योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-4

एते ये स्तब्धनयनदृष्टयो निर्निमेषिणः ।
ते दृश्यदर्शनासङ्गस्पन्दत्यागे व्यवस्थिताः ॥ ४ ॥

ete ye stabdhanayanadṛṣṭayo nirnimeṣiṇaḥ ,
te dṛśyadarśanāsaṅgaspandatyāge vyavasthitāḥ 4

4. ete ye stabdhanayanadṛṣṭayaḥ nirnimeṣiṇaḥ te
dṛśyadarśanāsaṅgaspandatyāge vyavasthitāḥ

4. ye ete stabdhanayanadṛṣṭayaḥ nirnimeṣiṇaḥ (santi),
te dṛśyadarśanāsaṅgaspandatyāge vyavasthitāḥ (santi).

4. These beings, whose gaze is fixed and whose eyes are unblinking, are established in the renunciation (tyāga) of the movement (spanda) of attachment (āsaṅga) to the seen (dṛśya) and the act of seeing (darśana).

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• स्तब्धनयनदृष्टयः (stabdhanayanadṛṣṭayaḥ) - whose gaze is fixed and eyes are motionless

• निर्निमेषिणः (nirnimeṣiṇaḥ) - unblinking, without winking

• ते (te) - they

• दृश्यदर्शनासङ्गस्पन्दत्यागे (dṛśyadarśanāsaṅgaspandatyāge) - in the renunciation of the movement of attachment to the seen and the seeing

• व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ) - established, fixed, situated

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to the beings mentioned in the previous verse or those being observed.

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that which

Note: Relative pronoun referring to 'ete'.

स्तब्धनयनदृष्टयः (stabdhanayanadṛṣṭayaḥ) - whose gaze is fixed and eyes are motionless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of stabdhanayanadṛṣṭi

stabdhanayanadṛṣṭi - having a fixed gaze and motionless eyes

Compound noun used adjectivally.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (stabdha+nayana+dṛṣṭi)

• stabdha – fixed, motionless, stiff, rigid
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root stabh (to fix, support)
  Root: stabh (class 5)
• nayana – eye, leading, guiding
  noun (neuter)
  From root nī (to lead)
  Root: nī (class 1)
• dṛṣṭi – sight, gaze, vision, view
  noun (feminine)
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ye' and 'ete'.

निर्निमेषिणः (nirnimeṣiṇaḥ) - unblinking, without winking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirnimeṣin

nirnimeṣin - unblinking, not winking, steady-eyed

Compound of nis (without) and nimeṣa (winking).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+nimeṣa)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix/indeclinable
• nimeṣa – winking, closing the eyes, twinkling of an eye
  noun (masculine)
  From root miṣ (to wink) with prefix ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'ye' and 'ete'.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'ye'.

दृश्यदर्शनासङ्गस्पन्दत्यागे (dṛśyadarśanāsaṅgaspandatyāge) - in the renunciation of the movement of attachment to the seen and the seeing

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dṛśyadarśanāsaṅgaspandatyāga

dṛśyadarśanāsaṅgaspandatyāga - renunciation of the movement of attachment to the seen and the seeing

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+darśana+āsaṅga+spanda+tyāga)

• dṛśya – to be seen, visible, object of sight (dṛśya)
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• darśana – seeing, perceiving, sight, vision (darśana)
  noun (neuter)
  From root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ana.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• āsaṅga – attachment, clinging, close contact, addiction (āsaṅga)
  noun (masculine)
  From root sañj (to cling) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• spanda – vibration, throbbing, movement, pulsation (spanda)
  noun (masculine)
  From root spand (to tremble, vibrate).
  Root: spand (class 1)
• tyāga – renunciation, abandonment, sacrifice (tyāga)
  noun (masculine)
  From root tyaj (to abandon, forsake).
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Locative singular, indicating the state or condition in which they are established.

व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ) - established, fixed, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - established, fixed, situated, settled, determined

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefixes vi- and ava-.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'te'.