योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-27, verse-38

यदा तेऽत्यज्ञपुरुषाः शम्बरेण विनिर्मिताः ।
वासनामाश्रयिष्यन्ति तदा यास्यन्ति जेयताम् ॥ ३८ ॥

yadā te'tyajñapuruṣāḥ śambareṇa vinirmitāḥ ,
vāsanāmāśrayiṣyanti tadā yāsyanti jeyatām 38

38. yadā te atyajñapuruṣāḥ śambareṇa vinirmitāḥ
vāsanām āśrayiṣyanti tadā yāsyanti jeyatām

38. yadā śambareṇa vinirmitāḥ te atyajñapuruṣāḥ
vāsanām āśrayiṣyanti tadā jeyatām yāsyanti

38. When those exceedingly ignorant individuals, created by Śambara, take refuge in their latent impressions (vāsanā), they will then become susceptible to defeat.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• ते (te) - referring to the 'atyajñapuruṣāḥ' (those)

• अत्यज्ञपुरुषाः (atyajñapuruṣāḥ) - extremely ignorant persons

• शम्बरेण (śambareṇa) - by Śambara

• विनिर्मिताः (vinirmitāḥ) - created, fashioned, made

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions, mental imprints, tendencies

• आश्रयिष्यन्ति (āśrayiṣyanti) - will take refuge in, will resort to, will depend on

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will go, will attain

• जेयताम् (jeyatām) - conquerability, the state of being conquerable/subjugated

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - referring to the 'atyajñapuruṣāḥ' (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अत्यज्ञपुरुषाः (atyajñapuruṣāḥ) - extremely ignorant persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of atyajñapuruṣa

atyajñapuruṣa - extremely ignorant person

Compound type : tatpurusha (ati+ajña+puruṣa)

• ati – very, exceedingly, over
  indeclinable
• ajña – ignorant, foolish
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'a' (not) + 'jñā' (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)

शम्बरेण (śambareṇa) - by Śambara

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śambara

śambara - Name of a demon; an illusionist

विनिर्मिताः (vinirmitāḥ) - created, fashioned, made

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinirmita

vinirmita - created, fashioned, made

Past Passive Participle

From verb 'nirmā' (to create) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: mā (class 2)

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions, mental imprints, tendencies

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental imprint, subconscious tendency, desire, imagination (vāsanā)

From root 'vas' (to dwell, to perfume)

Root: vas (class 1)

आश्रयिष्यन्ति (āśrayiṣyanti) - will take refuge in, will resort to, will depend on

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of āśri

Future Tense

From root 'śri' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will go, will attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future Tense

From root 'yā'.

Root: yā (class 2)

जेयताम् (jeyatām) - conquerability, the state of being conquerable/subjugated

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jeyatā

jeyatā - conquerability, subjugation, the state of being conquerable

From 'jeya' (conquerable, gerundive of 'ji' - to conquer) + suffix 'tā' (state of being).

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