योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-35

यस्येच्छाननुसंधानमात्रे दुःसाध्यता मतेः ।
गुरूपदेशशास्त्रादि तस्य नूनं निरर्थकम् ॥ ३५ ॥

yasyecchānanusaṃdhānamātre duḥsādhyatā mateḥ ,
gurūpadeśaśāstrādi tasya nūnaṃ nirarthakam 35

35. yasya icchā ananusaṃdhāna mātre duḥsādhyatā mateḥ
guru upadeśa śāstra ādi tasya nūnam nirarthakam

35. yasya mateḥ icchā ananusaṃdhāna mātre duḥsādhyatā,
tasya guru upadeśa śāstra ādi nūnam nirarthakam

35. For whom the non-pursuit of desires (icchā ananusaṃdhāna) alone is difficult for the mind, for them, indeed, the teachings of the guru, scriptures, and so forth are useless.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom, of whom

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

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

• मात्रे (mātre) - in the mere (non-pursuit) (merely, only, just, in the measure of, in the mere)

• दुःसाध्यता (duḥsādhyatā) - difficulty of attainment, hard to achieve state

• मतेः (mateḥ) - for the mind (of the mind, of the thought, of the intellect)

• गुरु (guru) - the guru (guru) (preceptor, teacher, heavy)

• उपदेश (upadeśa) - instruction, teaching

• शास्त्र (śāstra) - scripture, sacred text

• आदि (ādi) - and so forth (beginning, etcetera, and so forth)

• तस्य (tasya) - for them (his, for him, of him)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

• निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - useless, meaningless, vain

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

Note: Agrees with 'mateḥ'

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, will

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Part of a compound 'icchānanusaṃdhānamātre'

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

(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 'icchānanusaṃdhānamātre'

मात्रे (mātre) - in the mere (non-pursuit) (merely, only, just, in the measure of, in the mere)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mātra

mātra - mere, only, measure, extent

Note: Compound 'icchā-ananusaṃdhāna-mātre' (in the mere non-pursuit of desire)

दुःसाध्यता (duḥsādhyatā) - difficulty of attainment, hard to achieve state

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥsādhyatā

duḥsādhyatā - difficulty of attainment, hard to achieve state, arduousness

Derived from 'duḥsādhya' (hard to accomplish) + 'tā' (suffix for abstract noun)

Prefix: duḥ

Root: sādh (class 5)

मतेः (mateḥ) - for the mind (of the mind, of the thought, of the intellect)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion

Root: man (class 4)

गुरु (guru) - the guru (guru) (preceptor, teacher, heavy)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, heavy, respectable

Note: Part of a compound 'gurūpadeśaśāstrādi'

उपदेश (upadeśa) - instruction, teaching

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, teaching, advice, initiation

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Part of a compound 'gurūpadeśaśāstrādi'

शास्त्र (śāstra) - scripture, sacred text

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāstra

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

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound 'gurūpadeśaśāstrādi'

आदि (ādi) - and so forth (beginning, etcetera, and so forth)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a suffix forming a dvandva compound: 'guru-upadeśa-śāstra-ādi'

तस्य (tasya) - for them (his, for him, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'yasya'

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - useless, meaningless, vain

(adjective)

neuter, singular of nirarthaka

nirarthaka - useless, meaningless, vain, without object

Note: Modifies 'gurūpadeśaśāstrādi'

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