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).

8. לכן, כדי שתבין זאת בעצמך, אספר לך קודם לכן כיצד מתחילה ההתהוות בסַמְסָארָה (סבך הקיום התופעתי), כפי שקרה מלכתחילה.

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

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