योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-4

न हि शीर्यत्यचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः ।
कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किंचित्करोति सः ॥ ४ ॥

na hi śīryatyacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ ,
karmaṇyabhipravṛtto'pi naiva kiṃcitkaroti saḥ 4

4. na hi śīryati acittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ
karmaṇi abhipravṛttaḥ api na eva kiṃcit karoti saḥ

4. hi acittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ na śīryati api
karmaṇi abhipravṛttaḥ saḥ na eva kiṃcit karoti

4. Indeed, the person whose inner being is undisturbed and who has relinquished all attachments does not decay. Even though engaged in activity (karma), such a person truly does nothing at all.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - Emphasizes the statement. (indeed, surely, because)

• शीर्यति (śīryati) - wastes away, decays, withers

• अचित्तात्मा (acittātmā) - The realized soul whose consciousness is steady and undisturbed. (whose mind is not agitated, whose inner being is tranquil, the self free from thought)

• त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः (tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ) - one who has abandoned all possessions/attachments, devoid of all worldly things

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in action, in activity (karma)

• अभिप्रवृत्तः (abhipravṛttaḥ) - Fully involved or committed to action. (engaged, entered into, directed towards)

• अपि (api) - Emphasizes 'not even a little'. (also, even, too)

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes the preceding word. (indeed, just, only, certainly)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - Used with na to mean 'nothing at all'. (something, anything)

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to the 'acittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ' person. (he, that (masculine))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - Emphasizes the statement. (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

An emphatic or explanatory particle.

शीर्यति (śīryati) - wastes away, decays, withers

(verb)

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

Present active

Ninth class verb. Third person singular.

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Subject is acittātmā.

अचित्तात्मा (acittātmā) - The realized soul whose consciousness is steady and undisturbed. (whose mind is not agitated, whose inner being is tranquil, the self free from thought)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acittātman

acittātman - one whose mind is undisturbed, whose self is free from thought, tranquil-minded

Compound: a (negation) + citta (mind/consciousness) + ātman (self).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+citta+ātman)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• citta – mind, consciousness, thought, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from cit to perceive) used as noun
  From root cit (to perceive, to be conscious).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  From root an (to breathe).
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Subject of śīryati.

त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः (tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ) - one who has abandoned all possessions/attachments, devoid of all worldly things

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyaktasarvaparigraha

tyaktasarvaparigraha - one who has relinquished all possessions, without any attachments

Compound: tyakta (abandoned) + sarva (all) + parigraha (possessions/attachments).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+sarva+parigraha)

• tyakta – abandoned, relinquished, left
  verbal derivative (Past Passive Participle) (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root tyaj (to abandon).
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• parigraha – grasping, taking, acquisition, possession, attachment, family
  noun (masculine)
  From pari (prefix) + grah (to seize, take).
  Prefix: pari
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agrees with acittātmā.

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in action, in activity (karma)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, activity, ritual, fate (karma)

From root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Denotes the sphere of activity.

अभिप्रवृत्तः (abhipravṛttaḥ) - Fully involved or committed to action. (engaged, entered into, directed towards)

(verbal derivative (Past Passive Participle))

Note: Agrees with the implied subject saḥ.

अपि (api) - Emphasizes 'not even a little'. (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - Emphasizes the preceding word. (indeed, just, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - Used with na to mean 'nothing at all'. (something, anything)

(indeclinable)

Formed from kim (what) + cit (an indefinite particle).

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

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

Present active

Eighth class verb. Third person singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is saḥ.

सः (saḥ) - Refers to the 'acittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ' person. (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

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