योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-12

भिनत्ति प्रविभागस्थभूतबीजान्यनारतम् ।
जगत्यसत्तया बन्धाद्दाडिमानि यथा शुकः ॥ १२ ॥

bhinatti pravibhāgasthabhūtabījānyanāratam ,
jagatyasattayā bandhāddāḍimāni yathā śukaḥ 12

12. bhinatti pravibhāgastha-bhūtabījāni anāratam
jagati asattayā bandhāt dāḍimāni yathā śukaḥ

12. śukaḥ yathā dāḍimāni pravibhāgastha-bhūtabījāni
asattayā bandhāt jagati anāratam bhinatti

12. Just as a parrot incessantly breaks open pomegranates, so too in this world, the distinct elemental seeds of beings are constantly shattered due to the bondage arising from unreality.

12. הוא מפלח ללא הרף את זרעי היצורים הכלואים בקיום המדומה בעולם, כפי שתוכי מפלח רימונים.

Words meanings summery:

• भिनत्ति (bhinatti) - breaks, splits, shatters, fragments

• प्रविभागस्थ-भूतबीजानि (pravibhāgastha-bhūtabījāni) - the elemental seeds situated in distinct parts, the distinct seeds of beings

• अनारतम् (anāratam) - constantly, incessantly, without pause

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in existence

• असत्तया (asattayā) - by unreality, by non-existence, by illusoriness

• बन्धात् (bandhāt) - from bondage, due to bondage, from restraint

• दाडिमानि (dāḍimāni) - pomegranates

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - a parrot

Words meanings and morphology

भिनत्ति (bhinatti) - breaks, splits, shatters, fragments

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of bhid

Present active indicative

7th class verb (rudhādigana), parasmaipada

Root: bhid (class 7)

प्रविभागस्थ-भूतबीजानि (pravibhāgastha-bhūtabījāni) - the elemental seeds situated in distinct parts, the distinct seeds of beings

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pravibhāgastha-bhūtabīja

pravibhāgastha-bhūtabīja - elemental seeds situated in distinct parts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pravibhāgastha+bhūtabīja)

• pravibhāgastha – situated in distinct parts, individualized
  adjective
  Prefixes: pra+vi
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• bhūtabīja – elemental seed, seed of a being
  noun (neuter)

अनारतम् (anāratam) - constantly, incessantly, without pause

(indeclinable)

adverb derived from `anārata` (continuous, uninterrupted)

Prefix: an

Root: ram (class 1)

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in existence

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, phenomenal existence, moving, living

present active participle

From root `gam` (to go) with reduplication, used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

असत्तया (asattayā) - by unreality, by non-existence, by illusoriness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of asattā

asattā - unreality, non-existence, illusoriness

Formed from `asat` (non-existent, unreal) + `tā` (suffix for abstract noun). `asat` is `na` + `sat`. `sat` is present participle of `as` (to be).

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the illusory nature of phenomenal existence.

बन्धात् (bandhāt) - from bondage, due to bondage, from restraint

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, tie, fetter, restraint, connection

From root `bandh` (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Implies 'due to bondage'.

दाडिमानि (dāḍimāni) - pomegranates

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dāḍima

dāḍima - pomegranate (fruit or tree)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

शुकः (śukaḥ) - a parrot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - parrot

Note: The agent of breaking pomegranates.

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