योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-41

वागतीतपदस्थो हि कथं गृह्णाति वाङ्मलम् ।
अवाच्यं वच्मि नो तेन वाग्धि संकल्पनाङ्किता ॥ ४१ ॥

vāgatītapadastho hi kathaṃ gṛhṇāti vāṅmalam ,
avācyaṃ vacmi no tena vāgdhi saṃkalpanāṅkitā 41

41. vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ hi katham gṛhṇāti vāk-malam
avācyam vacmi no tena vāk hi saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā

41. hi vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ katham vāk-malam gṛhṇāti tena
(aham) avācyam no vacmi hi vāk saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā

41. Indeed, how can one who abides in a state (pada) beyond speech (vāc) accept the impurity of speech (vāṅmala)? I do not utter the inexpressible (avācya) through speech, for speech itself is certainly marked by conceptualization (saṅkalpanā).

Words meanings summery:

• वाक्-अतीत-पदस्थः (vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ) - situated in the state beyond speech

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

• कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes, grasps, accepts, apprehends

• वाक्-मलम् (vāk-malam) - impurity of speech, verbal defilement

• अवाच्यम् (avācyam) - unspeakable, inexpressible, not to be spoken

• वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

• नो (no) - not, no

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that, therefore

• वाक् (vāk) - speech, word, voice

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

• सङ्कल्पना-अङ्किता (saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā) - marked by conceptualization, imprinted with intention

Words meanings and morphology

वाक्-अतीत-पदस्थः (vāk-atīta-padasthaḥ) - situated in the state beyond speech

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāgatītapadastha

vāgatītapadastha - one who is situated in the state beyond speech

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāc+atīta+pada+stha)

• vāc – speech, word, voice, language
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• atīta – gone past, passed, elapsed, transcended
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)
• pada – state, condition, place
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, abiding in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand) with kṛt suffix -a.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

(indeclinable)

गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes, grasps, accepts, apprehends

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

वाक्-मलम् (vāk-malam) - impurity of speech, verbal defilement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāṅmala

vāṅmala - impurity of speech, verbal defilement

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāc+mala)

• vāc – speech, word, voice, language
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• mala – dirt, impurity, defilement, sin
  noun (neuter)

अवाच्यम् (avācyam) - unspeakable, inexpressible, not to be spoken

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avācya

avācya - unspeakable, inexpressible, not to be declared, unfit to be spoken

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Negation of vācya (to be spoken).

Prefix: a

Root: vac (class 2)

वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

नो (no) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, with that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

वाक् (vāk) - speech, word, voice

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्पना-अङ्किता (saṅkalpanā-aṅkitā) - marked by conceptualization, imprinted with intention

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṅkalpanāṅkita

saṅkalpanāṅkita - marked or imprinted by conceptualization or intention

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṅkalpanā+aṅkita)

• saṅkalpanā – conceptualization, imagination, formation of ideas, intention
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• aṅkita – marked, stamped, distinguished, designated
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: aṅk (class 1)

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