योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-38

निरिच्छतैव निर्वाणं सेच्छतैव हि बन्धनम् ।
यथाशक्ति जयेदिच्छां किमेतावति दुष्करम् ॥ ३८ ॥

niricchataiva nirvāṇaṃ secchataiva hi bandhanam ,
yathāśakti jayedicchāṃ kimetāvati duṣkaram 38

38. niricchatā eva nirvāṇam saicchatā eva hi bandhanam
yathāśakti jayet icchām kim etāvati duṣkaram

38. niricchatā eva nirvāṇam (asti) saicchatā eva hi bandhanam
(asti) yathāśakti icchām jayet kim etāvati duṣkaram (asti)

38. Desirelessness is certainly liberation (nirvāṇa), whereas being full of desires indeed leads to bondage. One should conquer desire according to one's capacity. What is so difficult about this?

Words meanings summery:

• निरिच्छता (niricchatā) - desirelessness, absence of desire

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - liberation, extinction, complete freedom

• सैच्छता (saicchatā) - having desire, desirefulness

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, fetter

• यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to ability, as far as strength allows

• जयेत् (jayet) - one should conquer, he should conquer

• इच्छाम् (icchām) - desire, wish

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• एतावति (etāvati) - in this much, in this small matter

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult, hard to do

Words meanings and morphology

निरिच्छता (niricchatā) - desirelessness, absence of desire

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niricchatā

niricchatā - desirelessness, absence of desire

Compound type : tatpurusha (nis+icchatā)

• nis – without, out, away, negation
  indeclinable
• icchatā – desirefulness, state of desiring
  noun (feminine)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - liberation, extinction, complete freedom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - liberation, extinction, complete freedom (nirvāṇa)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vā with prefix nir

Prefix: nir

Root: vā (class 2)

सैच्छता (saicchatā) - having desire, desirefulness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saicchatā

saicchatā - desirefulness, having desire

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+icchatā)

• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  indeclinable
• icchatā – desirefulness, state of desiring
  noun (feminine)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, fetter

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bandhana

bandhana - bondage, fetter, tying

Root: bandh (class 1)

यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to ability, as far as strength allows

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yathā+śakti)

• yathā – as, according to, in what manner
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, ability, strength (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

जयेत् (jayet) - one should conquer, he should conquer

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of ji

Root: ji (class 1)

इच्छाम् (icchām) - desire, wish

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish

Root: iṣ (class 6)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, why?

एतावति (etāvati) - in this much, in this small matter

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, this much, so far

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult, hard to do

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult, hard to do, arduous

Compound type : tatpurusha (dus+kara)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill, hard
  indeclinable
• kara – making, doing, causing; doer, maker
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix -kara, agent noun or adjective from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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