योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-3, verse-25

अपुनःस्मरणं सम्यक् चिरविस्मृतकर्म तत् ।
स्थितं स्तम्भोदरसमं स कर्मत्याग उच्यते ॥ २५ ॥

apunaḥsmaraṇaṃ samyak ciravismṛtakarma tat ,
sthitaṃ stambhodarasamaṃ sa karmatyāga ucyate 25

25. apunaḥsmaraṇam samyak ciravismṛtakarma tat
sthitam stambhodarasamam saḥ karmatyāgaḥ ucyate

25. tat samyak apunaḥsmaraṇam ciravismṛtakarma
sthitam stambhodarasamam saḥ karmatyāgaḥ ucyate

25. The perfect (samyak) non-recollection (apunaḥsmaraṇam), where past actions (karma) are completely forgotten (ciravismṛtakarma), and which remains (sthitam) still and empty like the interior of a pillar (stambhodarasamam)—that (saḥ) is declared (ucyate) to be the abandonment of action (karmatyāga).

Words meanings summery:

• अपुनःस्मरणम् (apunaḥsmaraṇam) - the state of not remembering again (non-recollection, cessation of memory, absence of remembering)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, perfectly, truly

• चिरविस्मृतकर्म (ciravismṛtakarma) - where past actions or karma are entirely forgotten (whose actions are long forgotten, having long-forgotten deeds)

• तत् (tat) - that state (being described) (that, it)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - which remains or stands (in this state) (remaining, existing, standing, still)

• स्तम्भोदरसमम् (stambhodarasamam) - still and empty like the interior of a pillar (implying inertness and lack of activity) (like the interior of a pillar, like the belly of a pillar)

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• कर्मत्यागः (karmatyāgaḥ) - abandonment of action, renunciation of karma

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

अपुनःस्मरणम् (apunaḥsmaraṇam) - the state of not remembering again (non-recollection, cessation of memory, absence of remembering)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apunaḥsmaraṇa

apunaḥsmaraṇa - non-recollection, not remembering again

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+punar+smaraṇa)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• punar – again, back
  indeclinable
• smaraṇa – recollection, memory, remembering
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal Noun
  From root `smṛ` (to remember) + suffix `-ana`.
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, perfectly, truly

(indeclinable)

चिरविस्मृतकर्म (ciravismṛtakarma) - where past actions or karma are entirely forgotten (whose actions are long forgotten, having long-forgotten deeds)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ciravismṛtakarma

ciravismṛtakarma - whose actions are long forgotten

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cira+vismṛta+karman)

• cira – long (time), for a long time
  indeclinable
• vismṛta – forgotten, neglected
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `smṛ` (to remember) with prefix `vi` (apart, away) and suffix `-ta`. `vi-smṛ` means to forget.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• karman – action (karma), deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that state (being described) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - which remains or stands (in this state) (remaining, existing, standing, still)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, remaining, existing, firm, steady

Past Passive Participle

From root `sthā` (to stand, remain) with suffix `-ta`.

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्तम्भोदरसमम् (stambhodarasamam) - still and empty like the interior of a pillar (implying inertness and lack of activity) (like the interior of a pillar, like the belly of a pillar)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of stambhodarasama

stambhodarasama - similar to the interior/belly of a pillar, inert and empty like a pillar's interior

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (stambha+udara+sama)

• stambha – pillar, post, column
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, interior, hollow, cavity
  noun (neuter)
• sama – like, equal, similar to
  adjective (neuter)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

कर्मत्यागः (karmatyāgaḥ) - abandonment of action, renunciation of karma

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karmatyāga

karmatyāga - abandonment of action, renunciation of karma

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (karman+tyāga)

• karman – action (karma), deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tyāga – abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment
  noun (masculine)
  From root `tyaj` (to abandon) with suffix `-a`.
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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