योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-16

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
स वृक्षोटजवीरुत्काद्वासना स्वाश्रमादपि ।
परित्यक्ता मया नूनं सर्वत्यागः स्थितो मम ॥ १६ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
sa vṛkṣoṭajavīrutkādvāsanā svāśramādapi ,
parityaktā mayā nūnaṃ sarvatyāgaḥ sthito mama 16

16. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca sā vṛkṣoṭajavīrutkāt vāsanā svāśramāt
api parityaktā mayā nūnam sarvatyāgaḥ sthitaḥ mama

16. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca: sā vāsanā vṛkṣoṭajavīrutkāt svāśramāt api mayā nūnam parityaktā.
mama sarvatyāgaḥ sthitaḥ.

16. Śikhidhvaja said: "My attachment (vāsanā) to trees, huts, and creepers, and even to my own hermitage (āśrama), has certainly been abandoned by me. Thus, total renunciation (sarvatyāga) is now established for me."

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सा (sā) - that

• वृक्षोटजवीरुत्कात् (vṛkṣoṭajavīrutkāt) - from trees, huts, and creepers

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression, subtle inclination, desire, attachment (vāsanā)

• स्वाश्रमात् (svāśramāt) - from one's own hermitage (āśrama)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• परित्यक्ता (parityaktā) - abandoned, given up, renounced

• मया (mayā) - by me

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

• सर्वत्यागः (sarvatyāgaḥ) - total renunciation, complete abandonment (sarvatyāga)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - established, situated, stands, exists

• मम (mama) - for me, my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - Śikhidhvaja (a proper name, lit. 'he whose banner is a flame')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śikhin+dhvaja)

• śikhin – crested, peaked, a peacock, a flame
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, emblem
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सा (sā) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Appears as 'sa' due to sandhi in the Devanagari, but grammatically refers to 'vāsanā' (feminine).

वृक्षोटजवीरुत्कात् (vṛkṣoṭajavīrutkāt) - from trees, huts, and creepers

(noun)

Ablative, plural of vṛkṣoṭajavīrutka

vṛkṣoṭajavīrutka - trees, huts, and creepers (a collective noun)

Compound type : dvandva (vṛkṣa+uṭaja+vīrut)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• uṭaja – hut, hermitage (made of leaves/grass)
  noun (neuter)
• vīrut – creeper, climbing plant
  noun (feminine)

वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression, subtle inclination, desire, attachment (vāsanā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, attachment (vāsanā)

Root: vas (class 1)

स्वाश्रमात् (svāśramāt) - from one's own hermitage (āśrama)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svāśrama

svāśrama - one's own hermitage, one's own stage of life

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+āśrama)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• āśrama – hermitage, a stage of life (āśrama)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śram

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

परित्यक्ता (parityaktā) - abandoned, given up, renounced

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parityakta

parityakta - abandoned, given up, renounced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

(indeclinable)

सर्वत्यागः (sarvatyāgaḥ) - total renunciation, complete abandonment (sarvatyāga)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvatyāga

sarvatyāga - total renunciation, complete abandonment (sarvatyāga)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+tyāga)

• sarva – all, whole, entire
  pronoun
• tyāga – renunciation, abandonment, giving up
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tyaj

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - established, situated, stands, exists

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, established, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with 'kta' suffix.

Root: sthā (class 1)

मम (mama) - for me, my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

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