योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-11

वैराग्याख्यं प्रकरणं प्रथमं परिकीर्तितम् ।
विरागो वर्धते येन सेकेनेव मरौ तरुः ॥ ११ ॥

vairāgyākhyaṃ prakaraṇaṃ prathamaṃ parikīrtitam ,
virāgo vardhate yena sekeneva marau taruḥ 11

11. vairāgyākhyam prakaraṇam prathamam parikīrtitam
virāgaḥ vardhate yena sekena iva marau taruḥ

11. prathamam prakaraṇam vairāgyākhyam parikīrtitam.
yena virāgaḥ vardhate,
marau sekena iva taruḥ.

11. The first chapter is titled 'Renunciation (vairāgya)'. By means of it, a sense of detachment (virāga) grows, just as a tree flourishes in a desert through watering.

Words meanings summery:

• वैराग्याख्यम् (vairāgyākhyam) - titled 'Renunciation (vairāgya)' (named renunciation, called renunciation)

• प्रकरणम् (prakaraṇam) - chapter, section, treatise

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, foremost

• परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - proclaimed, declared, described

• विरागः (virāgaḥ) - detachment, dispassion, renunciation

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases, prospers

• येन (yena) - by means of which (chapter) (by which, by whom)

• सेकेन (sekena) - by watering, by sprinkling

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• मरौ (marau) - in a desert, in a barren land

• तरुः (taruḥ) - tree

Words meanings and morphology

वैराग्याख्यम् (vairāgyākhyam) - titled 'Renunciation (vairāgya)' (named renunciation, called renunciation)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vairāgyākhya

vairāgyākhya - named vairāgya, called renunciation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vairāgya+ākhya)

• vairāgya – renunciation, detachment, dispassion
  noun (neuter)
• ākhya – named, called, denominated
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Also accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'prakaraṇam'.

प्रकरणम् (prakaraṇam) - chapter, section, treatise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prakaraṇa

prakaraṇa - chapter, section, treatise, subject

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Also accusative singular neuter.

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, foremost

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, principal

Note: Also accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'prakaraṇam'.

परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - proclaimed, declared, described

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parikīrtita

parikīrtita - proclaimed, described, celebrated

Past Passive Participle

From root kīrt- (to mention, praise) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Also accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'prakaraṇam'.

विरागः (virāgaḥ) - detachment, dispassion, renunciation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāga

virāga - detachment, dispassion, absence of worldly desire

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases, prospers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vardh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

येन (yena) - by means of which (chapter) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Also neuter singular instrumental.

सेकेन (sekena) - by watering, by sprinkling

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of seka

seka - watering, sprinkling, irrigation

Root: sic (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

मरौ (marau) - in a desert, in a barren land

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru

maru - desert, barren region

तरुः (taruḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree

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