योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-64, verse-20

तदासावेकनिष्ठत्वाभावात्तन्नाशयेद्द्वयम् ।
तस्मादेकार्थनिष्ठत्वाद्भिक्षुजीवेन रुद्रताम् ॥ २० ॥

tadāsāvekaniṣṭhatvābhāvāttannāśayeddvayam ,
tasmādekārthaniṣṭhatvādbhikṣujīvena rudratām 20

20. tadā asau ekaniṣṭhatvābhāvāt tat nāśayet dvayam
| tasmāt ekārthaniṣṭhatvāt bhikṣujīvena rudratām

20. tadā asau ekaniṣṭhatvābhāvāt tat dvayam nāśayet tasmāt
ekārthaniṣṭhatvāt bhikṣujīvena rudratām (prāpnoti)

20. Then that person, due to a lack of single-minded focus (ekaniṣṭhatva), would thereby destroy both (the intention and the intellect). Therefore, through steadfast devotion to a single object (ekārthaniṣṭhatva), the renunciate (bhikṣu) living being (jīva) attains the state of Rudra (rudratā).

20. ...מפסיד את שניהם בשל היעדר ריכוז מלא. על כן, הודות להתמסרות מוחלטת למטרה אחת, עלתה נשמת הנזיר לדרגת רוּדְרַה...

Words meanings summery:

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time, in that case

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, she

• एकनिष्ठत्वाभावात् (ekaniṣṭhatvābhāvāt) - due to the absence of single-mindedness/fixation on one object

• तत् (tat) - that (intention) (that, it; thus (adverbial))

• नाशयेत् (nāśayet) - would destroy, should destroy, might destroy

• द्वयम् (dvayam) - a pair, duality, two

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, thence, from that

• एकार्थनिष्ठत्वात् (ekārthaniṣṭhatvāt) - due to fixation on a single object/meaning

• भिक्षुजीवेन (bhikṣujīvena) - by the living being (jīva) who is a renunciate (bhikṣu)

• रुद्रताम् (rudratām) - the state of Rudra, Rudrahood (rudratā)

Words meanings and morphology

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time, in that case

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that one, he, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun)

एकनिष्ठत्वाभावात् (ekaniṣṭhatvābhāvāt) - due to the absence of single-mindedness/fixation on one object

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ekaniṣṭhatvābhāva

ekaniṣṭhatvābhāva - lack of single-minded devotion

Compound type : Tatpurusha (eka+niṣṭhatva+abhāva)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• niṣṭhatva – the state of being fixed/devoted to, steadfastness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from niṣṭha (fixed) + tva (suffix for 'state of being')
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, non-being
  noun (masculine)
  Negative prefix a- + bhāva (being)
  Prefix: a

तत् (tat) - that (intention) (that, it; thus (adverbial))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

नाशयेत् (nāśayet) - would destroy, should destroy, might destroy

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhiliṅ) of nāś

Causative, Optative Mood

Root naś (4th class, to perish) with causative suffix -aya. Optative (Potential Mood)

Root: naś (class 4)

द्वयम् (dvayam) - a pair, duality, two

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvaya

dvaya - a pair, two, duality

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative case used adverbially

एकार्थनिष्ठत्वात् (ekārthaniṣṭhatvāt) - due to fixation on a single object/meaning

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ekārthaniṣṭhatva

ekārthaniṣṭhatva - the state of being fixed on a single object/meaning

Compound type : Tatpurusha (eka+artha+niṣṭhatva)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• artha – object, meaning, purpose
  noun (masculine)
• niṣṭhatva – the state of being fixed/devoted to, steadfastness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from niṣṭha (fixed) + tva (suffix for 'state of being')

भिक्षुजीवेन (bhikṣujīvena) - by the living being (jīva) who is a renunciate (bhikṣu)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhikṣujīva

bhikṣujīva - a renunciate living being

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (bhikṣu+jīva)

• bhikṣu – mendicant, renunciate, beggar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhikṣ (class 1)
• jīva – living being, individual soul (jīva)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

रुद्रताम् (rudratām) - the state of Rudra, Rudrahood (rudratā)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rudratā

rudratā - the state of Rudra, Rudrahood

Derived from Rudra + tā (suffix for 'state of')

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