योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-41

अकिंचिद्भावनो यः स्यात्स मुक्त इति कथ्यते ।
जीवन्नाकाशविशदो बन्धशून्य इव स्फुटम् ॥ ४१ ॥

akiṃcidbhāvano yaḥ syātsa mukta iti kathyate ,
jīvannākāśaviśado bandhaśūnya iva sphuṭam 41

41. akiṃcit bhāvanaḥ yaḥ syāt saḥ muktaḥ iti kathyate
jīvan ākāśa viśadaḥ bandha śūnyaḥ iva sphuṭam

41. yaḥ akiṃcit bhāvanaḥ syāt,
saḥ muktaḥ iti kathyate.
jīvan ākāśa viśadaḥ bandha śūnyaḥ iva sphuṭam (bhavati)

41. Whoever is without any mental construct (akiṃcidbhāvana) is declared to be truly liberated (mokṣa). Such a one, even while living, is clearly pure like the sky (ambara) and completely free from all bondage.

Words meanings summery:

• अकिंचित् (akiṁcit) - nothing, no thing, not anything

• भावनः (bhāvanaḥ) - one who has mental constructs or imagination (one who conceives, one whose conception)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, should be

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - truly liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, freed, released)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought)

• कथ्यते (kathyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• जीवन् (jīvan) - living, while living

• आकाश (ākāśa) - sky, space, ether

• विशदः (viśadaḥ) - clear, pure, bright

• बन्ध (bandha) - bondage, fetter, tie, connection

• शून्यः (śūnyaḥ) - empty, void, devoid of, absent

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, distinctly, evident

Words meanings and morphology

अकिंचित् (akiṁcit) - nothing, no thing, not anything

(indeclinable)

Compound of a (not) and kiṃcit (something)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kimcit)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• kimcit – something, anything
  pronoun

भावनः (bhāvanaḥ) - one who has mental constructs or imagination (one who conceives, one whose conception)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvana

bhāvana - conceiving, imagining, a conceiver, a thinker

Agent noun (from causative of bhū)

From root bhū (to be) in causative (bhāvayati), forming an agent noun or adjective.

Root: bhū (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

Relative pronoun, masculine nominative singular

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood

Root as, optative active, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - truly liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, freed, released)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - liberated, freed, released, delivered (from bondage)

Past Passive Participle

From root muc (to release, free)

Root: muc (class 6)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

कथ्यते (kathyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

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

Present indicative

Root kath (from kṛt nominal stem) or derived from root katha (class 10), passive voice

Root: kath (class 10)

जीवन् (jīvan) - living, while living

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

आकाश (ākāśa) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether (ambara)

Note: Part of compound `ākāśaviśadaḥ`.

विशदः (viśadaḥ) - clear, pure, bright

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśada

viśada - clear, pure, bright, white

From root śad (to fall) with prefix vi, or derived from vi-śad as a separate root

Prefix: vi

Root: śad (class 1)

Note: Part of compound `ākāśaviśadaḥ`.

बन्ध (bandha) - bondage, fetter, tie, connection

(noun)

masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, fetter, tie, connection

From root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Part of compound `bandhaśūnyaḥ`.

शून्यः (śūnyaḥ) - empty, void, devoid of, absent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, devoid of, absent

Note: Part of compound `bandhaśūnyaḥ`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, distinctly, evident

(indeclinable)

From root sphuṭ (to burst forth, expand)

Root: sphuṭ (class 1)

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