योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-58

स्वेच्छयात्मात्मनो ब्रह्मन्भावयित्वा स्वकं वपुः ।
संसारान्मोक्षमाप्नोति स्वालानादिव वारणः ॥ ५८ ॥

svecchayātmātmano brahmanbhāvayitvā svakaṃ vapuḥ ,
saṃsārānmokṣamāpnoti svālānādiva vāraṇaḥ 58

58. sva-icchayā ātmā ātmanaḥ brahman bhāvayitvā svakam
vapuḥ saṃsārāt mokṣam āpnoti sva-ālānam iva vāraṇaḥ

58. brahman ātmā sva-icchayā ātmanaḥ svakam vapuḥ bhāvayitvā
saṃsārāt mokṣam āpnoti vāraṇaḥ sva-ālānam iva

58. O Brahman, the self (ātman), by its own will, having conceived its own form, attains liberation (mokṣa) from transmigration (saṃsāra), just as an elephant from its own stake.

58. וברצונו שלו, הוֹ מורה, כשהוא מהרהר בטבעו האמיתי, הָעַצְמִי זוכה בְּשִׁחְרוּר מִסַּבַךְ הַקִּיּוּם הַתּוֹפַעָתִי (סַמְסָארָה), כמו פיל המשתחרר מעמוד הכבילה שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• स्व-इच्छया (sva-icchayā) - by its own will (by one's own will, by free will)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (the self, the soul, the essence)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for itself (of the self, for the self, from the self)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (referring to the interlocutor) (O Brahman, O divine one)

• भावयित्वा (bhāvayitvā) - having conceived (its own form/body) (having caused to be, having imagined, having conceived, having created)

• स्वकम् (svakam) - its own (one's own, his own)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (or body) (body, form, nature, essence)

• संसारात् (saṁsārāt) - from transmigration (saṃsāra) (from transmigration, from the cycle of birth and death)

• मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, freedom, release, emancipation)

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains (obtains, attains, reaches, gets)

• स्व-आलानम् (sva-ālānam) - its own stake (one's own stake/post)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• वारणः (vāraṇaḥ) - elephant (elephant, warding off, preventing)

Words meanings and morphology

स्व-इच्छया (sva-icchayā) - by its own will (by one's own will, by free will)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva-icchā

sva-icchā - one's own will, free will, self-desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+icchā)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• icchā – will, desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  From root iṣ (to wish, desire).
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (the self, the soul, the essence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Root: an (class 2)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for itself (of the self, for the self, from the self)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Here used in the sense of 'for oneself' or 'of oneself'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (referring to the interlocutor) (O Brahman, O divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, a sage, a priest

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Used as an address.

भावयित्वा (bhāvayitvā) - having conceived (its own form/body) (having caused to be, having imagined, having conceived, having created)

(indeclinable)

absolutival participle (ktvā)

Causative stem of root bhū (to be, to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Absolutive participle, meaning "having done X".

स्वकम् (svakam) - its own (one's own, his own)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own, his own, her own

Note: Qualifies 'vapuḥ'.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (or body) (body, form, nature, essence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, shape, nature, essence, beauty

From root vap (to sow, scatter).

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Object of 'bhāvayitvā'.

संसारात् (saṁsārāt) - from transmigration (saṃsāra) (from transmigration, from the cycle of birth and death)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence

From prefix sam + root sṛ (to flow, move).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Denotes source or separation.

मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, freedom, release, emancipation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, freedom, release, emancipation, final beatitude

From root muc (to free, release).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Object of 'āpnoti'.

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains (obtains, attains, reaches, gets)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āp

present active

Class 5 verb (svādi gaṇa), prefixed with ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

स्व-आलानम् (sva-ālānam) - its own stake (one's own stake/post)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sva-ālāna

sva-ālāna - one's own stake, own post (for tying an elephant)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ālāna)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• ālāna – post, stake (for tying animals)
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वारणः (vāraṇaḥ) - elephant (elephant, warding off, preventing)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, warding off, preventing, protecting

From root vṛ (to cover, restrain).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Subject of the implied action in the simile.

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