योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-10

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अयं प्रकृत आरब्धो मनोनिर्णय उत्तमः ।
यद्वशाज्जनताजन्म तदाकर्णय सुव्रत ॥ १० ॥

ayaṃ prakṛta ārabdho manonirṇaya uttamaḥ ,
yadvaśājjanatājanma tadākarṇaya suvrata 10

10. ayam prakṛtaḥ ārabdhaḥ manaḥ nirṇayaḥ uttamaḥ
yat vaśāt janatā-janma tat ākarṇaya suvrata

10. suvrata,
ayam prakṛtaḥ ārabdhaḥ uttamaḥ manaḥ nirṇayaḥ,
yat vaśāt janatā-janma,
tat ākarṇaya

10. Listen, O one of good vows, to this excellent discourse on the mind that has been commenced, by the power of which the birth of beings (saṃsāra) takes place.

10. עתה החל הניתוח המעולה של החשיבה, שבשליטתה נוצרת לידתם של בני האדם. הטה אוזן לכך, עדין המעשים!

Words meanings summery:

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अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

प्रकृतः (prakṛtaḥ) - commenced, begun, current, prepared

आरब्धः (ārabdhaḥ) - begun, undertaken, commenced

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

निर्णयः (nirṇayaḥ) - determination, decision, ascertainment, discourse

उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, supreme

यत् (yat) - which, of which (relative pronoun)

वशात् (vaśāt) - by the power, by the influence, on account of

जनता-जन्म (janatā-janma) - birth of people/beings, creation of beings (saṃsāra)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

आकर्णय (ākarṇaya) - listen (imperative)

सुव्रत (suvrata) - O one of good vows/observances

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'manonirṇaya'.

प्रकृतः (prakṛtaḥ) - commenced, begun, current, prepared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakṛta

prakṛta - done, accomplished, commenced, appropriate to the occasion

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'nirṇayaḥ'.

आरब्धः (ārabdhaḥ) - begun, undertaken, commenced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārabdha

ārabdha - begun, commenced, undertaken, started

Past Passive Participle

From root 'rabh' (to seize) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nirṇayaḥ'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

Root: man

Note: Forms part of the compound 'manonirṇaya' in the verse's original sandhi.

निर्णयः (nirṇayaḥ) - determination, decision, ascertainment, discourse

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirṇaya

nirṇaya - decision, determination, ascertainment, discourse

From root 'ṇī' (to lead) with prefix 'nir'.

Prefix: nir

Root: ṇī (class 1)

उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

Superlative form of 'ud' (up).

Note: Agrees with 'nirṇayaḥ'.

यत् (yat) - which, of which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Note: Refers back to 'manonirṇaya'.

वशात् (vaśāt) - by the power, by the influence, on account of

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - power, control, will, influence

Root: vaś

जनता-जन्म (janatā-janma) - birth of people/beings, creation of beings (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janatā-janman

janatā-janman - birth of living beings, creation of the world, transmigration (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janatā+janman)

janatā – mankind, populace, body of people
noun (feminine)
From 'jana' (person) with suffix '-tā'.
janman – birth, origin, existence, life
noun (neuter)
From root 'jan' (to be born).
Root: jan (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

आकर्णय (ākarṇaya) - listen (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ākarṇ

Imperative, Active voice

From root 'karṇ' (ear, to hear) with prefix 'ā'. Denominative verb from 'karṇa'.

Prefix: ā

Root: karṇ (class 10)

सुव्रत (suvrata) - O one of good vows/observances