योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-18

प्रज्वलन्नपि कार्येषु निर्वाणो निर्ममो भव ।
यदिदं दृश्यते किंचिज्जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् ॥ १८ ॥

prajvalannapi kāryeṣu nirvāṇo nirmamo bhava ,
yadidaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcijjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam 18

18. prajvalan api kāryeṣu nirvāṇaḥ nirmamaḥ bhava
yat idam dṛśyate kiṃcit jagat sthāvara-jaṅgamam

18. prajvalan api kāryeṣu nirmamaḥ nirvāṇaḥ bhava.
yat idam sthāvara-jaṅgamam jagat kiṃcit dṛśyate.
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18. Even while intensely engaged in activities, become tranquil and free from possessiveness. Whatever of this world, moving and unmoving, is perceived...

18. אף בעודך פעיל וקורן במעשיך, היה שרוי בנִרְוָאָנָה (שלווה מוחלטת) וחופשי מאנוכיות. כל מה שנראה כאן בעולם, הנד והנייח...

Words meanings summery:

• प्रज्वलन् (prajvalan) - blazing forth, shining, intensely engaged

• अपि (api) - even, also, even if

• कार्येषु (kāryeṣu) - in activities, in duties, in tasks

• निर्वाणः (nirvāṇaḥ) - extinguished of desires and ego (nirvāṇa) (extinguished, tranquil, at peace)

• निर्ममः (nirmamaḥ) - free from possessiveness, without 'mine'

• भव (bhava) - become, be

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, whatever little

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - consisting of moving and unmoving things

Words meanings and morphology

प्रज्वलन् (prajvalan) - blazing forth, shining, intensely engaged

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajvalat

prajvalat - blazing, shining, burning forth, engaged in activity

Present Active Participle

Derived from pra-√jval, meaning 'to blaze forth'

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, even if

(indeclinable)

कार्येषु (kāryeṣu) - in activities, in duties, in tasks

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kārya

kārya - work, action, duty, task, what is to be done

Gerundive

Derived from √kṛ with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निर्वाणः (nirvāṇaḥ) - extinguished of desires and ego (nirvāṇa) (extinguished, tranquil, at peace)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - extinction, cessation, liberation, tranquility, freedom from passion (nirvāṇa)

Past Passive Participle (secondary usage as noun)

Derived from nir-√vā, meaning 'to blow out, extinguish'

Prefix: nir

Root: vā (class 2)

निर्ममः (nirmamaḥ) - free from possessiveness, without 'mine'

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirmama

nirmama - free from selfishness, devoid of egoism, having no sense of 'mine'

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nir+mama)

• nir – without, free from
  indeclinable
• mama – mine, my
  pronoun

भव (bhava) - become, be

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, who, that, whatever

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, whatever little

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, moving

Present Active Participle (used as noun)

From root √gam, meaning 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - consisting of moving and unmoving things

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāvara-jaṅgama

sthāvara-jaṅgama - moving and unmoving, animate and inanimate, fixed and mobile

Compound type : Dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)

• sthāvara – immovable, stationary, fixed, unmoving
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• jaṅgama – moving, mobile, animate
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)

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