योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-51, verse-48

मोक्षादृते न शाम्यन्ति जीवतां चक्षुरादयः ।
उन्मज्जन्ति निमज्जन्ति केवलं देशकालतः ॥ ४८ ॥

mokṣādṛte na śāmyanti jīvatāṃ cakṣurādayaḥ ,
unmajjanti nimajjanti kevalaṃ deśakālataḥ 48

48. mokṣāt ṛte na śāmyanti jīvatām cakṣuḥ ādayaḥ
| unmajjanti nimajjanti kevalam deśa kālataḥ

48. mokṣāt ṛte,
jīvatām cakṣuḥ ādayaḥ na śāmyanti.
kevalam deśa-kālataḥ (te) unmajjanti nimajjanti.

48. Without final liberation (mokṣa), the senses, such as the eyes, of living beings do not find peace. They merely emerge and disappear according to specific places and times.

Words meanings summery:

• मोक्षात् (mokṣāt) - from liberation, without liberation

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

• न (na) - not, no

• शाम्यन्ति (śāmyanti) - they become peaceful, they cease, they are calmed

• जीवताम् (jīvatām) - of living beings, of those who live

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye

• आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and others, beginning with, et cetera

• उन्मज्जन्ति (unmajjanti) - they emerge, they rise up, they appear

• निमज्जन्ति (nimajjanti) - they submerge, they sink, they disappear

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

• देश (deśa) - place, region, country

• कालतः (kālataḥ) - from time, due to time

Words meanings and morphology

मोक्षात् (mokṣāt) - from liberation, without liberation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation (mokṣa), emancipation, freedom, final release from saṃsāra

From root 'muc' (to release) with suffix '-sa'.

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Used with 'ṛte' to mean 'without'.

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'śāmyanti'.

शाम्यन्ति (śāmyanti) - they become peaceful, they cease, they are calmed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śām

Present active indicative, 3rd person plural, from root 'śam' (to be calm) with the stem 'śāmy'.

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Verb for 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

जीवताम् (jīvatām) - of living beings, of those who live

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, a living being

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied noun like 'prāṇinām' (of beings).

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

Note: First part of the compound 'cakṣuḥ-ādayaḥ'.

आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and others, beginning with, et cetera

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, and so forth, et cetera, etc.

Note: Forms the compound 'cakṣuḥ-ādayaḥ'.

उन्मज्जन्ति (unmajjanti) - they emerge, they rise up, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of unmajj

Present active indicative, 3rd person plural, from root 'majj' (to sink) with prefix 'ud' (which becomes 'un' before 'm').

Prefix: ud

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Verb for 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

निमज्जन्ति (nimajjanti) - they submerge, they sink, they disappear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nimajj

Present active indicative, 3rd person plural, from root 'majj' (to sink) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Verb for 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies the verbs 'unmajjanti' and 'nimajjanti'.

देश (deśa) - place, region, country

(noun)

masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, spot

कालतः (kālataḥ) - from time, due to time

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

Note: Forms the compound 'deśa-kālataḥ' (from place and time / due to place and time). The suffix '-taḥ' gives ablative sense.