योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-51, verse-47

अस्तंगतमना मौनी निरोधपदवीं गतः ।
तीर्णः संसारजलधेः कर्मणामन्तमागतः ॥ ४७ ॥

astaṃgatamanā maunī nirodhapadavīṃ gataḥ ,
tīrṇaḥ saṃsārajaladheḥ karmaṇāmantamāgataḥ 47

47. astaṅgatamanaḥ maunī nirodhapadavīm gataḥ
tīrṇaḥ saṃsārajaladheḥ karmaṇām antam āgataḥ

47. astaṅgatamanaḥ maunī nirodhapadavīm gataḥ
saṃsārajaladheḥ tīrṇaḥ karmaṇām antam āgataḥ

47. One whose mind has subsided, a silent sage, has attained the state of complete cessation (nirodha). He has crossed over the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra) and reached the end of all actions (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• अस्तङ्गतमनः (astaṅgatamanaḥ) - one whose mind has subsided (one whose mind has set or vanished)

• मौनी (maunī) - a silent sage (a silent person, an ascetic observing silence)

• निरोधपदवीम् (nirodhapadavīm) - the state of complete cessation (nirodha) (the path/state of cessation/restraint)

• गतः (gataḥ) - attained, reached (gone, reached, attained)

• तीर्णः (tīrṇaḥ) - crossed over (crossed over, traversed)

• संसारजलधेः (saṁsārajaladheḥ) - from the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra) (from the ocean of saṃsāra)

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of all actions (karma) (of actions, of deeds)

• अन्तम् (antam) - the end (the end, conclusion, limit)

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - attained, reached (arrived, come, reached, attained)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्तङ्गतमनः (astaṅgatamanaḥ) - one whose mind has subsided (one whose mind has set or vanished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of astaṅgatamana

astaṅgatamana - one whose mind has set/vanished/subsided

Bahuvrīhi compound: astaṃ gatam manaḥ yasya saḥ (whose mind has gone to rest)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (astam+gata+manas)

• astam – setting, disappearance, going home; disappeared
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, reached, departed, subsided
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)

मौनी (maunī) - a silent sage (a silent person, an ascetic observing silence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maunin

maunin - one who observes silence, a silent person, a sage

From mauna (silence) + in

निरोधपदवीम् (nirodhapadavīm) - the state of complete cessation (nirodha) (the path/state of cessation/restraint)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nirodhapadavī

nirodhapadavī - the path of cessation, the state of restraint/dissolution

Tatpuruṣa compound (nirodhasya padavī)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nirodha+padavī)

• nirodha – cessation, restraint, suppression, dissolution
  noun (masculine)
  From ni-rudh + ghañ
  Prefix: ni
  Root: rudh (class 7)
• padavī – path, way, track, state, position
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of gataḥ.

गतः (gataḥ) - attained, reached (gone, reached, attained)

(past passive participle)

तीर्णः (tīrṇaḥ) - crossed over (crossed over, traversed)

(past passive participle)

संसारजलधेः (saṁsārajaladheḥ) - from the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra) (from the ocean of saṃsāra)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃsārajaladhi

saṁsārajaladhi - ocean of worldly existence

Tatpuruṣa compound (saṃsārasya jaladhiḥ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+jaladhi)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-sṛ + ghañ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• jaladhi – ocean, sea (bearer of water)
  noun (masculine)
  From jala + dhā + ki
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Governed by tīrṇaḥ.

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of all actions (karma) (of actions, of deeds)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, destiny

From kṛ + manin

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Possessive of antam.

अन्तम् (antam) - the end (the end, conclusion, limit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, conclusion, boundary

Note: Object of āgataḥ.

आगतः (āgataḥ) - attained, reached (arrived, come, reached, attained)

(past passive participle)

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