योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-2, chapter-16, verse-31
एकस्मिन्नेव फलदे गुणे बलमुपागते ।
क्षीयन्ते सर्व एवाशु दोषा विवशचेतसः ॥ ३१ ॥
क्षीयन्ते सर्व एवाशु दोषा विवशचेतसः ॥ ३१ ॥
ekasminneva phalade guṇe balamupāgate ,
kṣīyante sarva evāśu doṣā vivaśacetasaḥ 31
kṣīyante sarva evāśu doṣā vivaśacetasaḥ 31
31.
ekasmin eva phalade guṇe balam upāgate
kṣīyante sarve eva āśu doṣāḥ vivaśa-cetasaḥ
kṣīyante sarve eva āśu doṣāḥ vivaśa-cetasaḥ
31.
ekasmin eva phalade guṇe balam upāgate
vivaśa-cetasaḥ sarve doṣāḥ eva āśu kṣīyante
vivaśa-cetasaḥ sarve doṣāḥ eva āśu kṣīyante
31.
When strength (balam) is attained in even one productive quality (guṇa), all the faults of a mind that has become powerless quickly diminish.
Words meanings summery:
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- एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in even one (in one, in a single)
- एव (eva) - even, indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
- फलदे (phalade) - productive, yielding results (fruit-giving, yielding results, productive)
- गुणे (guṇe) - in virtue (in quality, in virtue)
- बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)
- उपागते (upāgate) - having been attained, having come (having come, obtained, achieved, approached)
- क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - they diminish, they vanish (they perish, they diminish, they waste away)
- सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)
- एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
- आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)
- दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, vices (faults, defects, vices)
- विवश-चेतसः (vivaśa-cetasaḥ) - of a mind that has become powerless (of the helpless mind; whose mind is powerless)
Words meanings and morphology
एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in even one (in one, in a single)
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, singular of eka
eka - one, single, unique, alone
एव (eva) - even, indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle.
फलदे (phalade) - productive, yielding results (fruit-giving, yielding results, productive)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of phalada
phalada - fruit-giving, productive, yielding results, beneficial
From phala (fruit, result) + da (giving, bestowing)
Compound type : tatpurusha (phala+da)
- phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
noun (neuter) - da – giving, bestowing, granting
adjective
Agent suffix
From √dā (to give)
Root: dā (class 1)
गुणे (guṇe) - in virtue (in quality, in virtue)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of guṇa
guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, merit, excellence, constituent (of prakṛti)
बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bala
bala - strength, power, force, vigor, army, host
Root: bal (class 1)
उपागते (upāgate) - having been attained, having come (having come, obtained, achieved, approached)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of upāgata
upāgata - come near, arrived, attained, obtained, approached
Past Passive Participle
From upa-ā- + √gam (to go)
Prefixes: upa+ā
Root: gam (class 1)
क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - they diminish, they vanish (they perish, they diminish, they waste away)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of kṣī
Present Indicative
From √kṣi (to perish, to destroy). Class 9, often used in passive or middle voice.
Root: kṣi (class 9)
सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, complete
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle.
आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)
(indeclinable)
दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, vices (faults, defects, vices)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa
doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, blemish, harm
From √duṣ (to be bad, to err)
Root: duṣ (class 4)
Note: Subject of kṣīyante.
विवश-चेतसः (vivaśa-cetasaḥ) - of a mind that has become powerless (of the helpless mind; whose mind is powerless)
(adjective)
Genitive, neuter, singular of vivaśacetas
vivaśacetas - having a helpless mind, whose mind is powerless
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vivaśa+cetas)
- vivaśa – helpless, dependent, powerless, constrained
adjective
From vi- + vaśa (control, power)
Prefix: vi - cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness, heart
noun (neuter)
From √cit (to perceive, to think)
Root: cit (class 1)
Note: Qualifies doṣāḥ as 'the faults of the helpless mind'.