योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-169, verse-16

या निशा सर्वभूतानामविद्यास्तमयात्मिका ।
परो बोधः परा शान्तिस्तत्रासौ सममास्थितः ॥ १६ ॥

yā niśā sarvabhūtānāmavidyāstamayātmikā ,
paro bodhaḥ parā śāntistatrāsau samamāsthitaḥ 16

16. yā niśā sarvabhūtānām avidyā-astamaya-ātmikā
paraḥ bodhaḥ parā śāntiḥ tatra asau samam āsthitaḥ

16. yā sarvabhūtānām avidyāstamayātmikā niśā,
paraḥ bodhaḥ parā śāntiḥ.
tatra asau samam āsthitaḥ.

16. That state which is night for all beings, characterized by the dissolution of ignorance (avidyā), is the supreme knowledge and supreme peace; in that state, he (the wise one) remains perfectly established.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which, who

• निशा (niśā) - night

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings/creatures

• अविद्या-अस्तमय-आत्मिका (avidyā-astamaya-ātmikā) - whose nature is the disappearance of ignorance

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• बोधः (bodhaḥ) - spiritual knowledge (knowledge, awakening, understanding)

• परा (parā) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, quietude

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place/state

• असौ (asau) - he (the wise one) (he, that (person))

• समम् (samam) - equally, impartially, perfectly, completely

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - established, situated, abiding

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

निशा (niśā) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niśā

niśā - night

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings/creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अविद्या-अस्तमय-आत्मिका (avidyā-astamaya-ātmikā) - whose nature is the disappearance of ignorance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā-astamaya-ātmikā

avidyā-astamaya-ātmikā - whose essence or nature is the setting or disappearance of ignorance

Compound type : tatpurusha (avidyā+astamaya+ātmikā)

• avidyā – ignorance (avidyā), spiritual ignorance
  noun (feminine)
• astamaya – setting, disappearance, end
  noun (masculine)
• ātmikā – whose nature is, consisting of, having the essence of
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from ātman with suffix -ika

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

बोधः (bodhaḥ) - spiritual knowledge (knowledge, awakening, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - knowledge, awakening, understanding, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

परा (parā) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, quietude

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, calm, cessation of pain

Root: śam (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place/state

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - he (the wise one) (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (demonstrative pronoun, referring to something remote or to a prominent person)

समम् (samam) - equally, impartially, perfectly, completely

(indeclinable)

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - established, situated, abiding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - established, situated, abiding, standing upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

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