योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-111, verse-41

मनोबीजात्समुद्यन्ति सुखदुःखे शुभाशुभे ।
संसारखण्डका एते लोकसप्तकपल्लवाः ॥ ४१ ॥

manobījātsamudyanti sukhaduḥkhe śubhāśubhe ,
saṃsārakhaṇḍakā ete lokasaptakapallavāḥ 41

41. manobījāt samudyanti sukhaduḥkhe śubhāśubhe
saṃsārakhaṇḍakāḥ ete lokasaptakapallavāḥ

41. sukhaduḥkhe śubhāśubhe manobījāt samudyanti.
ete saṃsārakhaṇḍakāḥ lokasaptakapallavāḥ

41. From the seed of the mind (manas) arise happiness and sorrow, good and bad. These are but fragments of cyclic existence (saṃsāra) and the sprouts of the seven worlds (lokas).

Words meanings summery:

• मनोबीजात् (manobījāt) - from the seed of the mind

• समुद्यन्ति (samudyanti) - they arise, they emerge, they spring up

• सुखदुःखे (sukhaduḥkhe) - happiness and sorrow

• शुभाशुभे (śubhāśubhe) - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

• संसारखण्डकाः (saṁsārakhaṇḍakāḥ) - fragments/parts of cyclic existence (saṃsāra)

• एते (ete) - these

• लोकसप्तकपल्लवाः (lokasaptakapallavāḥ) - sprouts/tendrils of the seven worlds (lokas)

Words meanings and morphology

मनोबीजात् (manobījāt) - from the seed of the mind

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of manobīja

manobīja - the seed of the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+bīja)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  from root man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)
• bīja – seed, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)

Note: Ablative case, indicating origin.

समुद्यन्ति (samudyanti) - they arise, they emerge, they spring up

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sam-ud-i

from sam-ud-i (to go up, to arise)

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: 3rd person plural present active of root sam-ud-i

सुखदुःखे (sukhaduḥkhe) - happiness and sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - happiness and sorrow, pleasure and pain

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)

Note: Dual subject of samudyanti

शुभाशुभे (śubhāśubhe) - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful
  noun (neuter)
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, unlucky
  noun (neuter)
  negation of śubha
  Prefix: a

Note: Dual subject, agreeing with sukhaduḥkhe

संसारखण्डकाः (saṁsārakhaṇḍakāḥ) - fragments/parts of cyclic existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃsārakhaṇḍaka

saṁsārakhaṇḍaka - part/fragment of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+khaṇḍaka)

• saṃsāra – cyclic existence, transmigration, mundane world
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-sṛ (to go through, to wander)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• khaṇḍaka – fragment, piece, part
  noun (masculine)
  from root khaṇḍ (to break)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Predicate nominative, refers to sukhaduḥkhe śubhāśubhe

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to sukhaduḥkhe śubhāśubhe (which can take masculine plural predicate)

लोकसप्तकपल्लवाः (lokasaptakapallavāḥ) - sprouts/tendrils of the seven worlds (lokas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lokasaptakapallava

lokasaptakapallava - sprout/tendril of the seven worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+saptaka+pallava)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• saptaka – a group of seven, septet
  noun (neuter)
  from sapta (seven) + -ka (suffix)
• pallava – sprout, bud, tendril, young shoot
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative, refers to sukhaduḥkhe śubhāśubhe

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