योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-45, verse-46

परं विषयवैतृष्ण्यं समाधानमुदाहृतम् ।
आहृतं येन तन्नूनं तस्मै नृब्रह्मणे नमः ॥ ४६ ॥

paraṃ viṣayavaitṛṣṇyaṃ samādhānamudāhṛtam ,
āhṛtaṃ yena tannūnaṃ tasmai nṛbrahmaṇe namaḥ 46

46. param viṣayavaitṛṣṇyam samādhānam udāhṛtam
āhṛtam yena tat nūnam tasmai nṛbrahmaṇe namaḥ

46. param viṣayavaitṛṣṇyam samādhānam udāhṛtam yena tat āhṛtam,
nūnam tasmai nṛbrahmaṇe namaḥ

46. Supreme detachment from sensory objects is declared to be true concentration (samādhi). Surely, to that human embodiment of the absolute (brahman) by whom such detachment has been achieved, salutations.

Words meanings summery:

• परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

• विषयवैतृष्ण्यम् (viṣayavaitṛṣṇyam) - detachment from sensory objects

• समाधानम् (samādhānam) - true concentration (samādhi) (concentration, composure, tranquility)

• उदाहृतम् (udāhṛtam) - declared, stated, described

• आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - brought, achieved, attained

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him, to that

• नृब्रह्मणे (nṛbrahmaṇe) - to the human embodiment of brahman, to the human-brahman

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, obeisance

Words meanings and morphology

परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, remote, other

विषयवैतृष्ण्यम् (viṣayavaitṛṣṇyam) - detachment from sensory objects

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣayavaitṛṣṇya

viṣayavaitṛṣṇya - detachment from objects of sense, dispassion for worldly things

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣaya+vaitṛṣṇya)

• viṣaya – object of sense, sphere, domain, subject
  noun (masculine)
• vaitṛṣṇya – dispassion, detachment, absence of thirst/craving
  noun (neuter)

समाधानम् (samādhānam) - true concentration (samādhi) (concentration, composure, tranquility)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samādhāna

samādhāna - concentration, fixed attention, establishment, composure, tranquility, samādhi

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

उदाहृतम् (udāhṛtam) - declared, stated, described

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udāhṛta

udāhṛta - declared, stated, said, spoken, exemplified

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - brought, achieved, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āhṛta

āhṛta - brought, fetched, collected, taken, performed, achieved

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him, to that

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

नृब्रह्मणे (nṛbrahmaṇe) - to the human embodiment of brahman, to the human-brahman

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of nṛbrahman

nṛbrahman - human-brahman, a brahman among men, a sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nṛ+brahman)

• nṛ – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)
• brahman – the Absolute, the ultimate reality; sacred utterance, Veda; a priest
  noun (neuter)

नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, obeisance

(indeclinable)

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