योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-23

सुषुप्तसमया वृत्त्या जाग्रद्व्यवहरन्व्रजन् ।
गृहाण मा किंचिदपि मा वा किंचित्परित्यज ॥ २३ ॥

suṣuptasamayā vṛttyā jāgradvyavaharanvrajan ,
gṛhāṇa mā kiṃcidapi mā vā kiṃcitparityaja 23

23. suṣuptasamayā vṛttyā jāgrat vyavaharan vrajan
gṛhāṇa mā kiñcit api mā vā kiñcit parityaja

23. jāgrat vrajan vyavaharan suṣuptasamayā vṛttyā
gṛhāṇa mā kiñcit api vā mā kiñcit parityaja

23. While moving and conducting affairs in the waking state, maintain an attitude like that of deep sleep; do not grasp anything whatsoever, nor abandon anything whatsoever.

Words meanings summery:

• सुषुप्तसमया (suṣuptasamayā) - by an attitude like deep sleep; with the disposition of deep sleep

• वृत्त्या (vṛttyā) - by means of an attitude, mode, state, disposition

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - being awake, while awake

• व्यवहरन् (vyavaharan) - transacting, dealing, engaging in affairs

• व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, moving about, walking

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - grasp, take, accept

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

• अपि (api) - even, also, indeed

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

• वा (vā) - or

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

• परित्यज (parityaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

Words meanings and morphology

सुषुप्तसमया (suṣuptasamayā) - by an attitude like deep sleep; with the disposition of deep sleep

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of suṣuptasamaya

suṣuptasamaya - like the state of deep sleep

Compound type : Tatpurusha (suṣupta+samaya)

• suṣupta – deep sleep, fast asleep
  verbal adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root svap (to sleep) with prefix su (well)
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)
• samaya – time, season, state, condition, agreement
  noun (masculine)
  from root i (to go) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: modifies 'vṛttyā'

वृत्त्या (vṛttyā) - by means of an attitude, mode, state, disposition

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - mode, manner, attitude, conduct, state

from root vṛt (to turn, exist)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - being awake, while awake

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - awake, watchful

Present Active Participle

from root jāgṛ (to wake, be awake)

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: modifies an implied subject 'you'

व्यवहरन् (vyavaharan) - transacting, dealing, engaging in affairs

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavaharan

vyavaharan - dealing with, transacting, performing

Present Active Participle

from root hṛ (to carry) with prefixes vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: modifies an implied subject 'you'

व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, moving about, walking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vrajan

vrajan - going, moving, walking

Present Active Participle

from root vraj (to go, walk)

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: modifies an implied subject 'you'

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - grasp, take, accept

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcit

kiñcit - something, anything, a little, at all

compound of kim (what) and cit (particle)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kim+cit)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• cit – a particle indicating indefiniteness, 'even'
  indeclinable

अपि (api) - even, also, indeed

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcit

kiñcit - something, anything, a little, at all

compound of kim (what) and cit (particle)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kim+cit)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• cit – a particle indicating indefiniteness, 'even'
  indeclinable

परित्यज (parityaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of tyaj

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

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