योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-31, verse-38

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शान्तं निरस्तभयमानविषादलोभमोहात्मदेहमननेन्द्रियचित्तजाड्यम् ।
त्यक्त्वाहमक्षयमपास्तसमस्तभेदं निर्वाणमेकमजमासितुमेव युक्तम् ॥ ३८ ॥

śāntaṃ nirastabhayamānaviṣādalobhamohātmadehamananendriyacittajāḍyam ,
tyaktvāhamakṣayamapāstasamastabhedaṃ nirvāṇamekamajamāsitumeva yuktam 38

38. śāntam
nirastabhayamānaviṣādalobhamohātmadehamananendriyacittajāḍyam
tyaktvā aham akṣayam apāstasamastabhedam
nirvāṇam ekam ajam āsitum eva yuktam

38. aham tyaktvā śāntam
nirastabhayamānaviṣādalobhamohātmadehamananendriyacittajāḍyam
akṣayam apāstasamastabhedam
ekam ajam nirvāṇam āsitum eva yuktam

38. It is certainly appropriate to abandon the 'I-sense' (ahaṅkāra) and to remain in that tranquil (śānta), imperishable, singular, unborn state of final liberation (nirvāṇa) where fear, pride, despair, greed, delusion, and the dullness of the individual self, body, mind, senses, and intellect have all been dispelled, and all distinctions have been removed.

Words meanings summery:

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

निरस्तभयमानविषादलोभमोहात्मदेहमननेन्द्रियचित्तजाड्यम् (nirastabhayamānaviṣādalobhamohātmadehamananendriyacittajāḍyam) - where fear, pride, despair, greed, delusion, and the inertia/dullness of self, body, mind, senses, and intellect are dispelled/removed

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

अहम् (aham) - the 'I-sense', ego, I

अक्षयम् (akṣayam) - imperishable, undiminishing

अपास्तसमस्तभेदम् (apāstasamastabhedam) - where all distinctions are removed/dispelled

निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - final liberation (nirvāṇa), extinction, cessation

एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

अजम् (ajam) - unborn, eternal

आसितुम् (āsitum) - to remain, to sit, to dwell

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, appropriate, right

Words meanings and morphology

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

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - tranquil, peaceful, calm, pacified, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śam (to be calm) with suffix kta

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Modifies nirvāṇam

निरस्तभयमानविषादलोभमोहात्मदेहमननेन्द्रियचित्तजाड्यम् (nirastabhayamānaviṣādalobhamohātmadehamananendriyacittajāḍyam) - where fear, pride, despair, greed, delusion, and the inertia/dullness of self, body, mind, senses, and intellect are dispelled/removed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirastabhayamānaviṣādalobhamohātmadehamananendriyacittajāḍya

nirastabhayamānaviṣādalobhamohātmadehamananendriyacittajāḍya - that in which fear, pride, despair, greed, delusion, and the dullness of the individual self, body, thinking mind, senses, and intellect are removed

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nirasta+bhaya+māna+viṣāda+lobha+moha+ātman+deha+manana+indriya+citta+jāḍya)

nirasta – thrown down, cast off, dispelled, removed
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Prefix nir- + root as (to throw) + suffix kta
Prefix: nir
Root: as (class 4)
bhaya – fear, dread, apprehension
noun (neuter)
Root: bhī (class 3)
māna – pride, self-respect, estimation
noun (masculine)
From root man (to think)
Root: man (class 4)
viṣāda – despair, dejection, sorrow, depression
noun (masculine)
Prefix vi- + root sad (to sink) + suffix ghañ
Prefix: vi
Root: sad (class 1)
lobha – greed, covetousness, avarice
noun (masculine)
From root lubh (to covet)
Root: lubh (class 4)
moha – delusion, confusion, infatuation
noun (masculine)
From root muh (to be bewildered)
Root: muh (class 4)
ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman)
noun (masculine)
deha – body, form, physical frame
noun (masculine)
Root: dih (class 4)
manana – thinking, reflecting, contemplating, the faculty of thought
noun (neuter)
Root man (to think) + suffix lyuṭ
Root: man (class 4)
indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense, power
noun (neuter)
citta – mind, thought, consciousness, intellect
noun (neuter)
Root: cit (class 10)
jāḍya – dullness, inertia, stupidity, insensibility
noun (neuter)
Derived from jaḍa (dull, inert) with suffix ṣyañ

Note: Modifying nirvāṇam

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Root tyaj (to abandon) + suffix ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - the 'I-sense', ego, I

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, the 'I-sense', ego (ahaṅkāra)

Note: Used here in the sense of the ego or 'I-sense' (ahaṅkāra)

अक्षयम् (akṣayam) - imperishable, undiminishing

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, inexhaustible, undiminishing

a (not) + kṣaya (perishing, waste)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+kṣaya)

a – not, non-
indeclinable
Negative prefix
kṣaya – perishing, decay, destruction, loss
noun (masculine)
Root kṣi (to perish) + suffix ac
Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Modifying nirvāṇam

अपास्तसमस्तभेदम् (apāstasamastabhedam) - where all distinctions are removed/dispelled

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apāstasamastabheda

apāstasamastabheda - having all distinctions removed

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (apāsta+samasta+bheda)

apāsta – dispelled, removed, thrown off
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Prefix apā- (or apa- + ā-) + root as (to throw) + suffix kta
Prefixes: apa+ā
Root: as (class 4)
samasta – all, whole, complete, entire
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Prefix sam- + root as (to throw) + suffix kta. Here 'as' is used in the sense of 'to be'
Prefix: sam
Root: as (class 2)
bheda – distinction, difference, division, breaking
noun (masculine)
Root bhid (to break, to divide) + suffix ghañ
Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Modifying nirvāṇam

निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - final liberation (nirvāṇa), extinction, cessation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - final liberation, extinction of desires, cessation of existence, ultimate reality (nirvāṇa)

Prefix nir- + root vā (to blow) + suffix lyuṭ

Prefix: nir

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Object of the infinitive āsitum

एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of eka