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

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
पूर्वदेहोऽस्ति यस्याद्य पूर्वकर्मसमन्वितः ।
तस्य स्मृतिः संभवति कारणं संसृतिस्थितेः ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
pūrvadeho'sti yasyādya pūrvakarmasamanvitaḥ ,
tasya smṛtiḥ saṃbhavati kāraṇaṃ saṃsṛtisthiteḥ 3

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca pūrvadehaḥ asti yasya adya pūrvakarmasamanvitaḥ
tasya smṛtiḥ saṃbhavati kāraṇam saṃsṛtisthiteḥ

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yasya adya pūrvakarmasamanvitaḥ pūrvadehaḥ
asti tasya smṛtiḥ saṃbhavati saṃsṛtisthiteḥ kāraṇam

3. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Memory (smṛti) arises for one who presently has a previous body connected with past actions (karma). This memory is the cause of the continuation of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha, the venerable Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पूर्वदेहः (pūrvadehaḥ) - a previous body

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, currently, presently

• पूर्वकर्मसमन्वितः (pūrvakarmasamanvitaḥ) - endowed with past actions (karma), associated with previous karma

• तस्य (tasya) - for him, of him, his

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory (smṛti), recollection

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - arises, comes into being, is possible

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• संसृतिस्थितेः (saṁsṛtisthiteḥ) - of the persistence of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha, the venerable Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha; a revered sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – auspiciousness, prosperity, wealth, glory, veneration
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect form of vac, class 2, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

पूर्वदेहः (pūrvadehaḥ) - a previous body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrvadeha

pūrvadeha - a former body, a previous body

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pūrva+deha)

• pūrva – previous, former, prior
  adjective
• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present tense, parasmaipada, class 2

Root: as (class 2)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Refers to the person/entity for whom memory arises.

अद्य (adya) - today, now, currently, presently

(indeclinable)

पूर्वकर्मसमन्वितः (pūrvakarmasamanvitaḥ) - endowed with past actions (karma), associated with previous karma

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrvakarmasamanvita

pūrvakarmasamanvita - endowed with past actions, associated with previous karma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pūrvakarma+samanvita)

• pūrvakarma – past action, previous action (karma)
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – furnished with, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'anv' (to follow) with 'sam' prefix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: anv

Note: Qualifies 'pūrvadehaḥ' or the implied subject of 'yasya'. Agreement in masculine singular nominative.

तस्य (tasya) - for him, of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Corresponds to 'yasya'.

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory (smṛti), recollection

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition, sacred tradition (smṛti)

Root: smṛ

Note: Subject of 'saṃbhavati'.

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - arises, comes into being, is possible

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present tense, parasmaipada, class 1

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Root: kṛ

Note: Predicate nominative for 'smṛtiḥ' (implied 'is the cause').

संसृतिस्थितेः (saṁsṛtisthiteḥ) - of the persistence of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of saṃsṛtisthiti

saṁsṛtisthiti - persistence of transmigration, continuance of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsṛti+sthiti)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, wandering, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ
• sthiti – standing, existing, persistence, duration
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā

Note: Modifies 'kāraṇam'.