योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-30

स्वकर्मभिस्ततो जन्ममृतिकारणतां गतैः ।
प्रयान्त्यूर्ध्वमधस्ताद्वा कर्म चित्स्पन्द उच्यते ॥ ३० ॥

svakarmabhistato janmamṛtikāraṇatāṃ gataiḥ ,
prayāntyūrdhvamadhastādvā karma citspanda ucyate 30

30. svakarmabhiḥ tataḥ janmamṛtikāraṇatām gataiḥ
prayānti ūrdhvam adhastāt vā karma citspandaḥ ucyate

30. tataḥ svakarmabhiḥ janmamṛtikāraṇatām gataiḥ vā ūrdhvam adhastāt prayānti.
karma citspandaḥ ucyate.

30. Then, impelled by their own actions (karma) that have become the cause of birth and death, they travel upwards or downwards. This action (karma) is termed the pulsation of consciousness (cit-spanda).

Words meanings summery:

• स्वकर्मभिः (svakarmabhiḥ) - by one's own actions

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

• जन्ममृतिकारणताम् (janmamṛtikāraṇatām) - the state of being the cause of birth and death

• गतैः (gataiḥ) - by those who have attained, having become

• प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go forth, they move, they proceed

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, aloft

• अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - downwards, below

• वा (vā) - or

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, ritual, the result of action)

• चित्स्पन्दः (citspandaḥ) - pulsation of consciousness (cit-spanda) (pulsation of consciousness)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

स्वकर्मभिः (svakarmabhiḥ) - by one's own actions

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of svakarma

svakarma - one's own action (karma) or duty (dharma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+karma)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• karma – action, deed, ritual, result of action
  noun (neuter)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

जन्ममृतिकारणताम् (janmamṛtikāraṇatām) - the state of being the cause of birth and death

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of janmamṛtikāraṇatā

janmamṛtikāraṇatā - causality of birth and death

Compound type : tatpurusha (janman+mṛtyu+kāraṇa+tā)

• janman – birth, production
  noun (neuter)
• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns
  suffix (feminine)

गतैः (gataiḥ) - by those who have attained, having become

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived, obtained, attained, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with svakarmabhiḥ but implies agents by which action is done

प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go forth, they move, they proceed

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, aloft

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative

अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - downwards, below

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, ritual, the result of action)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action

चित्स्पन्दः (citspandaḥ) - pulsation of consciousness (cit-spanda) (pulsation of consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citspanda

citspanda - pulsation/vibration of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+spanda)

• cit – consciousness, intellect
  noun (feminine)
• spanda – trembling, vibration, pulsation
  noun (masculine)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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