योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-6, verse-22

सच्छास्त्रसत्संगमजैर्विवेकैस्तथा विनश्यन्ति बलादविद्याः ।
यथा जलानां कतकानुषङ्गाद्यथा जनानां मतयोऽपि योगात् ॥ २२ ॥

sacchāstrasatsaṃgamajairvivekaistathā vinaśyanti balādavidyāḥ ,
yathā jalānāṃ katakānuṣaṅgādyathā janānāṃ matayo'pi yogāt 22

22. sacchāstrasatsaṅgamajaiḥ vivekaiḥ
tathā vinaśyanti balāt avidyāḥ
| yathā jalānām katakānuṣaṅgāt
yathā janānām matayaḥ api yogāt ||

22. yathā jalānām katakānuṣaṅgāt,
yathā janānām matayaḥ api yogāt,
tathā sacchāstrasatsaṅgamajaiḥ vivekaiḥ balāt avidyāḥ vinaśyanti.

22. Just as the impurities in water are removed by the addition of the Kataka nut, and just as people's views (mati) are shaped by association, similarly, ignorance (avidyā) is completely destroyed by the discerning knowledge (viveka) that arises from true scriptures (sac-chāstra) and the company of the virtuous.

Words meanings summery:

• सच्छास्त्रसत्सङ्गमजैः (sacchāstrasatsaṅgamajaiḥ) - that arises from true scriptures (sac-chāstra) and the company of the virtuous (born from true scriptures and good company)

• विवेकैः (vivekaiḥ) - by the discerning knowledge (viveka) (by discriminations, by discerning knowledge, by judiciousness)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - are destroyed (they are destroyed, they perish)

• बलात् (balāt) - completely (by force, strongly, completely)

• अविद्याः (avidyāḥ) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorances, nescience)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

• जलानाम् (jalānām) - of waters

• कतकानुषङ्गात् (katakānuṣaṅgāt) - by the addition of the Kataka nut (from the association of the Kataka nut, by adding the Kataka nut)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

• जनानाम् (janānām) - of people

• मतयः (matayaḥ) - opinions / views (mati) (opinions, thoughts, views)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• योगात् (yogāt) - by association (by application, by practice, from union, by means of yoga (yoga), by connection/association)

Words meanings and morphology

सच्छास्त्रसत्सङ्गमजैः (sacchāstrasatsaṅgamajaiḥ) - that arises from true scriptures (sac-chāstra) and the company of the virtuous (born from true scriptures and good company)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sacchāstrasatsaṅgamaja

sacchāstrasatsaṅgamaja - born from good scriptures and good company

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (sacchāstra+satsaṅgama+ja)

• sacchāstra – true scripture, good treatise
  noun (neuter)
• satsaṅgama – good company, company of the virtuous
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ja – born from, produced from
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  Used as a suffix to indicate origin, from root `jan` (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies `vivekaiḥ`.

विवेकैः (vivekaiḥ) - by the discerning knowledge (viveka) (by discriminations, by discerning knowledge, by judiciousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viveka

viveka - discrimination, discernment, judiciousness

From root `vic` (to distinguish) with prefix `vi`

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - are destroyed (they are destroyed, they perish)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of naś

From root `naś` (to perish) with prefix `vi`

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: 3rd person plural, present tense.

बलात् (balāt) - completely (by force, strongly, completely)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, force, power

Note: Functions adverbially.

अविद्याः (avidyāḥ) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorances, nescience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, science, learning
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to various forms of ignorance.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

(indeclinable)

जलानाम् (jalānām) - of waters

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jala

jala - water

कतकानुषङ्गात् (katakānuṣaṅgāt) - by the addition of the Kataka nut (from the association of the Kataka nut, by adding the Kataka nut)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of katakānuṣaṅga

katakānuṣaṅga - association with the Kataka nut

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kataka+anuṣaṅga)

• kataka – Kataka tree/nut
  noun (masculine)
• anuṣaṅga – attachment, connection, association
  noun (masculine)
  From `anu-saṅg` (to attach, to cling to)
  Prefixes: anu+sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

(indeclinable)

जनानाम् (janānām) - of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man

Root: jan (class 4)

मतयः (matayaḥ) - opinions / views (mati) (opinions, thoughts, views)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mati

mati - thought, opinion, understanding, mind

From root `man` (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Feminine `i`-stem noun.

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

योगात् (yogāt) - by association (by application, by practice, from union, by means of yoga (yoga), by connection/association)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yoga

yoga - union, connection, discipline, practice

From root `yuj` (to join, to connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Here used to mean "by means of association" or "due to association".

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