योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-13

अवेदनमसंकल्पस्तन्मयेनैव भूयताम् ।
एतावत्परमं श्रेयः स्वयमेवानुभूयताम् ॥ १३ ॥

avedanamasaṃkalpastanmayenaiva bhūyatām ,
etāvatparamaṃ śreyaḥ svayamevānubhūyatām 13

13. avedanam asaṅkalpaḥ tanmayena eva bhūyatām
etāvat paramam śreyaḥ svayam eva anubhūyatām

13. avedanam asaṅkalpaḥ tanmayena eva bhūyatām.
etāvat paramam śreyaḥ (asti); svayam eva anubhūyatām.

13. Let there be a state of non-knowing (avedana) and non-volition (asaṅkalpa), and let one become fully identified with that (tanmayena). This alone is the supreme blessing (śreyas); let it be directly experienced (anubhūyatām) by oneself (svayam).

Words meanings summery:

• अवेदनम् (avedanam) - a state of non-knowing or non-perception (non-knowing, unconsciousness, absence of knowledge/perception)

• असङ्कल्पः (asaṅkalpaḥ) - a state of non-volition (asaṅkalpa) (non-volition, freedom from desire, absence of mental resolve)

• तन्मयेन (tanmayena) - by being fully identified with that (supreme reality/state) (by that consisting of, by that being identical with, by being absorbed in that)

• एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed)

• भूयताम् (bhūyatām) - let it (the state) be, let one become (let it be, let one become)

• एतावत् (etāvat) - this much, this alone (so much, this much, only this)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - blessing, good, benefit (good, welfare, blessing)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, directly (by oneself, spontaneously)

• एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed)

• अनुभूयताम् (anubhūyatām) - let it be directly experienced (let it be experienced)

Words meanings and morphology

अवेदनम् (avedanam) - a state of non-knowing or non-perception (non-knowing, unconsciousness, absence of knowledge/perception)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avedana

avedana - non-knowing, unconsciousness, absence of sensation/perception

From prefix a- (negation) and vedana (knowing, sensation)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+vedana)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vedana – knowing, sensation, feeling, perception
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: It is treated as a state

असङ्कल्पः (asaṅkalpaḥ) - a state of non-volition (asaṅkalpa) (non-volition, freedom from desire, absence of mental resolve)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṅkalpa

asaṅkalpa - freedom from resolve/desire; non-volition

From prefix a- (negation) and saṅkalpa

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+saṅkalpa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• saṅkalpa – mental resolve, intention, will, desire, definite conception
  noun (masculine)
  From sam- + kḷp (to be formed, to happen)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

तन्मयेन (tanmayena) - by being fully identified with that (supreme reality/state) (by that consisting of, by that being identical with, by being absorbed in that)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tanmaya

tanmaya - consisting of that, identified with that, absorbed in that

Formed from tad (that) and maya (made of, consisting of)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (tad+maya)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Taddhita suffix

Note: Modifies the process of 'being' (bhūyatām)

एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

भूयताम् (bhūyatām) - let it (the state) be, let one become (let it be, let one become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of bhū

Imperative, ātmanepada

3rd person singular imperative ātmanepada. Often used impersonally or in a passive sense 'let it be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

एतावत् (etāvat) - this much, this alone (so much, this much, only this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, this much, so far, thus far

Formed from etad (this) + vat suffix

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, best

Note: Here nominative neuter

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - blessing, good, benefit (good, welfare, blessing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, welfare, blessing, happiness, supreme good

Comparative degree of śrī or from śri

Note: Nominative neuter singular

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, directly (by oneself, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb for anubhūyatām

एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अनुभूयताम् (anubhūyatām) - let it be directly experienced (let it be experienced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of anubhū

Imperative, passive

3rd person singular imperative passive. From anu- + √bhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The subject (it) refers to 'this supreme blessing'