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

यावन्नाधिगतं ब्रह्म न विश्रान्तं परे पदे ।
तावत्तन्मननत्वेन न ध्यानमवगम्यते ॥ ७ ॥

yāvannādhigataṃ brahma na viśrāntaṃ pare pade ,
tāvattanmananatvena na dhyānamavagamyate 7

7. yāvat na adhigatam brahma na viśrāntam pare pade
tāvat tat mananatvena na dhyānam avagamyate

7. yāvat brahma na adhigatam pare pade na viśrāntam
tāvat dhyānam tat mananatvena na avagamyate

7. As long as Brahman (brahman) has not been realized (nādhigatam) and one has not found repose (na viśrāntam) in the supreme state (pare pade), until then (tāvat) true meditation (dhyāna) is not understood (nāvagamyate) as [merely] intellectual reflection (mananatvena).

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

• न (na) - not, no

• अधिगतम् (adhigatam) - attained, acquired, understood, realized

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the ultimate reality

• न (na) - not, no

• विश्रान्तम् (viśrāntam) - reposed, found repose, settled

• परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the highest

• पदे (pade) - in the state, in the abode, in the position

• तावत् (tāvat) - until then (so long, then, until that time)

• तत् (tat) - that, this

• मननत्वेन (mananatvena) - as [merely] intellectual reflection (by means of being reflection, through contemplation)

• न (na) - not, no

• ध्यानम् (dhyānam) - meditation (dhyāna)

• अवगम्यते (avagamyate) - is understood, is known

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अधिगतम् (adhigatam) - attained, acquired, understood, realized

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhigata

adhigata - attained, comprehended

Past Passive Participle

From adhi + √gam (to go, obtain)

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the ultimate reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the supreme reality (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विश्रान्तम् (viśrāntam) - reposed, found repose, settled

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśrānta

viśrānta - rested, reposed, ceased

Past Passive Participle

From vi + √śram (to rest, be weary)

Prefix: vi

Root: śram (class 4)

परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the highest

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, other

पदे (pade) - in the state, in the abode, in the position

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, word

Root: pad (class 4)

तावत् (tāvat) - until then (so long, then, until that time)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (pronoun)

मननत्वेन (mananatvena) - as [merely] intellectual reflection (by means of being reflection, through contemplation)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mananatva

mananatva - the state of being reflection, reflectiveness

From manana (reflection) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ध्यानम् (dhyānam) - meditation (dhyāna)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhyāna

dhyāna - meditation, contemplation (dhyāna)

From √dhyai (to meditate)

Root: dhyai (class 1)

अवगम्यते (avagamyate) - is understood, is known

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of avagam

Present Passive

3rd person singular, present indicative, passive voice. From ava + √gam (to go, understand).

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

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