योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-111, verse-4

स्वसंवेदनयत्नेन पाल्यते चित्तबालकः ।
अवस्तुतो वस्तुनि च योज्यते बोध्यतेऽपि च ॥ ४ ॥

svasaṃvedanayatnena pālyate cittabālakaḥ ,
avastuto vastuni ca yojyate bodhyate'pi ca 4

4. svasaṃvedanayatnena pālyate cittabālakaḥ
avastutaḥ vastuni ca yojyate bodhyate api ca

4. cittabālakaḥ svasaṃvedanayatnena pālyate,
(saḥ) avastutaḥ vastuni ca yojyate,
api ca bodhyate.

4. The childlike mind (citta-bālaka) is nurtured through the effort of self-awareness (svasaṃvedana). It is guided away from what is unreal and directed towards what is real, and it is also made to understand.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वसंवेदनयत्नेन (svasaṁvedanayatnena) - by the effort of self-awareness, by the effort of self-realization

• पाल्यते (pālyate) - is nurtured, is protected, is cared for, is governed

• चित्तबालकः (cittabālakaḥ) - child-mind, childlike mind

• अवस्तुतः (avastutaḥ) - from unreality, from non-existent things, from what is not real

• वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in reality, towards a real thing

• च (ca) - and, also

• योज्यते (yojyate) - is directed, is applied, is united, is connected

• बोध्यते (bodhyate) - is made to understand, is enlightened, is awakened

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

स्वसंवेदनयत्नेन (svasaṁvedanayatnena) - by the effort of self-awareness, by the effort of self-realization

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svasaṃvedanayatna

svasaṁvedanayatna - effort for self-awareness/self-realization

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'svasaṃvedana' (self-awareness) + 'yatna' (effort).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svasaṃvedana+yatna)

• svasaṃvedana – self-awareness, self-realization
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: 'sva' (self) + 'saṃvedana' (awareness/feeling).
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'yat' (to endeavor) + 'na' suffix.
  Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'pālyate'.

पाल्यते (pālyate) - is nurtured, is protected, is cared for, is governed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of pāl

Present Passive

Formed from root 'pāl' (class 10, 'to protect') with 'ya' suffix for passive, middle voice.

Root: pāl (class 10)

चित्तबालकः (cittabālakaḥ) - child-mind, childlike mind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittabālaka

cittabālaka - child-mind, the mind considered as a child

Karmadhāraya compound: 'citta' (mind) + 'bālaka' (child).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citta+bālaka)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'cit' (to perceive, know).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• bālaka – child, boy, young one
  noun (masculine)
  From 'bala' (strength, power) + 'ka' suffix.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अवस्तुतः (avastutaḥ) - from unreality, from non-existent things, from what is not real

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - non-existent thing, unreality, anything but the real

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (not) + 'vastu' (reality/thing).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)

वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in reality, towards a real thing

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - object, thing, substance, reality

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'vastuni' and 'yojyate'.

योज्यते (yojyate) - is directed, is applied, is united, is connected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of yuj

Present Passive

Formed from root 'yuj' (class 7) with 'ya' suffix for passive, middle voice.

Root: yuj (class 7)

बोध्यते (bodhyate) - is made to understand, is enlightened, is awakened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of budh

Present Passive

Formed from root 'budh' (class 1 or 4) with 'ya' suffix for passive, middle voice.

Root: budh (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Emphasizes the following 'ca'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'yojyate' and 'bodhyate'.

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