योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-17

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
पितामहस्मृतिस्तत्र कारणं तस्य न स्मृतिः ।
पूर्वं न संभवत्येव मुक्तत्वात्पूर्वजन्मनः ॥ १७ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
pitāmahasmṛtistatra kāraṇaṃ tasya na smṛtiḥ ,
pūrvaṃ na saṃbhavatyeva muktatvātpūrvajanmanaḥ 17

17. śrīdevī uvāca pitāmahasmṛtiḥ tatra kāraṇam tasya na
smṛtiḥ pūrvam na saṃbhavati eva muktatvāt pūrvajanmanaḥ

17. śrīdevī uvāca.
tatra pitāmahasmṛtiḥ kāraṇam,
tasya smṛtiḥ na.
pūrvam eva na saṃbhavati pūrvajanmanaḥ muktatvāt.

17. Śrī Devī said: The memory of Brahmā (pitāmaha) was the cause there; his (the Brahmin's) own memory was not. Indeed, his own prior memory is not possible, due to his having achieved liberation (mokṣa) from his previous birth.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Śrī Devī (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पितामहस्मृतिः (pitāmahasmṛtiḥ) - memory of Brahmā (pitāmaha)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

• तस्य (tasya) - of the Brahmin (of him, his)

• न (na) - not

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - the Brahmin's personal memory (memory (smṛti), recollection)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - his prior memory (before, prior, former, previously)

• न (na) - not

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, occurs, exists

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

• मुक्तत्वात् (muktatvāt) - due to liberation, from the state of liberation

• पूर्वजन्मनः (pūrvajanmanaḥ) - of the previous birth/existence

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Śrī Devī (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī

śrīdevī - Śrī Devī (proper name of the Goddess)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पितामहस्मृतिः (pitāmahasmṛtiḥ) - memory of Brahmā (pitāmaha)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pitāmahasmṛti

pitāmahasmṛti - memory of Brahmā (pitāmaha)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitāmaha+smṛti)

• pitāmaha – grandfather, ancestor, Brahmā (as the great-grandfather)
  noun (masculine)
• smṛti – memory, recollection, tradition (smṛti)
  noun (feminine)
  from smṛ (to remember) + ti
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

from kṛ (to do) + ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्य (tasya) - of the Brahmin (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, his

Note: Refers to the Brahmin.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - the Brahmin's personal memory (memory (smṛti), recollection)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition (smṛti)

from smṛ (to remember) + ti

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Here it refers to the Brahmin's personal memory.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - his prior memory (before, prior, former, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage here, referring to a previous state/memory.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, occurs, exists

(verb)

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

from sam- + bhū (to be)

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

मुक्तत्वात् (muktatvāt) - due to liberation, from the state of liberation

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of muktatva

muktatva - state of liberation (mokṣa), freeness

from mukta + tva (abstract suffix)

Note: Used as a cause/reason.

पूर्वजन्मनः (pūrvajanmanaḥ) - of the previous birth/existence

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of pūrvajanman

pūrvajanman - previous birth, former existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+janman)

• pūrva – previous, prior, former
  adjective (neuter)
• janman – birth, existence, origin
  noun (neuter)
  from jan (to be born) + man
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'muktatvāt' (liberation from previous birth).