योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-97, verse-12

श्रीराम उवाच ।
भगवन्भवता प्रोक्ता जातयस्त्रिविधा नृणाम् ।
प्रथमं कारणं तासां मनः सदसदात्मकम् ॥ १२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
bhagavanbhavatā proktā jātayastrividhā nṛṇām ,
prathamaṃ kāraṇaṃ tāsāṃ manaḥ sadasadātmakam 12

12. śrīrāma uvāca bhagavan bhavatā proktāḥ jātayaḥ trividhāḥ
nṛṇām prathamaṃ kāraṇam tāsām manaḥ sad-asat-ātmakam

12. bhagavan bhavatā nṛṇām trividhāḥ jātayaḥ proktāḥ
tāsām prathamaṃ kāraṇam sad-asat-ātmakam manaḥ

12. Śrī Rāma said: "O Venerable One, you have declared that the types of humans are threefold. The primary cause of these is the mind, which is of the nature of both existence and non-existence."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O divine one

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

• प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, stated, spoken

• जातयः (jātayaḥ) - births, types, species, classes

• त्रिविधाः (trividhāḥ) - threefold, of three kinds

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of humans, of men

• प्रथमं (prathamaṁ) - first, primary

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• तासाम् (tāsām) - referring to jātayaḥ (births/types) (of them (feminine))

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• सद्-असत्-आत्मकम् (sad-asat-ātmakam) - of the nature of existence and non-existence, consisting of being and non-being

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama; an epithet of Vishnu

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty; sacred prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama, a celebrated hero
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O divine one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, divine, fortunate, prosperous; Lord

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific)

प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, stated, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pra-ukta

pra-ukta - declared, stated, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of pra-vac

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

जातयः (jātayaḥ) - births, types, species, classes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāti

jāti - birth, class, species, type, kind

Root: jan (class 4)

त्रिविधाः (trividhāḥ) - threefold, of three kinds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of trividha

trividha - of three kinds, threefold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+vidha)

• tri – three
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of humans, of men

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being

प्रथमं (prathamaṁ) - first, primary

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, principal

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तासाम् (tāsām) - referring to jātayaḥ (births/types) (of them (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

Root: man (class 4)

सद्-असत्-आत्मकम् (sad-asat-ātmakam) - of the nature of existence and non-existence, consisting of being and non-being

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sad-asat-ātmaka

sad-asat-ātmaka - of the nature of existence and non-existence, consisting of being and non-being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sat+asat+ātmaka)

• sat – being, existent, real, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-being, non-existent, unreal, bad
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of as (to be) with negation 'a'
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• ātmaka – consisting of, having the nature of, relating to the self (ātman)
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)

Note: compound of sat (being), asat (non-being) and ātmaka (nature of)