योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-35

परार्थादानविरतिं पूर्वमभ्यस्य यत्नतः ।
आहर्तव्या विवेकेन ततः स्वार्थेष्वरक्तता ॥ ३५ ॥

parārthādānaviratiṃ pūrvamabhyasya yatnataḥ ,
āhartavyā vivekena tataḥ svārtheṣvaraktatā 35

35. parārthādānaviratīm pūrvam abhyasya yatnataḥ
āhartavyā vivekena tataḥ svārtheṣu araktatā

35. pūrvam yatnataḥ parārthādānaviratīm abhyasya,
tataḥ vivekena svārtheṣu araktatā āhartavyā.

35. First, diligently practicing abstinence from taking what belongs to others, one should then, through discrimination, cultivate dispassion towards one's own interests.

Words meanings summery:

• परार्थादानविरतीम् (parārthādānaviratīm) - abstinence from taking others' possessions

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously

• अभ्यस्य (abhyasya) - having practiced, having studied

• यत्नतः (yatnataḥ) - diligently, carefully, with effort

• आहर्तव्या (āhartavyā) - should be brought about, should be acquired

• विवेकेन (vivekena) - by discrimination, by discernment

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• स्वार्थेषु (svārtheṣu) - in one's own interests, regarding one's own objects

• अरक्तता (araktatā) - detachment, dispassion, absence of attachment

Words meanings and morphology

परार्थादानविरतीम् (parārthādānaviratīm) - abstinence from taking others' possessions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parārthādānavirati

parārthādānavirati - cessation from taking what belongs to others

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+artha+ādāna+virati)

• para – other, another's
  adjective (masculine)
• artha – object, thing, possession, wealth, meaning
  noun (masculine)
• ādāna – taking, receiving, seizing
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• virati – desistance, cessation, abstinence, stopping
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ram (class 1)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverb (accusative neuter singular form of the adjective).

अभ्यस्य (abhyasya) - having practiced, having studied

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root as (to throw, to practice) with prefix abhi; absolutive form.

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

यत्नतः (yatnataḥ) - diligently, carefully, with effort

(indeclinable)

Formed from yatna (effort) with the suffix -tas.

आहर्तव्या (āhartavyā) - should be brought about, should be acquired

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āhartavya

āhartavya - to be brought, to be obtained, to be acquired

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Derived from root hṛ with prefix ā, forming a gerundive (future passive participle).

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

विवेकेन (vivekena) - by discrimination, by discernment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viveka

viveka - discrimination, discernment, wisdom, true knowledge

Root: vic (class 6)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

स्वार्थेषु (svārtheṣu) - in one's own interests, regarding one's own objects

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of svārtha

svārtha - one's own interest, one's own object, self-interest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+artha)

• sva – self, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – object, purpose, interest, wealth
  noun (masculine)

अरक्तता (araktatā) - detachment, dispassion, absence of attachment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of araktatā

araktatā - detachment, non-attachment, dispassion, absence of redness/passion

Derived from a-rakta (uncolored, unattached) with suffix -tā (forming abstract noun).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+rakta+tā)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• rakta – colored, dyed, red; attached, enamored
  participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root rañj (to color, to be attached).
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• tā – suffix for forming abstract feminine nouns
  suffix (feminine)

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