योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-8, verse-17

ये शूरा ये च विक्रान्ता ये प्राज्ञा ये च पण्डिताः ।
तैस्तैः किमिव लोकेऽस्मिन्वद दैवं प्रतीक्ष्यते ॥ १७ ॥

ye śūrā ye ca vikrāntā ye prājñā ye ca paṇḍitāḥ ,
taistaiḥ kimiva loke'sminvada daivaṃ pratīkṣyate 17

17. ye śūrāḥ ye ca vikrāntāḥ ye prājñāḥ ye ca paṇḍitāḥ
taiḥ taiḥ kim iva loke asmin vada daivam pratīkṣyate

17. ye śūrāḥ ye ca vikrāntāḥ,
ye prājñāḥ ye ca paṇḍitāḥ,
taiḥ taiḥ asmin loke kim iva daivam pratīkṣyate,
vada!

17. Those who are brave, those who are mighty, those who are wise, and those who are learned: tell me, what destiny (daiva) is ever awaited by such people in this world?

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, heroic; heroes

• ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

• च (ca) - and, also

• विक्रान्ताः (vikrāntāḥ) - mighty, powerful, valorous

• ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

• प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - the wise, intelligent persons

• ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

• च (ca) - and, also

• पण्डिताः (paṇḍitāḥ) - learned, skilled; scholars

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

• किम् (kim) - what kind of (what, how)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, indeed

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (masculine)

• वद (vada) - speak, say, tell

• दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power

• प्रतीक्ष्यते (pratīkṣyate) - is waited for, is expected

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, heroic; heroes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, heroic; a hero, warrior

ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विक्रान्ताः (vikrāntāḥ) - mighty, powerful, valorous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikrānta

vikrānta - mighty, powerful, valorous, heroic; a hero

Past Passive Participle

From vi-kram + kta

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - the wise, intelligent persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, learned; a wise person

From pra-jñā + aṇ

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

ये (ye) - who (plural), those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पण्डिताः (paṇḍitāḥ) - learned, skilled; scholars

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, skilled; a scholar, pundit

Root: paṇḍ (class 1)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the brave, mighty, wise, and learned.

तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Repeated for emphasis or stylistic choice, often translated as 'by such people as these'.

किम् (kim) - what kind of (what, how)

(indeclinable)

Note: In context with 'iva', 'kim iva' means 'what indeed', 'what kind of'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: With kim, emphasizes the rhetorical question.

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, vision

Root: lok (class 10)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies loke.

वद (vada) - speak, say, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

imperative active

Root: vad (class 1)

दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - relating to gods, divine; destiny, fate (as a neuter noun)

प्रतीक्ष्यते (pratīkṣyate) - is waited for, is expected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pratīkṣ

present middle/passive

From prati-īkṣ

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)