योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-31, verse-35

कलनारहितं शान्तं यद्रूपं परमात्मनः ।
भवत्यसौ तत्तद्भावादतद्भावान्न तद्भवेत् ॥ ३५ ॥

kalanārahitaṃ śāntaṃ yadrūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ ,
bhavatyasau tattadbhāvādatadbhāvānna tadbhavet 35

35. kalanā-rahitam śāntam yat rūpam paramātmanaḥ bhavati
asau tat-tat-bhāvāt a-tat-bhāvāt na tat bhavet

35. kalanā-rahitam śāntam yat rūpam paramātmanaḥ (asti).
asau tat-tat-bhāvāt (eva) bhavati,
a-tat-bhāvāt tat na bhavet.

35. One becomes that peaceful form of the Supreme Self (paramātman), which is devoid of all mental constructs, by identifying with that very nature. One does not become it by not identifying with that nature.

Words meanings summery:

• कलना-रहितम् (kalanā-rahitam) - devoid of mental constructs (devoid of calculation, free from mental construction, without imagination)

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm, appeased

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

• परमात्मनः (paramātmanaḥ) - of the Supreme Self (paramātman) (of the Supreme Self, of the Universal Soul)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

• असौ (asau) - the individual realizing (that one, he, she, it)

• तत्-तत्-भावात् (tat-tat-bhāvāt) - by identifying with that very nature (from that state of being, from being that)

• अ-तत्-भावात् (a-tat-bhāvāt) - by not identifying with that nature (from the state of not being that, from not identifying with that)

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - that form of the Supreme Self (that, it)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - one would not become (it) (would be, should be, may become)

Words meanings and morphology

कलना-रहितम् (kalanā-rahitam) - devoid of mental constructs (devoid of calculation, free from mental construction, without imagination)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalanā-rahita

kalanā-rahita - devoid of calculation, free from mental construction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalanā+rahita)

• kalanā – reckoning, calculation, imagination, mental construction
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'kal' (to reckon).
  Root: kal (class 10)
• rahita – devoid of, free from, abandoned
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'rah' (to abandon, be devoid of).
  Root: rah (class 1)

शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm, appeased

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, appeased, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śam' (to be calm, to cease).

Root: śam (class 4)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, nature, appearance, beauty

परमात्मनः (paramātmanaḥ) - of the Supreme Self (paramātman) (of the Supreme Self, of the Universal Soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paramātman

paramātman - Supreme Self, Universal Soul

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, breath
  noun (masculine)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

असौ (asau) - the individual realizing (that one, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he, she, it

तत्-तत्-भावात् (tat-tat-bhāvāt) - by identifying with that very nature (from that state of being, from being that)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tat-tat-bhāva

tat-tat-bhāva - that particular state of being, the state of being that

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tat+tat+bhāva)

• tat – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• tat – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• bhāva – state of being, nature, existence, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अ-तत्-भावात् (a-tat-bhāvāt) - by not identifying with that nature (from the state of not being that, from not identifying with that)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of a-tat-bhāva

a-tat-bhāva - the state of not being that

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tat-bhāva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• tat-bhāva – state of being that
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that form of the Supreme Self (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

भवेत् (bhavet) - one would not become (it) (would be, should be, may become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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