योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-13

मुमुक्षुव्यवहाराख्यं ततः प्रकरणं कृतम् ।
सहस्रमात्रं ग्रन्थस्य युक्तिग्रन्थेन सुन्दरम् ॥ १३ ॥

mumukṣuvyavahārākhyaṃ tataḥ prakaraṇaṃ kṛtam ,
sahasramātraṃ granthasya yuktigranthena sundaram 13

13. mumukṣuvyavahārākhyam tataḥ prakaraṇam kṛtam
sahasramātram granthasya yuktigranthena sundaram

13. tataḥ mumukṣuvyavahārākhyam prakaraṇam kṛtam.
granthasya sahasramātram (etat).
yuktigranthena sundaram.

13. Following that, the chapter titled 'The Conduct of the Seeker of Liberation (mokṣa)' was composed. This section, comprising only a thousand verses of the text, is made beautiful by its logical exposition.

Words meanings summery:

• मुमुक्षुव्यवहाराख्यम् (mumukṣuvyavahārākhyam) - titled 'The Conduct of the Seeker of Liberation (mokṣa)' (named 'conduct of the seeker of liberation')

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

• प्रकरणम् (prakaraṇam) - chapter, section, treatise

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, composed

• सहस्रमात्रम् (sahasramātram) - only a thousand, consisting of a thousand

• ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) - of the text, of the book

• युक्तिग्रन्थेन (yuktigranthena) - by the text of reasoning, by the treatise of logic

• सुन्दरम् (sundaram) - beautiful, excellent, charming

Words meanings and morphology

मुमुक्षुव्यवहाराख्यम् (mumukṣuvyavahārākhyam) - titled 'The Conduct of the Seeker of Liberation (mokṣa)' (named 'conduct of the seeker of liberation')

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mumukṣuvyavahārākhya

mumukṣuvyavahārākhya - named after the conduct of a seeker of mokṣa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mumukṣu+vyavahāra+ākhya)

• mumukṣu – desiring liberation (mokṣa), a seeker of mokṣa
  noun (masculine)
  Desiderative nominalization
  From desiderative of muc- (to free, liberate)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• vyavahāra – conduct, practice, custom, transaction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• ākhya – named, called, denominated
  adjective (neuter)

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

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

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.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, composed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed, composed

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ- (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

सहस्रमात्रम् (sahasramātram) - only a thousand, consisting of a thousand

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sahasramātra

sahasramātra - consisting of merely a thousand

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahasra+mātra)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• mātra – only, merely, consisting of, quantity
  adjective (neuter)

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

ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) - of the text, of the book

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of grantha

grantha - text, treatise, book, composition

Root: granth (class 1)

युक्तिग्रन्थेन (yuktigranthena) - by the text of reasoning, by the treatise of logic

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yuktigrantha

yuktigrantha - a treatise on logic or reasoning

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yukti+grantha)

• yukti – reason, logic, argument
  noun (feminine)
• grantha – text, treatise, book
  noun (masculine)

सुन्दरम् (sundaram) - beautiful, excellent, charming

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sundara

sundara - beautiful, handsome, charming, excellent

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

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