योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-15

सुस्तम्भमजमालिङ्ग्य स्वात्मानमजरामरम् ।
तिष्ठावष्टभ्य धीरात्मा सुस्तम्भमिव मन्दिरम् ॥ १५ ॥

sustambhamajamāliṅgya svātmānamajarāmaram ,
tiṣṭhāvaṣṭabhya dhīrātmā sustambhamiva mandiram 15

15. sustambham ajam āliṅgya svātmānam ajarāmaram
tiṣṭha avaṣṭabhya dhīrātmā sustambham iva mandiram

15. dhīrātmā,
ajam ajarāmaram svātmānam āliṅgya,
sustambham iva mandiram avaṣṭabhya,
tiṣṭha.

15. O resolute soul, embracing your own unborn, imperishable, and immortal self (ātman), remain firm, just as a temple stands supported by a strong pillar.

Words meanings summery:

• सुस्तम्भम् (sustambham) - a strong pillar, a good support

• अजम् (ajam) - unborn, not born

• आलिङ्ग्य (āliṅgya) - having embraced, clinging to

• स्वात्मानम् (svātmānam) - one's own self, the individual soul

• अजरामरम् (ajarāmaram) - undecaying and immortal, imperishable and eternal

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand, remain, abide

• अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having supported, having leaned upon, having steadied

• धीरात्मा (dhīrātmā) - O steadfast soul, O wise self

• सुस्तम्भम् (sustambham) - like a strong pillar (as the support for the temple) (a strong pillar, a good support)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मन्दिरम् (mandiram) - temple, house, dwelling

Words meanings and morphology

सुस्तम्भम् (sustambham) - a strong pillar, a good support

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sustambha

sustambha - a strong pillar, good support

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (su+stambha)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• stambha – pillar, post, support, rigidity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: stambh (class 5)

Note: Used here as an adjective or appositive to svātmānam.

अजम् (ajam) - unborn, not born

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born, goat, lord Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva

From 'a' (not) and root 'jan' (to be born)

Compound type : nañ_tatpuruṣa (a+ja)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced
  adjective
  adjective from root jan
  suffix -a from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies svātmānam.

आलिङ्ग्य (āliṅgya) - having embraced, clinging to

(indeclinable)

absolutive

prefix ā + root liṅg with suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: liṅg (class 1)

स्वात्मानम् (svātmānam) - one's own self, the individual soul

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svātman

svātman - one's own self (ātman), the individual soul, inner self

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī_tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

अजरामरम् (ajarāmaram) - undecaying and immortal, imperishable and eternal

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajarāmara

ajarāmara - undecaying and immortal, imperishable and eternal

Compound type : dvandva (ajara+amara)

• ajara – undecaying, ageless
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'a' (not) and 'jara' (decay)
• amara – immortal, deathless
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'a' (not) and 'mara' (death/dying)

Note: Qualifies svātmānam.

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand, remain, abide

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of sthā

present active imperative

2nd person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: sthā (class 1)

अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having supported, having leaned upon, having steadied

(indeclinable)

absolutive

prefix ava + root stambh with suffix -ya

Prefix: ava

Root: stambh (class 5)

धीरात्मा (dhīrātmā) - O steadfast soul, O wise self

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dhīrātman

dhīrātman - steadfast soul, wise self, resolute spirit

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhīra+ātman)

• dhīra – steadfast, resolute, wise, patient
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

सुस्तम्भम् (sustambham) - like a strong pillar (as the support for the temple) (a strong pillar, a good support)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sustambha

sustambha - a strong pillar, good support

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (su+stambha)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• stambha – pillar, post, support, rigidity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: stambh (class 5)

Note: Used here as an adjective or appositive to mandiram.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मन्दिरम् (mandiram) - temple, house, dwelling

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mandira

mandira - temple, house, dwelling, palace

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