योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-54

तैर्मिथ्या राघव प्रोक्ताः कर्ममानसचेतसाम् ।
स्वविकल्पार्पितैरर्थैः स्वाः स्वा वैचित्र्ययुक्तयः ॥ ५४ ॥

tairmithyā rāghava proktāḥ karmamānasacetasām ,
svavikalpārpitairarthaiḥ svāḥ svā vaicitryayuktayaḥ 54

54. taiḥ mithyā rāghava proktāḥ karmamānasacetasām
svavikalpārpitaiḥ arthaiḥ svāḥ svāḥ vaicitryayuktayaḥ

54. rāghava taiḥ svavikalpārpitaiḥ arthaiḥ karmamānasacetasām
svāḥ svāḥ vaicitryayuktayaḥ mithyā proktāḥ

54. O Rāghava, by them, their own varied reasonings (yukti), concerning actions (karma), minds, and thoughts, are falsely declared, based on meanings imposed by their own conceptualizations (vikalpa).

54. רָאגְהָוָה, הטיעונים המגוונים שהם מציגים בנוגע לפעולה ולפעילות החשיבות נובעים רק מהמשגות מוטעות פרי דמיונם.

Words meanings summery:

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (Rāma) (O Rāma, descendant of Raghu)

• प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, stated, proclaimed

• कर्ममानसचेतसाम् (karmamānasacetasām) - of actions, minds, and thoughts

• स्वविकल्पार्पितैः (svavikalpārpitaiḥ) - by meanings derived from their own conceptualizations (by their own conceptualizations imposed/imbued)

• अर्थैः (arthaiḥ) - with meanings/interpretations (with meanings, by objects, by purposes)

• स्वाः (svāḥ) - their own (feminine plural nominative)

• स्वाः (svāḥ) - their own (feminine plural nominative)

• वैचित्र्ययुक्तयः (vaicitryayuktayaḥ) - varied reasonings, diverse arguments

Words meanings and morphology

तैः (taiḥ) - by them

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (Rāma) (O Rāma, descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

Apatya-artha (descendant).

प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, stated, proclaimed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prokta

prokta - said, spoken, declared, proclaimed

Past Passive Participle

from pra-vac

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Adjective for vaicitryayuktayaḥ.

कर्ममानसचेतसाम् (karmamānasacetasām) - of actions, minds, and thoughts

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karmamānasacetas

karmamānasacetas - (compound referring to) actions, minds, and thoughts/consciousness

karma (action), manas (mind), cetas (consciousness/thought)

Compound type : dvandva (karma+manas+cetas)

• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• manas – mind, intellect, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root man
  Root: man (class 4)
• cetas – consciousness, intelligence, thought, heart
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root cit
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Compound of karma, manas, and cetas.

स्वविकल्पार्पितैः (svavikalpārpitaiḥ) - by meanings derived from their own conceptualizations (by their own conceptualizations imposed/imbued)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svavikalpārpita

svavikalpārpita - imposed by one's own conceptualizations, imbued by one's own notions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+vikalpa+arpita)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective
• vikalpa – alternative, option, doubt, conceptualization, mental construct
  noun (masculine)
  derived from vi-kḷp
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• arpita – placed, offered, imposed, entrusted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ṛ + āp (upa-sarga ā)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Modifies arthaiḥ.

अर्थैः (arthaiḥ) - with meanings/interpretations (with meanings, by objects, by purposes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, thing, wealth

स्वाः (svāḥ) - their own (feminine plural nominative)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Repetition (svāḥ svāḥ) indicates 'each one's own'.

स्वाः (svāḥ) - their own (feminine plural nominative)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Repetition (svāḥ svāḥ) indicates 'each one's own'.

वैचित्र्ययुक्तयः (vaicitryayuktayaḥ) - varied reasonings, diverse arguments

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vaicitryayukti

vaicitryayukti - varied reasoning, diversity of arguments, different logic

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaicitrya+yukti)

• vaicitrya – diversity, variety, wonderfulness
  noun (neuter)
  derived from citra + ṣyañ
• yukti – reasoning, argument, logic, method, union
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root yuj
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Subject of proktāḥ.

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