योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-116, verse-23

स्वच्छदृशा चित्तवृत्तेः पुरुषस्य
हेयोपादेयविचार उत्पद्यते ॥ २३ ॥

svacchadṛśā cittavṛtteḥ puruṣasya
heyopādeyavicāra utpadyate 23

23. svacchadṛśā cittavṛtteḥ puruṣasya
heyopādeyavicāraḥ utpadyate

23. svacchadṛśā puruṣasya cittavṛtteḥ
heyopādeyavicāraḥ utpadyate

23. Through clear insight, for an individual (puruṣa) whose mental state (cittavṛtti) is pure, the capacity for discernment (vicāra) regarding what is to be abandoned (heya) and what is to be accepted (upādeya) arises.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वच्छदृशा (svacchadṛśā) - by means of pure insight (by clear sight, by pure vision, by means of pure insight)

• चित्तवृत्तेः (cittavṛtteḥ) - of the mental state (cittavṛtti) (of the mind's modifications, of the mental state)

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - for an individual (puruṣa) (of a man, of a person, of the spiritual being)

• हेयोपादेयविचारः (heyopādeyavicāraḥ) - the capacity for discernment regarding what is to be abandoned (heya) and what is to be accepted (upādeya) (discrimination of what is to be abandoned and what is to be accepted)

• उत्पद्यते (utpadyate) - arises (arises, is produced, is born)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वच्छदृशा (svacchadṛśā) - by means of pure insight (by clear sight, by pure vision, by means of pure insight)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svacchadṛś

svacchadṛś - having clear sight, clear-sighted, pure vision

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svaccha+dṛś)

• svaccha – clean, pure, clear, transparent
  adjective (neuter)
• dṛś – sight, vision, appearance, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root dṛś (to see), nominalized.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Acts adverbially to describe how the discrimination arises.

चित्तवृत्तेः (cittavṛtteḥ) - of the mental state (cittavṛtti) (of the mind's modifications, of the mental state)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cittavṛtti

cittavṛtti - mental modification, state of mind, thought-wave

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+vṛtti)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vṛtti – course, mode of being, state, modification, function
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root vṛt (to be, to turn)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Indicates relation to puruṣasya and heyopādeyavicāraḥ.

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - for an individual (puruṣa) (of a man, of a person, of the spiritual being)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, the Supreme Cosmic Person (puruṣa)

Note: Indicates possession of the mind-state.

हेयोपादेयविचारः (heyopādeyavicāraḥ) - the capacity for discernment regarding what is to be abandoned (heya) and what is to be accepted (upādeya) (discrimination of what is to be abandoned and what is to be accepted)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of heyopādeyavicāra

heyopādeyavicāra - discrimination between what is to be abandoned and what is to be accepted

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (heya+upādeya+vicāra)

• heya – to be abandoned, to be avoided, to be discarded
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root hā (to abandon) with suffix -ya
  Root: hā (class 3)
• upādeya – to be accepted, to be chosen, to be adopted
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root ā-dā (to take) with upasarga upa and suffix -ya
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• vicāra – consideration, deliberation, discrimination, discernment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of utpadyate.

उत्पद्यते (utpadyate) - arises (arises, is produced, is born)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of utpad

Present Indicative

Root pad (class 4) with upasarga ut in passive/middle voice (ātmanepada) present tense

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Verb for the arising of discrimination.