योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-53, verse-1

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
अर्जुन त्वं न हन्ता त्वमभिमानमलं त्यज ।
जरामरणनिर्मुक्तः स्वयमात्मासि शाश्वतः ॥ १ ॥

śrībhagavānuvāca ,
arjuna tvaṃ na hantā tvamabhimānamalaṃ tyaja ,
jarāmaraṇanirmuktaḥ svayamātmāsi śāśvataḥ 1

1. śrībhagavān uvāca arjuna tvam na hantā tvam abhimānam
alam tyaja jarāmaraṇanirmuktaḥ svayam ātmā asi śāśvataḥ

1. śrībhagavān uvāca he arjuna tvam hantā na tvam abhimānam
alam tyaja svayam jarāmaraṇanirmuktaḥ śāśvataḥ ātmā asi

1. The Blessed Lord said: O Arjuna, you are not the slayer. Therefore, completely abandon this false identification (abhimāna). You yourself are the eternal Self (ātman), free from old age and death.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीभगवान् (śrībhagavān) - The Blessed Lord (Krishna) (the blessed one, the divine one)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• न (na) - not, no

• हन्ता (hantā) - killer, slayer

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अभिमानम् (abhimānam) - egoism, false identification, pride

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, completely, truly

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

• जरामरणनिर्मुक्तः (jarāmaraṇanirmuktaḥ) - freed from old age and death

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self, soul

• असि (asi) - you are

• शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीभगवान् (śrībhagavān) - The Blessed Lord (Krishna) (the blessed one, the divine one)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrībhagavat

śrībhagavat - the blessed, glorious, divine one

Compound: śrī (prosperity, glory) + bhagavat (possessing fortune, divine)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+bhagavat)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, divine grace
  noun (feminine)
• bhagavat – possessing fortune, glorious, divine
  adjective (masculine)
  From bhaga (fortune) + -vat (possessive suffix)

Note: Refers to Krishna.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Indicative

Root vac (to speak), perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a proper name, lit. 'white' or 'shining')

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Subject.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हन्ता (hantā) - killer, slayer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hantṛ

hantṛ - slayer, killer

Agent noun

From root han (to strike, kill) with agent suffix -tṛ

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicative noun.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Subject of tyaja (implied 'you').

अभिमानम् (abhimānam) - egoism, false identification, pride

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhimāna

abhimāna - egoism, pride, false identification (with body/mind)

From abhi-man (to think highly of, to imagine)

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of tyaja.

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, completely, truly

(indeclinable)

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Imperative

Root tyaj (to abandon), imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: tyaj (class 1)

जरामरणनिर्मुक्तः (jarāmaraṇanirmuktaḥ) - freed from old age and death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jarāmaraṇanirmukta

jarāmaraṇanirmukta - freed from old age and death

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'freed from jara and maraṇa'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jarā+maraṇa+nirmukta)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• nirmukta – freed, liberated, released
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From nis-muc (to release)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Predicative adjective for ātman.

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self, soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: at (class 1)

Note: Predicative noun.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

Root: as (class 2)

शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant, everlasting

Note: Predicative adjective for ātman.