योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-90, verse-13

तावद्यापि हि तेनैव मोहसंस्कारहेतुना ।
यत्र यत्र प्रजायेते भवतस्तत्र दम्पती ॥ १३ ॥

tāvadyāpi hi tenaiva mohasaṃskārahetunā ,
yatra yatra prajāyete bhavatastatra dampatī 13

13. tāvat adya api hi tena eva mohasaṃskārahetunā
| yatra yatra prajāyete bhavataḥ tatra dampatī

13. tāvat hi adya api tena eva mohasaṃskārahetunā,
yatra yatra (tau) prajāyete,
tatra (tau) dampatī bhavataḥ

13. Therefore, even today, because of that very impression (saṃskāra) of delusion (moha), wherever they are born, they inevitably become a couple there.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत् (tāvat) - thus, up to this point, still (so much, so long, up to that extent, still)

• अद्य (adya) - even to this day (today, now)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, because)

• तेन (tena) - by that (cause) (by that, by him)

• एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, very)

• मोहसंस्कारहेतुना (mohasaṁskārahetunā) - because of that very impression (saṃskāra) of delusion (moha) (by the cause of the impression of delusion)

• यत्र (yatra) - wherever (where, wherever)

• यत्र (yatra) - wherever (where, wherever)

• प्रजायेते (prajāyete) - they are born (they are born, they come into being)

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - they inevitably become (they are, they become)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• दम्पती (dampatī) - a couple (a couple, husband and wife)

Words meanings and morphology

तावत् (tāvat) - thus, up to this point, still (so much, so long, up to that extent, still)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

Note: Used to introduce a consequence or continuation.

अद्य (adya) - even to this day (today, now)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that (cause) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

मोहसंस्कारहेतुना (mohasaṁskārahetunā) - because of that very impression (saṃskāra) of delusion (moha) (by the cause of the impression of delusion)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mohasaṃskārahetu

mohasaṁskārahetu - cause of the impression of delusion (moha)

Compound 'moha' (delusion) + 'saṃskāra' (impression) + 'hetu' (cause).

Compound type : tatpurusha (moha+saṃskāra+hetu)

• moha – delusion (moha), bewilderment, infatuation, unconsciousness
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'muh' (to be confused).
  Root: muh (class 4)
• saṃskāra – impression (saṃskāra), mental trace, refinement, sacrament, purifying rite
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do) with prefix 'sam' and suffix 'as'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, instrument
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)

यत्र (yatra) - wherever (where, wherever)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'wherever'.

यत्र (yatra) - wherever (where, wherever)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

प्रजायेते (prajāyete) - they are born (they are born, they come into being)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present (lat) of prajā

Present tense, 3rd person dual, middle voice

From root 'jan' (to be born) with prefix 'pra', in the middle voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The middle voice highlights that the action of being born happens to themselves.

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - they inevitably become (they are, they become)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present tense, 3rd person dual, active voice

From root 'bhū' (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

दम्पती (dampatī) - a couple (a couple, husband and wife)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dampati

dampati - husband and wife, married couple

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhavataḥ'.

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