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.

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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