योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-68, verse-18

अविभागमनभ्यासं यदनाद्यन्तमास्थितम् ।
ध्यायतोऽध्यायतश्चैतत्सौषुप्तं मौनमुच्यते ॥ १८ ॥

avibhāgamanabhyāsaṃ yadanādyantamāsthitam ,
dhyāyato'dhyāyataścaitatsauṣuptaṃ maunamucyate 18

18. avibhāgam anabhyāsam yat anādyantam āsthitam
dhyāyataḥ adhyāyataḥ ca etat sauṣuptam maunam ucyate

18. yat avibhāgam anabhyāsam anādyantam āsthitam ca etat dhyāyataḥ adhyāyataḥ sauṣuptam maunam ucyate ।

18. That (state) which is undivided, without need for practice, and is established without beginning or end—this is called the deep-sleep (sauṣupta) silence (maunam) for both the meditator and the non-meditator.

Words meanings summery:

• अविभागम् (avibhāgam) - undivided, indivisible, without distinction

• अनभ्यासम् (anabhyāsam) - without practice, unrepeated, not accustomed

• यत् (yat) - which, that (neuter)

• अनाद्यन्तम् (anādyantam) - without beginning or end, eternal

• आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - established, situated, stood, remained

• ध्यायतः (dhyāyataḥ) - of one meditating (dhyāna), for one meditating

• अध्यायतः (adhyāyataḥ) - of one not meditating, for one not meditating

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

• सौषुप्तम् (sauṣuptam) - pertaining to deep sleep, deep-sleep state

• मौनम् (maunam) - silence, stillness, quietude (maunam)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared (passive)

Words meanings and morphology

अविभागम् (avibhāgam) - undivided, indivisible, without distinction

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avibhāga

avibhāga - undivided, indivisible, without distinction, non-separation

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vibhāga)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vibhāga – division, distinction, separation
  noun (masculine)

अनभ्यासम् (anabhyāsam) - without practice, unrepeated, not accustomed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anabhyāsa

anabhyāsa - without practice, not studying, without repetition

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+abhyāsa)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, study
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - which, that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

अनाद्यन्तम् (anādyantam) - without beginning or end, eternal

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anādyanta

anādyanta - without beginning or end, eternal

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (an+ādi+anta)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ādi – beginning, origin
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - established, situated, stood, remained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsthita

āsthita - established, situated, stood, remained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

ध्यायतः (dhyāyataḥ) - of one meditating (dhyāna), for one meditating

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhyāyat

dhyāyat - meditating, one who meditates (dhyāna)

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root dhyai (to meditate), used substantively

Root: dhyai (class 1)

अध्यायतः (adhyāyataḥ) - of one not meditating, for one not meditating

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of adhyāyat

adhyāyat - not meditating, one who does not meditate

Present Active Participle (negative)

Negative form of present active participle of root dhyai (to meditate), used substantively

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dhyāyat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dhyāyat – meditating, one who meditates (dhyāna)
  noun (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: dhyai (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

सौषुप्तम् (sauṣuptam) - pertaining to deep sleep, deep-sleep state

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sauṣupta

sauṣupta - pertaining to deep sleep, deep-sleep state, unconscious

Vrddhi derivative of suṣupta (deep sleep)

मौनम् (maunam) - silence, stillness, quietude (maunam)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mauna

mauna - silence, stillness, quietude, state of a muni (maunam)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared (passive)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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