योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-95, verse-4

संप्रबुद्धजनाचारे वक्तुमेतन्न शोभनम् ।
यद्ब्रह्मण इदं जातं न जातं चेति राघव ॥ ४ ॥

saṃprabuddhajanācāre vaktumetanna śobhanam ,
yadbrahmaṇa idaṃ jātaṃ na jātaṃ ceti rāghava 4

4. samprabuddhajanaācāre vaktum etat na śobhanam
yat brahmaṇaḥ idam jātam na jātam ca iti rāghava

4. rāghava samprabuddhajanaācāre etat vaktum na
śobhanam yat idam brahmaṇaḥ jātam na jātam ca iti

4. O Rāghava, among the truly enlightened (samprabuddha), it is not proper to say that this (world) is born from Brahman or that it is not born.

Words meanings summery:

• सम्प्रबुद्धजनआचारे (samprabuddhajanaācāre) - in the conduct of the truly enlightened people

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

• एतत् (etat) - this (statement/idea) (this)

• न (na) - not, no

• शोभनम् (śobhanam) - is proper/fitting (proper, beautiful, fitting, auspicious)

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, which)

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from Brahman

• इदम् (idam) - this (world/phenomenal existence) (this, this world)

• जातम् (jātam) - born, produced

• न (na) - not, no

• जातम् (jātam) - born, produced

• च (ca) - and, also

• इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates direct speech or quotation

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (addressed by Vasiṣṭha) (O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

Words meanings and morphology

सम्प्रबुद्धजनआचारे (samprabuddhajanaācāre) - in the conduct of the truly enlightened people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samprabuddhajanaācāra

samprabuddhajanaācāra - the conduct of fully awakened/enlightened people

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (samprabuddha+jana+ācāra)

• samprabuddha – fully enlightened, well-awakened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Compound of `sam-` (together, thoroughly) + `pra-` (forth, greatly) + `buddha` (awakened, PPP of `budh`).
  Prefixes: sam+pra
  Root: budh (class 1)
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• ācāra – conduct, custom, behavior
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `ā-car`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of `√vac` (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (statement/idea) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शोभनम् (śobhanam) - is proper/fitting (proper, beautiful, fitting, auspicious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śobhana

śobhana - beautiful, splendid, proper, auspicious, good

From `√śubh` (to shine, be beautiful).

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `etat`.

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what; that (conjunctive)

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from Brahman

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality (brahman); sacred utterance, holy power

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Indicates source of origin.

इदम् (idam) - this (world/phenomenal existence) (this, this world)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this; this (world, universe)

Note: Subject of `jātam`.

जातम् (jātam) - born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

From `√jan` (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for `idam`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जातम् (jātam) - born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

From `√jan` (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for `idam`, negated by `na`.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `jātam` and `na jātam`.

इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates direct speech or quotation

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (addressed by Vasiṣṭha) (O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; an epithet of Rāma

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