योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-34

शास्त्रोपदेशगुरवः प्रेक्ष्यन्ते किमनर्थकम् ।
किमिच्छाननुसंधानसमाधिर्नाधिगम्यते ॥ ३४ ॥

śāstropadeśaguravaḥ prekṣyante kimanarthakam ,
kimicchānanusaṃdhānasamādhirnādhigamyate 34

34. śāstra upadeśa guravaḥ prekṣyante kim anarthakam
kim icchā ananusaṃdhāna samādhiḥ na adhigamyate

34. śāstra upadeśa guravaḥ kim anarthakam prekṣyante
kim icchā ananusaṃdhāna samādhiḥ na adhigamyate

34. Are the teachers of scriptures and spiritual instructions seen as useless? Why is a meditative state (samādhi) focused on the non-pursuit of desires not attained?

Words meanings summery:

• शास्त्र (śāstra) - scripture, sacred text, treatise, rule

• उपदेश (upadeśa) - instruction, teaching, advice, initiation

• गुरवः (guravaḥ) - teachers of scriptures and spiritual instructions (teachers, preceptors, respectable ones)

• प्रेक्ष्यन्ते (prekṣyante) - they are seen, they are observed, they are perceived

• किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

• अनर्थकम् (anarthakam) - useless, meaningless, vain, without purpose

• किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish, will

• अननुसंधान (ananusaṁdhāna) - non-pursuit, non-investigation, non-seeking

• समाधिः (samādhiḥ) - a state of deep meditation (samādhi) (deep meditation, concentration, absorption, equipoise)

• न (na) - not, no

• अधिगम्यते (adhigamyate) - it is attained, it is reached, it is understood

Words meanings and morphology

शास्त्र (śāstra) - scripture, sacred text, treatise, rule

(noun)

neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, sacred text, treatise, rule, instruction

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound 'śāstropadeśaguravaḥ'

उपदेश (upadeśa) - instruction, teaching, advice, initiation

(noun)

masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, teaching, advice, initiation

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Part of a compound 'śāstropadeśaguravaḥ'

गुरवः (guravaḥ) - teachers of scriptures and spiritual instructions (teachers, preceptors, respectable ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, heavy, respectable

Note: Compound 'śāstra-upadeśa-guravaḥ' (teachers of scriptural instruction)

प्रेक्ष्यन्ते (prekṣyante) - they are seen, they are observed, they are perceived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of √īkṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

अनर्थकम् (anarthakam) - useless, meaningless, vain, without purpose

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anarthaka

anarthaka - useless, meaningless, vain, without purpose

Note: Functions adverbially with 'kim'

किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish, will

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, will

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Part of a compound 'icchānanusaṃdhānasamādhiḥ'

अननुसंधान (ananusaṁdhāna) - non-pursuit, non-investigation, non-seeking

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ananusaṃdhāna

ananusaṁdhāna - non-pursuit, non-investigation, non-seeking, non-connection

Prefixes: an+anu+sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Part of a compound 'icchānanusaṃdhānasamādhiḥ'

समाधिः (samādhiḥ) - a state of deep meditation (samādhi) (deep meditation, concentration, absorption, equipoise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samādhi

samādhi - deep meditation, concentration, absorption, equipoise, putting together

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Compound 'icchā-ananusaṃdhāna-samādhiḥ' (meditative absorption which is the non-pursuit of desires)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अधिगम्यते (adhigamyate) - it is attained, it is reached, it is understood

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √gam

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

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