योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-1, verse-8

अतस्ते स्वावबोधार्थं तत्तावत्कथयाम्यहम् ।
उत्पत्तिः संसृतावेति पूर्वमेव हि यो यथा ॥ ८ ॥

ataste svāvabodhārthaṃ tattāvatkathayāmyaham ,
utpattiḥ saṃsṛtāveti pūrvameva hi yo yathā 8

8. ataḥ te sva-avabodha-artham tat tāvat kathayāmi
aham utpattiḥ saṃsṛtau eti pūrvam eva hi yaḥ yathā

8. ataḥ te sva-avabodha-artham tat tāvat aham kathayāmi,
yathā hi yaḥ pūrvam eva saṃsṛtau utpattiḥ eti

8. Therefore, for your self-understanding (sva-avabodha), I will explain to you how, just as before, birth arises in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, hence, from this)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

• स्व-अवबोध-अर्थम् (sva-avabodha-artham) - for your self-understanding (sva-avabodha) (for the purpose of one's own understanding)

• तत् (tat) - that (topic) (that, this)

• तावत् (tāvat) - this much, for a while (so much, for so long, thus far, meanwhile)

• कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I will explain (I tell, I narrate, I speak)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• उत्पत्तिः (utpattiḥ) - birth, origin (origin, birth, production, generation)

• संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in saṃsāra, in the world)

• एति (eti) - arises, occurs (goes, comes, enters, reaches)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - just as before (before, formerly, previously)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed (for, because, indeed, surely)

• यः (yaḥ) - how one (who, which)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, hence, from this)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative/Genitive singular of 'yuṣmad'

स्व-अवबोध-अर्थम् (sva-avabodha-artham) - for your self-understanding (sva-avabodha) (for the purpose of one's own understanding)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva-avabodha-artha

sva-avabodha-artha - purpose of self-understanding

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+avabodha+artha)

• sva – self, own
  pronoun
• avabodha – understanding, comprehension, realization
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root budh with upasarga ava
  Prefix: ava
  Root: budh (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound used adverbially to express purpose

तत् (tat) - that (topic) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

तावत् (tāvat) - this much, for a while (so much, for so long, thus far, meanwhile)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative adverb

कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I will explain (I tell, I narrate, I speak)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kath

Present Active

Causative formation from root kṛt, or denominative from kathā

Root: kṛt (class 10)

Note: Present tense often used for future actions in Sanskrit

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: First person singular pronoun

उत्पत्तिः (utpattiḥ) - birth, origin (origin, birth, production, generation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utpatti

utpatti - origin, birth, production

From root pad with upasarga ut

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in saṃsāra, in the world)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, wandering through successive existences, saṃsāra

From root sṛ with upasarga sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Locative singular of 'saṃsṛti'

एति (eti) - arises, occurs (goes, comes, enters, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Active

From root i

Root: i (class 2)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - just as before (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

हि (hi) - indeed (for, because, indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle expressing emphasis or cause

यः (yaḥ) - how one (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative adverb