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

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.

Words meanings summery:

• 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

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of suvrata

suvrata - observant of good vows, of good conduct, pious

From 'su' (good) and 'vrata' (vow).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+vrata)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛ