योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-169, verse-25

अपसर्पं निरस्तेहमस्वप्नमसुषुप्तकम् ।
प्रबुद्धमबहिर्निद्रं हा शेते सुखमात्मवान् ॥ २५ ॥

apasarpaṃ nirastehamasvapnamasuṣuptakam ,
prabuddhamabahirnidraṃ hā śete sukhamātmavān 25

25. asarpam nirasteham asvapnam asusuptakam
prabuddham abahirnidram hā śete sukham ātmavān

25. (saḥ) ātmavān asarpam nirasteham asvapnam asusuptakam prabuddham abahirnidram hā sukham śete.

25. Oh, the self-possessed one (ātman) rests happily, without ordinary movement, having abandoned all worldly effort or desire, without dreams or deep sleep, perpetually awakened and without external slumber.

Words meanings summery:

• असर्पम् (asarpam) - without movement, not creeping

• निरस्तेहम् (nirasteham) - having discarded effort/desire

• अस्वप्नम् (asvapnam) - without dreams, dreamless

• असुसुप्तकम् (asusuptakam) - without deep sleep

• प्रबुद्धम् (prabuddham) - awakened, enlightened

• अबहिर्निद्रम् (abahirnidram) - without external sleep

• हा (hā) - expresses wonder or emphatic affirmation (Oh!, indeed!, alas!)

• शेते (śete) - he rests, he sleeps, he lies down

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, joyfully

• आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed, wise, possessing the Self

Words meanings and morphology

असर्पम् (asarpam) - without movement, not creeping

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asarpa

asarpa - without movement, not creeping

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sarpa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sarpa – creeping, crawling; movement
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛp
  Root: sṛp (class 1)

निरस्तेहम् (nirasteham) - having discarded effort/desire

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirasteha

nirasteha - having discarded desire or effort

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niras+īhā)

• niras – thrown out, expelled, discarded
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root as with prefix nir
  Prefix: nis
  Root: as (class 4)
• īhā – desire, effort, exertion
  noun (feminine)
  From root īh
  Root: īh (class 1)

अस्वप्नम् (asvapnam) - without dreams, dreamless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asvapna

asvapna - without dreams, dreamless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+svapna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)

असुसुप्तकम् (asusuptakam) - without deep sleep

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asusuptaka

asusuptaka - without deep sleep

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+susuptaka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• susuptaka – deep sleep (diminutive/emphatic)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from susupta (deep sleep) with suffix -ka

प्रबुद्धम् (prabuddham) - awakened, enlightened

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prabuddha

prabuddha - awakened, enlightened, fully aware

Past Passive Participle

From root budh with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

अबहिर्निद्रम् (abahirnidram) - without external sleep

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abahirnidra

abahirnidra - without external sleep

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bahirnidra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bahirnidra – external sleep
  noun (feminine)

हा (hā) - expresses wonder or emphatic affirmation (Oh!, indeed!, alas!)

(indeclinable)

शेते (śete) - he rests, he sleeps, he lies down

(verb)

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

Root: śī (class 2)

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, joyfully

(indeclinable)

Note: used adverbially

आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed, wise, possessing the Self

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmavat

ātmavat - possessing the Self (ātman); self-possessed, wise

Derived from ātman with matup suffix

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