योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-90, verse-18

निश्चिन्तत्वं परं सर्वं त्याग आदाय ते गतः ।
आमन्त्र्यापूजितो जन्तुः स दुःखं न करोति किम् ॥ १८ ॥

niścintatvaṃ paraṃ sarvaṃ tyāga ādāya te gataḥ ,
āmantryāpūjito jantuḥ sa duḥkhaṃ na karoti kim 18

18. niś-cintatvam param sarvam tyāgaḥ ādāya te gataḥ
āmantrya apūjitaḥ jantuḥ saḥ duḥkham na karoti kim

18. param sarvam niś-cintatvam ādāya tyāgaḥ te gataḥ
āmantrya apūjitaḥ jantuḥ saḥ duḥkham na karoti kim

18. Supreme and complete freedom from thought (niścintatvam) [is attained]. Having embraced this, renunciation (tyāga) comes to you. Does not a guest, invited but left unhonored, cause distress?

18. הוויתור עזב ולקח עמו את השלווה המוחלטת ממחשבות ואת כל השאר. הרי האם אורח ששהוזמן אך לא זכה לכבוד אינו גורם לצער?

Words meanings summery:

• निश्-चिन्तत्वम् (niś-cintatvam) - thought-freeness, freedom from anxiety

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, complete

• त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation (as a spiritual state) (abandonment, renunciation, sacrifice)

• आदाय (ādāya) - having embraced (thought-freeness) (having taken, having accepted, having acquired, having embraced)

• ते (te) - to you (dative of recipient) (to you, for you, your)

• गतः (gataḥ) - has come (to you) (gone, departed, reached, come)

• आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having invited (as a guest) (having invited, having addressed)

• अपूजितः (apūjitaḥ) - unhonored, unworshipped, unrespected

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - guest, person (in the analogy) (creature, being, person)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the unhonored guest) (he, that)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - distress, unhappiness (suffering, misery, unhappiness)

• न (na) - not, no

• करोति (karoti) - causes (suffering) (does, makes, performs)

• किम् (kim) - (indicates a question expecting 'yes') (what? why? whether? (interrogative particle))

Words meanings and morphology

निश्-चिन्तत्वम् (niś-cintatvam) - thought-freeness, freedom from anxiety

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niś-cintatva

niś-cintatva - thought-freeness, freedom from anxiety, unconcernedness

Tatpuruṣa compound of `nis` (without) + `cintā` (thought) + `tva` (suffix for state of being).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nis+cintā+tva)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• cintā – thought, thinking, anxiety, reflection
  noun (feminine)
  From root `cint`.
  Root: cint (class 10)
• tva – suffix denoting 'state of being', 'ness'
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun forming suffix.

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, distant, other

Adjective agreeing with `niścintatvam`.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire, complete

Adjective/pronoun agreeing with `niścintatvam`.

त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation (as a spiritual state) (abandonment, renunciation, sacrifice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - abandonment, renunciation, giving up, sacrifice

From root `tyaj` (to abandon, give up) + `ghañ` suffix.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

आदाय (ādāya) - having embraced (thought-freeness) (having taken, having accepted, having acquired, having embraced)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From `ā` (towards) + root `dā` (to give, take) + `lyap` suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

ते (te) - to you (dative of recipient) (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Dative/genitive singular of `yuṣmad`, enclitic form.

गतः (gataḥ) - has come (to you) (gone, departed, reached, come)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, passed, come

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go, come) + `kta` suffix. Masculine nominative singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having invited (as a guest) (having invited, having addressed)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From `ā` (towards) + root `mantr` (to advise, consult, invite) + `lyap` suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: mantr (class 10)

अपूजितः (apūjitaḥ) - unhonored, unworshipped, unrespected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apūjita

apūjita - unhonored, unworshipped, unrespected, neglected

Past Passive Participle

From `a` (not) + root `pūj` (to honor, worship) + `kta` suffix. Masculine nominative singular.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pūjita)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• pūjita – honored, worshipped, respected
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `pūj` (to honor) + `kta` suffix.
  Root: pūj (class 10)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - guest, person (in the analogy) (creature, being, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person, man

From root `jan` (to be born) + `tu` suffix.

Root: jan (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - he (the unhonored guest) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular.

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - distress, unhappiness (suffering, misery, unhappiness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, unhappiness, sorrow

From `dus` (bad) + `kha` (axle hole, sky, happiness).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

करोति (karoti) - causes (suffering) (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd singular

From root `kṛ` (to do, make) + `śnu` suffix (class 8 present).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - (indicates a question expecting 'yes') (what? why? whether? (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle.

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