योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-79

भोगाभोगा बहिष्कार्या आर्यस्यानुसरेत्पदम् ।
प्रविचार्य महार्थं स्वमेकमात्मानमाश्रयेत् ॥ ७९ ॥

bhogābhogā bahiṣkāryā āryasyānusaretpadam ,
pravicārya mahārthaṃ svamekamātmānamāśrayet 79

79. bhogābhogāḥ bahiṣkāryāḥ āryasya anusaret padam
pravicārya mahārtham svam ekam ātmānam āśrayet

79. bhogābhogāḥ bahiṣkāryāḥ āryasya padam anusaret
pravicārya mahārtham ekam svam ātmānam āśrayet

79. Worldly enjoyments and their entanglements should be rejected. One should follow the path of a noble person. Having carefully considered one's own singular, great Self (ātman), one should take refuge in it.

Words meanings summery:

• भोगाभोगाः (bhogābhogāḥ) - worldly enjoyments and their entanglements (pleasures and their opposite (distresses), excessive enjoyments, worldly gratifications and their complexities)

• बहिष्कार्याः (bahiṣkāryāḥ) - should be rejected, should be excluded, to be expelled

• आर्यस्य (āryasya) - of a noble person, of a worthy one

• अनुसरेत् (anusaret) - one should follow, one should resort to, one should adapt to

• पदम् (padam) - path, way of life (step, foot, path, state, position)

• प्रविचार्य (pravicārya) - having carefully considered, having deliberated

• महार्थम् (mahārtham) - having great purpose, highly significant, of great value/meaning

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own

• एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, sole, unique

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self, soul, spirit

• आश्रयेत् (āśrayet) - one should take refuge in, one should resort to, one should depend on

Words meanings and morphology

भोगाभोगाः (bhogābhogāḥ) - worldly enjoyments and their entanglements (pleasures and their opposite (distresses), excessive enjoyments, worldly gratifications and their complexities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhogābhoga

bhogābhoga - pleasures and non-pleasures; worldly enjoyments and their complexities; excessive enjoyment; expansion of enjoyment

Dvanda compound of bhoga and abhoga, or tatpuruṣa compound of bhoga and ābhoga (fulness, abundance, expansion).

Compound type : dvandva (bhoga+abhoga)

• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, experience, object of sense
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• abhoga – non-enjoyment, distress, pain
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

बहिष्कार्याः (bahiṣkāryāḥ) - should be rejected, should be excluded, to be expelled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahiṣkārya

bahiṣkārya - to be expelled, to be rejected, to be excluded

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From bahiṣ (out, outside) + root kṛ (to do, make) + suffix -ya.

Compound type : upapada (bahis+kārya)

• bahis – outside, externally
  indeclinable
• kārya – to be done, to be made
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ya.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with bhogābhogāḥ.

आर्यस्य (āryasya) - of a noble person, of a worthy one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable; an Arya, a noble person

अनुसरेत् (anusaret) - one should follow, one should resort to, one should adapt to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of anu-√sṛ

Root with prefix anu- means to follow. Optative 3rd singular.

Prefix: anu

Root: sṛ (class 1)

पदम् (padam) - path, way of life (step, foot, path, state, position)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, pace, path, position, state

Note: Object of anusaret.

प्रविचार्य (pravicārya) - having carefully considered, having deliberated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root car (to move) with prefixes pra- and vi-. The suffix -ya indicates absolutive.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb (āśrayet).

महार्थम् (mahārtham) - having great purpose, highly significant, of great value/meaning

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahārtha

mahārtha - of great value, important, having great meaning or purpose

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa (mahā+artha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

स्वम् (svam) - one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

Note: Agrees with ātmānam.

एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, sole, unique

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Agrees with ātmānam.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the Self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: The object of āśrayet.

आश्रयेत् (āśrayet) - one should take refuge in, one should resort to, one should depend on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of ā-√śri

Root with prefix ā- means to take refuge in. Optative 3rd singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

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