योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-34, verse-22

स्थैर्येण कालतः स्वस्था निष्कलङ्का परात्मना ।
तुर्यातीतादिनामत्वादपि याति परं पदम् ॥ २२ ॥

sthairyeṇa kālataḥ svasthā niṣkalaṅkā parātmanā ,
turyātītādināmatvādapi yāti paraṃ padam 22

22. sthairyeṇa kālataḥ svasthā niṣkalaṅkā parātmanā
turyātīta-ādi-nāmatvāt api yāti paraṃ padam

22. sthairyeṇa kālataḥ svasthā parātmanā niṣkalaṅkā
turyātīta-ādi-nāmatvāt api paraṃ padam yāti

22. By virtue of its steadfastness, its undisturbed nature through time, and its unblemished quality due to the Supreme Self (ātman), it also attains the supreme state, being known by names such as 'beyond the fourth state' (turyātīta).

Words meanings summery:

• स्थैर्येण (sthairyeṇa) - by steadfastness, by firmness, by stability

• कालतः (kālataḥ) - from time, in time, due to time, by reason of time

• स्वस्था (svasthā) - self-abiding, tranquil, healthy, at ease

• निष्कलङ्का (niṣkalaṅkā) - spotless, unblemished, pure

• परात्मना (parātmanā) - by the Supreme Self (ātman)

• तुर्यातीत-आदि-नामत्वात् (turyātīta-ādi-nāmatvāt) - due to being called by names like 'beyond the fourth state' (turyātīta)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

• परं (paraṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• पदम् (padam) - state, abode, step, position

Words meanings and morphology

स्थैर्येण (sthairyeṇa) - by steadfastness, by firmness, by stability

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sthairya

sthairya - steadfastness, firmness, stability, immovability

derived from sthira (firm) + ya (suffix for abstract noun)

Root: sthā (class 1)

कालतः (kālataḥ) - from time, in time, due to time, by reason of time

(indeclinable)

formed from kāla (time) with the suffix -tas

स्वस्था (svasthā) - self-abiding, tranquil, healthy, at ease

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svastha

svastha - self-abiding, tranquil, healthy, at ease, in one's natural state

निष्कलङ्का (niṣkalaṅkā) - spotless, unblemished, pure

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣkalaṅka

niṣkalaṅka - spotless, unblemished, pure, faultless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+kalaṅka)

• nis – without, free from
  indeclinable
• kalaṅka – spot, stain, blemish, fault
  noun (masculine)

परात्मना (parātmanā) - by the Supreme Self (ātman)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of parātman

parātman - the Supreme Self (ātman), the highest spirit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+ātman)

• para – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

तुर्यातीत-आदि-नामत्वात् (turyātīta-ādi-nāmatvāt) - due to being called by names like 'beyond the fourth state' (turyātīta)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of turyātītādināmatva

turyātītādināmatva - the state of being called by names like 'beyond the fourth state' (turyātīta)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (turyātīta+ādi+nāmatva)

• turyātīta – beyond the fourth (state of consciousness)
  adjective
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• nāmatva – the state of being named, nomenclature, namehood
  noun (neuter)
  derived from nāman (name) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

3rd person singular present active

Root: yā (class 2)

परं (paraṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, subsequent, other

पदम् (padam) - state, abode, step, position

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, state, position, abode, goal

Root: pad (class 4)

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