योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-137, verse-56

सुषुप्तमिति निश्चित्य तुरीयान्वेषणामहम् ।
प्रवृत्तः कर्तुमुद्युक्तो युक्तः परमया धिया ॥ ५६ ॥

suṣuptamiti niścitya turīyānveṣaṇāmaham ,
pravṛttaḥ kartumudyukto yuktaḥ paramayā dhiyā 56

56. suṣuptam iti niścitya turīya-anveṣaṇām aham
pravṛttaḥ kartum udyuktaḥ yuktaḥ paramayā dhiyā

56. iti suṣuptam niścitya,
aham paramayā dhiyā yuktaḥ udyuktaḥ (san) turīya-anveṣaṇām kartum pravṛttaḥ .

56. Having thus ascertained this (dense, sleep-like state) as profound sleep (suṣupti), I then engaged myself, equipped with supreme intellect, to search for the fourth state (turīya).

56. לאחר שהבנתי כי זוהי שינה עמוקה, אזרתי תבונה עליונה והתחלתי לשקוד על חקירת תּוּרִיָה (מצב התודעה הרביעי).

Words meanings summery:

• सुषुप्तम् (suṣuptam) - profound sleep, deep sleep (suṣupti)

• इति (iti) - — as (thus, so)

• निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having ascertained, having determined

• तुरीय-अन्वेषणाम् (turīya-anveṣaṇām) - the search for the fourth state (turīya)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - began (to search) (begun, started, engaged in)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to perform, to undertake (to do, to make)

• उद्युक्तः (udyuktaḥ) - engaged (in the task) (engaged, ready, prepared)

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - equipped, endowed (joined, endowed, connected, fit)

• परमया (paramayā) - by the highest, by the supreme

• धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect (by intellect, by understanding, by thought)

Words meanings and morphology

सुषुप्तम् (suṣuptam) - profound sleep, deep sleep (suṣupti)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of suṣupta

suṣupta - profound sleep, deep sleep, sleeping

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root svap (to sleep) with prefix su + kta, sandhi changes sv to ṣup

Prefix: su

Root: svap (class 2)

इति (iti) - — as (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks 'suṣuptam' as the designation.

निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having ascertained, having determined

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root ci (to gather) with prefix nis + lyap

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

तुरीय-अन्वेषणाम् (turīya-anveṣaṇām) - the search for the fourth state (turīya)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of turīya-anveṣaṇā

turīya-anveṣaṇā - the search for the fourth state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (turīya+anveṣaṇā)

• turīya – the fourth (state) (turīya)
  noun (neuter)
• anveṣaṇā – search, investigation, inquiry
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root iṣ (to seek) with prefix anu + nā (feminine noun suffix)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - began (to search) (begun, started, engaged in)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - begun, started, engaged in, active, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt (to turn, to be) with prefix pra + kta

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with 'aham'.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to perform, to undertake (to do, to make)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Derived from root kṛ (to do) + tumun

Root: kṛ (class 8)

उद्युक्तः (udyuktaḥ) - engaged (in the task) (engaged, ready, prepared)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyukta

udyukta - engaged, ready, prepared, undertaken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join) with prefix ud + kta

Prefix: ud

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used predicatively with 'aham'.

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - equipped, endowed (joined, endowed, connected, fit)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, connected, endowed with, fit, proper, engaged (in yoga)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join) + kta

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used predicatively with 'aham'.

परमया (paramayā) - by the highest, by the supreme

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of paramā

paramā - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect (by intellect, by understanding, by thought)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought, mind, wisdom

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