, moreover, but, if, certainly, an interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or, like, as if)

(indeclinable)

सलिलम् (salilam) - water (water, liquid)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, liquid

Note: Here in nominative, parallel to vāyuḥ.

गतेः (gateḥ) - of its course, in its flow (of movement, of going, of course, from movement)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, going, course, path, state, condition

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (proximal demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with susamādhānāt.

सुसमाधानात् (susamādhānāt) - from this state of perfect equanimity (susamādhāna) (from perfect equanimity, from perfect concentration, from perfect absorption)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of susamādhāna

susamādhāna - perfect equanimity, perfect concentration, profound meditation, good attention

Derived from 'sam-ā-dhā' + 'ana' suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+samādhāna)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• samādhāna – concentration, equanimity, collection, reconciliation
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'dhā' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

विरुद्धम् (viruddham) - anything contradictory (contradictory, opposing, hostile, contrary, disliked, obstructed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viruddha

viruddha - opposed, contradictory, hostile, obstructed, disagreeable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'rudh' with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Adjective used substantively (as a noun), referring to 'anything contradictory'.

संस्मरामि (saṁsmarāmi) - I remember, I recall (I remember, I recall, I recollect)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃsmṛ

Present Active

Root 'smṛ' (class 1) with prefix 'sam'; 1st person singular, present tense, active voice (parasmaipada)

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, ego

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