योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-40

यतो यतो निरिच्छत्वं मुक्ततैव ततस्ततः ।
यावद्गति यथाप्राणं हन्यादिच्छां समुत्थिताम् ॥ ४० ॥

yato yato niricchatvaṃ muktataiva tatastataḥ ,
yāvadgati yathāprāṇaṃ hanyādicchāṃ samutthitām 40

40. yatas yatas niricchatvam muktatā eva tatas tatas
yāvadgati yathāprāṇam hanyāt icchām samutthitām

40. yatas yatas niricchatvam (asti),
tatas tatas eva muktatā (asti).
yāvadgati yathāprāṇam samutthitām icchām hanyāt.

40. Wherever there is desirelessness, there alone is liberation. To the full extent of one's progress and with all one's vital energy (prāṇa), one should slay any desire that arises.

Words meanings summery:

• यतस् (yatas) - from where, wherever

• यतस् (yatas) - from where, wherever

• निरिच्छत्वम् (niricchatvam) - desirelessness, state of being without desire

• मुक्तता (muktatā) - liberation, freedom, state of being free

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• ततस् (tatas) - from there, thence, therefore

• ततस् (tatas) - from there, thence, therefore

• यावद्गति (yāvadgati) - as far as motion/progress; to the utmost extent

• यथाप्राणम् (yathāprāṇam) - according to one's vital energy, with all one's might, as long as life lasts

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - one should kill, destroy, strike down

• इच्छाम् (icchām) - desire, wish

• समुत्थिताम् (samutthitām) - arisen, standing up, produced

Words meanings and morphology

यतस् (yatas) - from where, wherever

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

यतस् (yatas) - from where, wherever

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

निरिच्छत्वम् (niricchatvam) - desirelessness, state of being without desire

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niricchatva

niricchatva - desirelessness, state of being without desire

Compound type : tatpurusha (nis+iccha+tva)

• nis – without, out, away, negation
  indeclinable
• iccha – desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)
• tva – suffix denoting state, nature, quality
  suffix (neuter)

मुक्तता (muktatā) - liberation, freedom, state of being free

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of muktatā

muktatā - liberation, freedom, state of being free

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

ततस् (tatas) - from there, thence, therefore

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

ततस् (tatas) - from there, thence, therefore

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

यावद्गति (yāvadgati) - as far as motion/progress; to the utmost extent

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yāvat+gati)

• yāvat – as much as, as far as, until
  indeclinable
• gati – movement, motion, course, progress
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

यथाप्राणम् (yathāprāṇam) - according to one's vital energy, with all one's might, as long as life lasts

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yathā+prāṇa)

• yathā – as, according to, in what manner
  indeclinable
• prāṇa – life-breath, vital energy, life (prāṇa)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - one should kill, destroy, strike down

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

इच्छाम् (icchām) - desire, wish

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish

Root: iṣ (class 6)

समुत्थिताम् (samutthitām) - arisen, standing up, produced

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samutthita

samutthita - arisen, standing up, produced, appeared

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root sthā with prefixes sam and ud

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

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