योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-14

किल तूष्णीं स्थितेनैव तत्पदं प्राप्यते परम् ।
परमं यत्र साम्राज्यमपि राम तृणायते ॥ १४ ॥

kila tūṣṇīṃ sthitenaiva tatpadaṃ prāpyate param ,
paramaṃ yatra sāmrājyamapi rāma tṛṇāyate 14

14. kila tūṣṇīm sthitena eva tat padam prāpyate
param paramam yatra sāmrājyam api rāma tṛṇāyate

14. rāma kila tūṣṇīm sthitena eva tat param padam
prāpyate yatra paramam sāmrājyam api tṛṇāyate

14. Indeed, by remaining still and silent, that ultimate state (pada) is attained, O Rāma, where even supreme universal dominion (sāmrājya) is regarded as no more than a blade of grass.

Words meanings summery:

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, verily, certainly

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, quietly, still, in silence

• स्थितेन (sthitena) - by one who remains, by one who is established, by one who is still

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

• तत् (tat) - that, that (supreme)

• पदम् (padam) - state, condition, abode, position, foot

• प्राप्यते (prāpyate) - is attained, is reached, is obtained

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

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

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (place)

• साम्राज्यम् (sāmrājyam) - sovereignty, universal dominion, empire

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• तृणायते (tṛṇāyate) - becomes like grass, is considered as grass, becomes insignificant

Words meanings and morphology

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, verily, certainly

(indeclinable)

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, quietly, still, in silence

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `tūṣṇī` (silence).

स्थितेन (sthitena) - by one who remains, by one who is established, by one who is still

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, remaining, established, still

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root `sthā` + suffix `kta`.

Root: sthā (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, that (supreme)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

पदम् (padam) - state, condition, abode, position, foot

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, pace, mark, position, state, station, abode, word

प्राप्यते (prāpyate) - is attained, is reached, is obtained

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

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

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, most distant

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (place)

(indeclinable)

साम्राज्यम् (sāmrājyam) - sovereignty, universal dominion, empire

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāmrājya

sāmrājya - universal sovereignty, empire, dominion

Derived from `samrāj` (universal monarch) with suffix `ya`.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name), pleasing, dark

तृणायते (tṛṇāyate) - becomes like grass, is considered as grass, becomes insignificant

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of tṛṇāyate

Denominative verb

Derived from the noun `tṛṇa` (grass) with the denominative suffix `āya`.

Root: tṛṇa (noun)