योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-15, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
विचारयन्तस्तत्त्वज्ञा इति ते जागतीर्गतीः ।
समङ्गायास्तटात्तस्मात्प्रचेलुश्चञ्चलासवः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
vicārayantastattvajñā iti te jāgatīrgatīḥ ,
samaṅgāyāstaṭāttasmātpraceluścañcalāsavaḥ 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca vicārayantaḥ tattvajñāḥ iti te jāgatīḥ
gatīḥ samaṅgāyāḥ taṭāt tasmāt praceluḥ cañcalāsavaḥ

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca: te tattvajñāḥ cañcalāsavaḥ iti jāgatīḥ gatīḥ vicārayantaḥ tasmāt samaṅgāyāḥ taṭāt praceluḥ.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Contemplating the worldly movements (gati), those restless beings who were knowers of truth (tattva) thus departed from that bank of the Samaṅgā river.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• विचारयन्तः (vicārayantaḥ) - contemplating (contemplating, deliberating, reflecting)

• तत्त्वज्ञाः (tattvajñāḥ) - knowers of truth (tattva) (knowers of truth, those who know reality (tattva))

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner, as)

• ते (te) - those (beings) (they, those)

• जागतीः (jāgatīḥ) - worldly, belonging to the world

• गतीः (gatīḥ) - movements (gati) (movements, ways, courses, states)

• समङ्गायाः (samaṅgāyāḥ) - of Samaṅgā (river)

• तटात् (taṭāt) - from the bank, from the shore

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (bank) (from that, thence, therefore)

• प्रचेलुः (praceluḥ) - they departed, they moved forth

• चञ्चलासवः (cañcalāsavaḥ) - restless beings (cañcalāsava) (having restless vital breath, restless beings)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

Compound of 'śrī' (auspicious, glorious) and 'vasiṣṭha' (name of a sage).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious, prosperity, goddess Lakṣmī
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indicative

Perfect tense form from root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

विचारयन्तः (vicārayantaḥ) - contemplating (contemplating, deliberating, reflecting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vicārayat

vicārayat - contemplating, deliberating

Present Active Participle

From causal of root 'car' (to move) with prefix 'vi' (apart, dis), i.e., 'vicār' (to consider, reflect).

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

तत्त्वज्ञाः (tattvajñāḥ) - knowers of truth (tattva) (knowers of truth, those who know reality (tattva))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tattvajña

tattvajña - knower of truth, knowing the true nature, philosopher

Compound of 'tattva' (truth, reality) and 'jña' (knower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+jña)

• tattva – truth, reality, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective
  From root 'jñā' (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Subject.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner, as)

(indeclinable)

Particle used to mark a quote or indicate manner.

ते (te) - those (beings) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Nominative plural masculine of 'tad'.

जागतीः (jāgatīḥ) - worldly, belonging to the world

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of jāgatī

jāgatī - worldly, terrestrial, related to the world (jagat)

Derived from 'jagat' (world).

गतीः (gatīḥ) - movements (gati) (movements, ways, courses, states)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of gati

gati - movement, going, path, course, state, condition

From root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of contemplation ('vicārayantaḥ').

समङ्गायाः (samaṅgāyāḥ) - of Samaṅgā (river)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of samaṅgā

samaṅgā - Samaṅgā (name of a river or mountain)

Feminine noun ending in 'ā'.

Note: Governs 'taṭāt'.

तटात् (taṭāt) - from the bank, from the shore

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of taṭa

taṭa - bank, shore, riverbank

Note: Indicates the point of departure.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (bank) (from that, thence, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Ablative singular masculine/neuter of 'tad'.

प्रचेलुः (praceluḥ) - they departed, they moved forth

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pracal

Perfect Active Indicative

Perfect tense form from root 'cal' (to move) with prefix 'pra' (forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: cal (class 1)

चञ्चलासवः (cañcalāsavaḥ) - restless beings (cañcalāsava) (having restless vital breath, restless beings)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cañcalāsava

cañcalāsava - having restless vital breath, restless being

Bahuvrīhi compound of 'cañcala' (restless) and 'āsu' (vital breath, life).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cañcala+āsu)

• cañcala – restless, flickering, unsteady
  adjective
• āsu – vital breath, life, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'te' and 'tattvajñāḥ'.