योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-34, verse-8

सर्वज्ञा वेद्यवेत्तारो वीतरागा गतैनसः ।
यथाप्राप्तैककर्तारो भावितात्मान उत्तमाः ॥ ८ ॥

sarvajñā vedyavettāro vītarāgā gatainasaḥ ,
yathāprāptaikakartāro bhāvitātmāna uttamāḥ 8

8. sarvajñāḥ vedyavettāraḥ vītarāgāḥ gatainasaḥ
yathāprāptaikakartāraḥ bhāvitātmānaḥ uttamāḥ

8. sarvajñāḥ vedyavettāraḥ vītarāgāḥ gatainasaḥ
yathāprāptaikakartāraḥ bhāvitātmānaḥ uttamāḥ

8. These excellent beings are all-knowing, knowers of what is to be known, free from attachment, and devoid of faults. They perform only the actions that arise naturally and have purified selves (ātman); they are the supreme ones.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वज्ञाः (sarvajñāḥ) - all-knowing, omniscient

• वेद्यवेत्तारः (vedyavettāraḥ) - knowers of what is to be known

• वीतरागाः (vītarāgāḥ) - free from attachment, dispassionate

• गतैनसः (gatainasaḥ) - free from sin, faultless

• यथाप्राप्तैककर्तारः (yathāprāptaikakartāraḥ) - performing only those actions that arise naturally/are obtained

• भावितात्मानः (bhāvitātmānaḥ) - those with purified/developed selves (ātman)

• उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - excellent, supreme, highest

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वज्ञाः (sarvajñāḥ) - all-knowing, omniscient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvajña

sarvajña - all-knowing, omniscient

sarva (all) + jña (knowing, from root jñā - to know)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+jña)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, understanding, a knower
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root jñā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

वेद्यवेत्तारः (vedyavettāraḥ) - knowers of what is to be known

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vedyavettṛ

vedyavettṛ - knower of the knowable

vedya (to be known) + vettṛ (knower)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vedya+vettṛ)

• vedya – knowable, to be known
  adjective (neuter)
  gerundive
  from root vid (to know), suffix -ya
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vettṛ – knower
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root vid
  Root: vid (class 2)

वीतरागाः (vītarāgāḥ) - free from attachment, dispassionate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vītarāga

vītarāga - free from passion/attachment

vīta (gone, past passive participle of vi-i to go away) + rāga (attachment)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vīta+rāga)

• vīta – gone, disappeared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• rāga – color, passion, attachment, desire
  noun (masculine)
  from root rañj
  Root: rañj (class 1)

गतैनसः (gatainasaḥ) - free from sin, faultless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gatainas

gatainas - one from whom sin has departed

gata (gone) + enas (sin, fault)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+enas)

• gata – gone, departed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• enas – sin, fault, offence
  noun (neuter)

यथाप्राप्तैककर्तारः (yathāprāptaikakartāraḥ) - performing only those actions that arise naturally/are obtained

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yathāprāptaikakartṛ

yathāprāptaikakartṛ - one who acts only upon what is obtained as it comes

yathāprāpta (as obtained) + eka (only) + kartṛ (doer)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yathāprāpta+eka+kartṛ)

• yathāprāpta – as obtained, as it comes
  indeclinable
  yathā (as) + prāpta (obtained), an adverbial compound; prāpta is PPP of āp with pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)
• eka – one, sole, only
  adjective (masculine)
• kartṛ – doer, agent
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भावितात्मानः (bhāvitātmānaḥ) - those with purified/developed selves (ātman)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāvitātman

bhāvitātman - one whose self (ātman) is developed/purified

bhāvita (cultivated, purified, PPP of bhū in causative) + ātman (self)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhāvita+ātman)

• bhāvita – developed, cultivated, purified
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from causative of root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - excellent, supreme, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

superlative of ud

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