योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-7, verse-10

भावाभावसहस्रेषु दशासु विविधासु च ।
स्वपौरुषवशादेव निवृत्ता भूतजातयः ॥ १० ॥

bhāvābhāvasahasreṣu daśāsu vividhāsu ca ,
svapauruṣavaśādeva nivṛttā bhūtajātayaḥ 10

10. bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu daśāsu vividhāsu ca
sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt eva nivṛttāḥ bhūta-jātayaḥ

10. bhūta-jātayaḥ bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu vividhāsu
daśāsu ca sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt eva nivṛttāḥ

10. In thousands of states of being and non-being, and in various other conditions, the classes of created beings are determined solely by the power of their own human endeavor (pauruṣa).

10. מתוך אלפי מצבים של קיום והיעדר, ובנסיבות משתנות ומגוונות, היצורים כולם מתעלים או משתחררים אך ורק בזכות כוח מאמצם האישי.

Words meanings summery:

• भाव-अभाव-सहस्रेषु (bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu) - in thousands of existences and non-existences (states of being and non-being)

• दशासु (daśāsu) - in states, in conditions, in circumstances

• विविधासु (vividhāsu) - in various, in diverse

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• स्व-पौरुष-वशात् (sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt) - solely by the power of their own human actions (pauruṣa) (by the power of one's own human effort)

• एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, certainly)

• निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - are determined, are shaped (turned back, ceased, departed, occurred, determined, shaped)

• भूत-जातयः (bhūta-jātayaḥ) - the classes of created beings (classes of beings, species of creatures, created beings)

Words meanings and morphology

भाव-अभाव-सहस्रेषु (bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu) - in thousands of existences and non-existences (states of being and non-being)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of bhāvābhāvasahasra

bhāvābhāvasahasra - thousands of existences and non-existences

Dvandva compound (bhāva-abhāva) followed by Tatpuruṣa (bhāvābhāvayoḥ sahasram).

Compound type : Dvandva + Tatpuruṣa (bhāva+abhāva+sahasra)

• bhāva – existence, being, state, disposition, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, become) + a suffix.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  Negation of bhāva with a- prefix.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

दशासु (daśāsu) - in states, in conditions, in circumstances

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of daśā

daśā - state, condition, situation, period of life, fate

From root daś (to bite, to see, to point out) or diś (to show).

विविधासु (vividhāsu) - in various, in diverse

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse, of many kinds

From vi-vidh (to arrange, dispose) + a suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: vidh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'daśāsu'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

स्व-पौरुष-वशात् (sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt) - solely by the power of their own human actions (pauruṣa) (by the power of one's own human effort)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svapauruṣavaśa

svapauruṣavaśa - the power or sway of one's own human effort/action

Tatpuruṣa compound (svasya pauruṣasya vaśāt).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+pauruṣa+vaśa)

• sva – one's own, self, own property
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• pauruṣa – human effort, manliness, valor, action (often implying self-exertion or responsibility for one's actions)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from puruṣa (person, human being) with the suffix aṇ.
• vaśa – will, power, control, sway, submission
  noun (masculine)
  From root vaś (to wish, desire).
  Root: vaś (class 1)

एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - are determined, are shaped (turned back, ceased, departed, occurred, determined, shaped)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - turned back, ceased, stopped, returned, retired, disappeared, manifested, determined

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root vṛt with ni prefix.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtajātayaḥ'.

भूत-जातयः (bhūta-jātayaḥ) - the classes of created beings (classes of beings, species of creatures, created beings)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūtajāti

bhūtajāti - class of beings, species of creatures

Tatpuruṣa compound (bhūtānāṃ jātiḥ).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhūta+jāti)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, past, happened
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• jāti – birth, class, species, kind, lineage
  noun (feminine)
  From root jan (to be born) + ti suffix.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

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