योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-20, verse-6

गुणाः शमादयो ज्ञानाच्छमादिभ्यस्तथा ज्ञता ।
परस्परं विवर्धन्ते ते अब्जसरसी इव ॥ ६ ॥

guṇāḥ śamādayo jñānācchamādibhyastathā jñatā ,
parasparaṃ vivardhante te abjasarasī iva 6

6. guṇāḥ śamādayaḥ jñānāt śamādibhyaḥ tathā
jñatā parasparam vivardhante te abjasarasī iva

6. jñānāt śamādayaḥ guṇāḥ tathā śamādibhyaḥ
jñatā te parasparam abjasarasī iva vivardhante

6. Qualities such as tranquility (śama) arise from knowledge (jñāna), and similarly, knowledge (jñāna) arises from qualities such as tranquility (śama). They mutually enhance each other, just like lotuses and a pond.

Words meanings summery:

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues, attributes

• शमादयः (śamādayaḥ) - tranquility (śama) and others, beginning with tranquility (śama)

• ज्ञानात् (jñānāt) - from knowledge (jñāna)

• शमादिभ्यः (śamādibhyaḥ) - from tranquility (śama) and others, from those beginning with tranquility (śama)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, similarly

• ज्ञता (jñatā) - knowledge, state of being known, intelligence

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally

• विवर्धन्ते (vivardhante) - they grow, they increase, they flourish

• ते (te) - they

• अब्जसरसी (abjasarasī) - lotuses and a pond (as a pair)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues, attributes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - a quality, attribute, virtue, merit, excellence; a constituent element of nature (prakṛti); a thread, rope

शमादयः (śamādayaḥ) - tranquility (śama) and others, beginning with tranquility (śama)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śamādi

śamādi - tranquility (śama) and so on, beginning with tranquility (śama)

Compound type : dvandva (śama+ādi)

• śama – calmness, tranquility, mental restraint, peace
  noun (masculine)
  From root śam (to be calm)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  indeclinable

ज्ञानात् (jñānāt) - from knowledge (jñāna)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, awareness, understanding

From root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

शमादिभ्यः (śamādibhyaḥ) - from tranquility (śama) and others, from those beginning with tranquility (śama)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of śamādi

śamādi - tranquility (śama) and so on, beginning with tranquility (śama)

Compound type : dvandva (śama+ādi)

• śama – calmness, tranquility, mental restraint, peace
  noun (masculine)
  From root śam (to be calm)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  indeclinable

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, similarly

(indeclinable)

ज्ञता (jñatā) - knowledge, state of being known, intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñatā

jñatā - knowledge, intelligence, state of being known

Derived from jñā (to know) + -tā (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally

(indeclinable)

विवर्धन्ते (vivardhante) - they grow, they increase, they flourish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of vivardh

From root vṛdh with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

अब्जसरसी (abjasarasī) - lotuses and a pond (as a pair)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of abjasarasī

abjasarasī - lotus and a pond (as a pair)

Compound type : dvandva (abja+saras)

• abja – lotus (born from water)
  noun (neuter)
  From ap (water) + ja (born)
• saras – pond, lake, pool
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)