योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-2, verse-42

अचेतनं विदुर्मोक्षं ज्ञं प्रत्येवोपदेशगीः ।
त्यागो हि कर्मणां तस्मादादेहं नोपपद्यते ॥ ४२ ॥

acetanaṃ vidurmokṣaṃ jñaṃ pratyevopadeśagīḥ ,
tyāgo hi karmaṇāṃ tasmādādehaṃ nopapadyate 42

42. acetanam viduḥ mokṣam jñam prati eva upadeśa-gīḥ
tyāgaḥ hi karmaṇām tasmāt ā-deham na upapadyate

42. acetanam mokṣam viduḥ.
upadeśa-gīḥ jñam prati eva (asti).
tasmāt hi karmaṇām tyāgaḥ ā-deham na upapadyate.

42. They declare the unconscious state to be liberation (mokṣa); however, this teaching is only for the knower. Therefore, the abandonment of actions (karma) is indeed not possible for one who is embodied.

42. החכמים מבינים שהשחרור הוא מצב ללא תפיסת אובייקטים; מילות ההוראה מיועדות רק ליודע האמת. לכן, ויתור פיזי על קַרְמָות אינו אפשרי כל עוד הגוף קיים.

Words meanings summery:

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, inert, inanimate

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand, they consider

• मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation, release, emancipation, freedom

• ज्ञम् (jñam) - knower, conscious one, intelligent person

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to, for, regarding, in relation to

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

• उपदेश-गीः (upadeśa-gīḥ) - instruction, teaching, advice, doctrine

• त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment, sacrifice

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• आ-देहम् (ā-deham) - until the body, as long as the body exists, up to the body

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is possible, is appropriate, occurs, arises

Words meanings and morphology

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, inert, inanimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, inert, inanimate, insentient

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, animate, sentient
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand, they consider

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation, release, emancipation, freedom

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, salvation, freedom from saṃsāra

Root: muc (class 6)

ज्ञम् (jñam) - knower, conscious one, intelligent person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knower, knowing, intelligent, acquainted with

Root: jñā (class 9)

प्रति (prati) - towards, to, for, regarding, in relation to

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the accusative case.

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

(indeclinable)

उपदेश-गीः (upadeśa-gīḥ) - instruction, teaching, advice, doctrine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upadeśa-gī

upadeśa-gī - speech/utterance of instruction, teaching

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (upadeśa+gī)

• upadeśa – instruction, teaching, advice, precept
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: diś (class 6)
• gī – speech, song, utterance, word
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gai (class 1)

त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment, sacrifice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment, sacrifice, giving up

Root: tyaj (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

(indeclinable)

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, activity, deed, work, ritual, fate

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Used here as an indeclinable adverb meaning 'therefore'.

आ-देहम् (ā-deham) - until the body, as long as the body exists, up to the body

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (ā+deha)

• ā – until, up to, completely
  indeclinable
• deha – body, corporeal form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is possible, is appropriate, occurs, arises

(verb)

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

Derived from root pad- (to go), with prefix upa-, conjugated in middle voice (ātmanepada).

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

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