योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-4

पुण्यकल्पद्रुमो यस्य फलभारानतः स्थितः ।
मुक्तये जायते जन्तोस्तस्येदं श्रोतुमुद्यमः ॥ ४ ॥

puṇyakalpadrumo yasya phalabhārānataḥ sthitaḥ ,
muktaye jāyate jantostasyedaṃ śrotumudyamaḥ 4

4. puṇyakalpadrumaḥ yasya phalabhārānataḥ sthitaḥ
muktaye jāyate jantoḥ tasya idam śrotum udyamaḥ

4. yasya puṇyakalpadrumaḥ phalabhārānataḥ sthitaḥ,
jantoḥ muktaye (phalam) jāyate,
tasya idam śrotum udyamaḥ (bhavati)

4. For that person for whom the wish-fulfilling tree of merit stands, bent low with the weight of its fruits, leading to the liberation (mokṣa) of a living being, for him arises this endeavor to listen.

Words meanings summery:

• पुण्यकल्पद्रुमः (puṇyakalpadrumaḥ) - wish-fulfilling tree of merit

• यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, for whom)

• फलभारानतः (phalabhārānataḥ) - bowed by the weight of fruits

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stands (standing, situated, existing, firm)

• मुक्तये (muktaye) - for liberation (mokṣa)

• जायते (jāyate) - arises, comes about (arises, is born, happens, becomes)

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being (of a living being, of a creature, for a living being)

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (the person of merit) (his, for him, of that)

• इदम् (idam) - this (discourse or effort) (this)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

• उद्यमः (udyamaḥ) - endeavor (effort, endeavor, undertaking, exertion)

Words meanings and morphology

पुण्यकल्पद्रुमः (puṇyakalpadrumaḥ) - wish-fulfilling tree of merit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṇyakalpadruma

puṇyakalpadruma - a wish-fulfilling tree of merit

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṇya+kalpadruma)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, righteousness, auspicious
  noun (neuter)
• kalpadruma – wish-fulfilling tree, mythical tree of paradise
  noun (masculine)

यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

फलभारानतः (phalabhārānataḥ) - bowed by the weight of fruits

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phalabhārānata

phalabhārānata - bowed down by the weight of fruits

Compound type : tatpurusha (phala+bhāra+ānata)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• bhāra – weight, burden, load
  noun (masculine)
• ānata – bowed, bent, humble
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'nam' (to bow) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: nam (class 1)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stands (standing, situated, existing, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, abiding, existing, firm, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with the past passive participle suffix '-ta'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here as a finite verb with 'is' implied.

मुक्तये (muktaye) - for liberation (mokṣa)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of mukti

mukti - liberation, release, emancipation (mokṣa)

Derived from root 'muc' (to release, set free).

Root: muc (class 6)

जायते (jāyate) - arises, comes about (arises, is born, happens, becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present 3rd Person Singular Ātmanepada

Root: jan (class 4)

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being (of a living being, of a creature, for a living being)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man, animal

Root: jan (class 4)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (the person of merit) (his, for him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इदम् (idam) - this (discourse or effort) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the act of listening or the teaching itself, which is implicitly the subject of the arising 'udyamaḥ'.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of śru

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

उद्यमः (udyamaḥ) - endeavor (effort, endeavor, undertaking, exertion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyama

udyama - effort, exertion, industry, enterprise, undertaking

Derived from root 'yam' (to restrain, support) with prefix 'ud' (up, out).

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

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