योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-2, verse-9

ज्ञेयं यावन्न विज्ञातं तावत्तावन्न जायते ।
विषयेष्वरतिर्जन्तोर्मरुभूमौ लता यथा ॥ ९ ॥

jñeyaṃ yāvanna vijñātaṃ tāvattāvanna jāyate ,
viṣayeṣvaratirjantormarubhūmau latā yathā 9

9. jñeyam yāvat na vijñātam tāvat tāvat na jāyate
viṣayeṣu aratiḥ jantoḥ marubhūmau latā yathā

9. yāvat jñeyam na vijñātam,
tāvat tāvat jantoḥ viṣayeṣu aratiḥ na jāyate,
yathā latā marubhūmau (na jāyate)

9. As long as the ultimate knowable (jñeyam) has not been fully realized, so long does dispassion (aratiḥ) towards sense objects (viṣayeṣu) not arise in a living being (jantoḥ), just like a creeper (latā) cannot flourish in a desert (marubhūmau).

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - the ultimate truth or reality that is to be known (the knowable, that which is to be known)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as much as

• न (na) - not, no

• विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - fully understood or realized through spiritual insight (known, understood, realized)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much

• न (na) - not, no

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

• विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu) - towards sense objects, regarding material pursuits (in sense objects, in matters, in subjects)

• अरतिः (aratiḥ) - dispassion, aversion, lack of interest

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

• मरुभूमौ (marubhūmau) - in a desert land, in a barren region

• लता (latā) - a creeper, a vine

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - the ultimate truth or reality that is to be known (the knowable, that which is to be known)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, knowable, comprehensible

Gerundive

Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know) with the suffix '-eya'.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used substantively as a noun: 'the knowable'.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as much as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - fully understood or realized through spiritual insight (known, understood, realized)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijñāta

vijñāta - known, understood, perceived, recognized, realized

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'jñā' (to know) with the prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in correlation with 'yāvat'.

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis: 'for so very long'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

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

Root: jan (class 4)

विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu) - towards sense objects, regarding material pursuits (in sense objects, in matters, in subjects)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, sphere, domain, subject, matter

अरतिः (aratiḥ) - dispassion, aversion, lack of interest

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of arati

arati - discontent, dissatisfaction, aversion, dispassion

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+rati)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• rati – attachment, delight, pleasure, love
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man, beast

Root: jan (class 4)

मरुभूमौ (marubhūmau) - in a desert land, in a barren region

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of marubhūmi

marubhūmi - desert land, sandy waste

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maru+bhūmi)

• maru – desert, sandy tract, wasteland
  noun (masculine)
• bhūmi – earth, land, soil, ground
  noun (feminine)

लता (latā) - a creeper, a vine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine, slender branch

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)