योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-31

बाल्ये गतेऽविरतकल्पितकेलिलोले दोर्दण्डमण्डितवयःप्रभृति प्रयत्नात् ।
सत्सङ्गमैः पदपदार्थविशुद्धबुद्धिः कुर्यान्नरः स्वगुणदोषविचारणानि ॥ ३१ ॥

bālye gate'viratakalpitakelilole dordaṇḍamaṇḍitavayaḥprabhṛti prayatnāt ,
satsaṅgamaiḥ padapadārthaviśuddhabuddhiḥ kuryānnaraḥ svaguṇadoṣavicāraṇāni 31

31. bālye gate aviratakalpitakelilole
dordaṇḍamaṇḍitavayaḥprabhṛti prayatnāt
satsaṅgamaiḥ padapadārthaviśuddhabuddhiḥ
kuryāt naraḥ svaguṇadoṣavicāraṇāni

31. bālye aviratakalpitakelilole gate,
dordaṇḍamaṇḍitavayaḥprabhṛti (samaye ca),
naraḥ prayatnāt satsaṅgamaiḥ padapadārthaviśuddhabuddhiḥ svaguṇadoṣavicāraṇāni kuryāt

31. Once childhood, engrossed in continuous and imagined play, has passed, and the age adorned with strong arms (youth) begins, a person (nara) should diligently, through good company (satsaṅgama) and with an intellect (buddhi) purified by understanding words (pada) and their meanings (padārtha), perform a thorough analysis of their own virtues (guṇa) and faults (doṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood (in childhood, during infancy)

• गते (gate) - having passed (having gone, passed, departed)

• अविरतकल्पितकेलिलोले (aviratakalpitakelilole) - engrossed in continuous and imagined play (when one is restless with continuously imagined games)

• दोर्दण्डमण्डितवयःप्रभृति (dordaṇḍamaṇḍitavayaḥprabhṛti) - the age adorned with strong arms (youth) begins (from the age adorned with strong arms, from youth onwards)

• प्रयत्नात् (prayatnāt) - with diligent effort (prayatna) (by effort, with exertion, diligently)

• सत्सङ्गमैः (satsaṅgamaiḥ) - through good company (satsaṅgama) (by good company, by association with the virtuous)

• पदपदार्थविशुद्धबुद्धिः (padapadārthaviśuddhabuddhiḥ) - having an intellect (buddhi) purified by understanding words (pada) and their meanings (padārtha) (one whose intellect is purified by understanding words and their meanings)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should perform (should do, should make, should perform)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, human being, person)

• स्वगुणदोषविचारणानि (svaguṇadoṣavicāraṇāni) - a thorough analysis of their own virtues (guṇa) and faults (doṣa) (discriminations of one's own virtues and faults)

Words meanings and morphology

बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood (in childhood, during infancy)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, youth

Derived from bāla (child)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

गते (gate) - having passed (having gone, passed, departed)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, passed, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with kta suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, modifying bālye.

अविरतकल्पितकेलिलोले (aviratakalpitakelilole) - engrossed in continuous and imagined play (when one is restless with continuously imagined games)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of aviratakalpitakelilola

aviratakalpitakelilola - restless with continuously imagined games

Compound describing the nature of childhood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (avirata+kalpita+keli+lola)

• avirata – unceasing, continuous, uninterrupted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  A- (negation) + virata (ceased)
  Prefixes: a+vi
• kalpita – imagined, fashioned, contrived, invented
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kḷp (to arrange, devise)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• keli – sport, play, game, joke
  noun (masculine)
• lola – trembling, unsteady, restless, eager, longing for
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Describes bālye.

दोर्दण्डमण्डितवयःप्रभृति (dordaṇḍamaṇḍitavayaḥprabhṛti) - the age adorned with strong arms (youth) begins (from the age adorned with strong arms, from youth onwards)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dordaṇḍamaṇḍitavayaḥprabhṛti

dordaṇḍamaṇḍitavayaḥprabhṛti - the beginning of the age adorned with strong arms, from youth onwards

Compound of dor-daṇḍa (strong arm), maṇḍita (adorned), vayaḥ (age), prabhṛti (beginning)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa (dor+daṇḍa+maṇḍita+vayaḥ+prabhṛti)

• dor – arm (from dos, nom. of dus)
  noun (masculine)
  Here as first part of compound, derived from dolā- 'swing' or dōṣ 'arm'
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, arm, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍita – adorned, decorated, ornamented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root maṇḍ (to adorn) with kta suffix
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)
• vayaḥ – age, youth, period of life
  noun (neuter)
• prabhṛti – beginning, onwards, from, etcetera
  indeclinable
  Prefix: pra

Note: Functions as the nominal part of a locative absolute phrase 'when the age... begins'.

प्रयत्नात् (prayatnāt) - with diligent effort (prayatna) (by effort, with exertion, diligently)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, diligence

From prefix pra + yat (to strive)

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means.

सत्सङ्गमैः (satsaṅgamaiḥ) - through good company (satsaṅgama) (by good company, by association with the virtuous)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of satsaṅgama

satsaṅgama - association with the good, good company, virtuous assembly (satsaṅgama)

Compound of sat (good, real) and saṅgama (association)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+saṅgama)

• sat – good, virtuous, existing, real
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• saṅgama – meeting, association, union
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-gam (to come together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means.

पदपदार्थविशुद्धबुद्धिः (padapadārthaviśuddhabuddhiḥ) - having an intellect (buddhi) purified by understanding words (pada) and their meanings (padārtha) (one whose intellect is purified by understanding words and their meanings)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of padapadārthaviśuddhabuddhi

padapadārthaviśuddhabuddhi - one whose intellect is purified by words and their meanings

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'one whose buddhi is viśuddha by padapadārtha'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pada+padārtha+viśuddha+buddhi)

• pada – word, footstep, position
  noun (neuter)
• padārtha – meaning of a word, object, category
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of pada (word) and artha (meaning)
• viśuddha – purified, clean, clear, pure
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix vi- + root śudh (to purify) with kta suffix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason, perception (buddhi)
  noun (feminine)
  From root budh (to know, perceive)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with naraḥ.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should perform (should do, should make, should perform)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main verb.

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, human being, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, person

Note: Subject of kuryāt.

स्वगुणदोषविचारणानि (svaguṇadoṣavicāraṇāni) - a thorough analysis of their own virtues (guṇa) and faults (doṣa) (discriminations of one's own virtues and faults)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of svaguṇadoṣavicāraṇa

svaguṇadoṣavicāraṇa - discrimination/analysis of one's own qualities and defects

Compound of sva (own), guṇa (virtue), doṣa (fault), vicāraṇa (analysis)

Compound type : dvandva/tatpuruṣa (sva+guṇa+doṣa+vicāraṇa)

• sva – own, self, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• guṇa – quality, virtue, attribute (guṇa)
  noun (masculine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, sin (doṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vicāraṇa – investigation, deliberation, discrimination, analysis
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix vi- + root car (to move, to consider)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of kuryāt.