योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-10

वृद्धिं याते च सौजन्ये यक्षे शुक्ल इवोडुपे ।
विवेके प्रसृते पुण्ये नभसीवार्कतेजसि ॥ १० ॥

vṛddhiṃ yāte ca saujanye yakṣe śukla ivoḍupe ,
viveke prasṛte puṇye nabhasīvārkatejasi 10

10. vṛddhim yāte ca saujanye yakṣe śukle iva uḍupe
viveke prasṛte puṇye nabhasī iva arka-tejasi

10. ca saujanye yakṣe śukle uḍupe iva vṛddhim yāte,
puṇye viveke nabhasī arka-tejasi iva prasṛte.
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10. And when kindness (saujanya) grows gloriously, like the bright moon; and when pure discernment (viveka) spreads like the sun's brilliance (arkatejas) in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - growth, increase (growth, increase, prosperity)

• याते (yāte) - when it has attained (growth), when it increases (having gone, having attained, when gone to)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सौजन्ये (saujanye) - in kindness, good nature (in good nature, in kindness, in friendliness)

• यक्षे (yakṣe) - gloriously, splendidly (adverbial use of locative, implying growth like a prosperous Yaksha) (in a Yaksha, to a Yaksha, gloriously, splendidly)

• शुक्ले (śukle) - in the bright (qualifying 'moon') (in the bright, in the white, in the pure (masculine/neuter))

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• उडुपे (uḍupe) - in the moon (as object of comparison) (in the moon)

• विवेके (viveke) - in discernment (in discrimination, in discernment, in wisdom)

• प्रसृते (prasṛte) - when it spreads, expands (when spread, expanded, diffused)

• पुण्ये (puṇye) - in the pure, holy (qualifying 'discernment') (in the holy, in the virtuous, in the meritorious)

• नभसी (nabhasī) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अर्क-तेजसि (arka-tejasi) - in the sun's brilliance (in the sun's brilliance, in the solar energy)

Words meanings and morphology

वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - growth, increase (growth, increase, prosperity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhi

vṛddhi - growth, increase, prosperity, development

From √vṛdh (to grow)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

याते (yāte) - when it has attained (growth), when it increases (having gone, having attained, when gone to)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, attained

Past Passive Participle

From √yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

सौजन्ये (saujanye) - in kindness, good nature (in good nature, in kindness, in friendliness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saujanya

saujanya - good nature, kindness, friendliness, courtesy

Derivative of `sujana` (good person).

यक्षे (yakṣe) - gloriously, splendidly (adverbial use of locative, implying growth like a prosperous Yaksha) (in a Yaksha, to a Yaksha, gloriously, splendidly)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of semi-divine beings, often guardians of wealth and nature, generally benevolent

From √yaj (to honor, to move quickly)

Root: yaj (class 1)

शुक्ले (śukle) - in the bright (qualifying 'moon') (in the bright, in the white, in the pure (masculine/neuter))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śukla

śukla - white, bright, pure, clear

Root: śuk (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

उडुपे (uḍupe) - in the moon (as object of comparison) (in the moon)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of uḍupa

uḍupa - moon, raft

विवेके (viveke) - in discernment (in discrimination, in discernment, in wisdom)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of viveka

viveka - discrimination, discernment, judgment, wisdom

From vi-√vic (to separate, distinguish)

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

प्रसृते (prasṛte) - when it spreads, expands (when spread, expanded, diffused)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread out, diffused, expanded, occurred

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√sṛ (to spread, flow forth)

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

पुण्ये (puṇye) - in the pure, holy (qualifying 'discernment') (in the holy, in the virtuous, in the meritorious)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - virtuous, meritorious, holy, sacred, pure

Root: puṇ (class 1)

नभसी (nabhasī) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, space

Root: nabh (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

अर्क-तेजसि (arka-tejasi) - in the sun's brilliance (in the sun's brilliance, in the solar energy)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of arka-tejas

arka-tejas - sun's brilliance, solar energy

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (arka+tejas)

• arka – sun, ray, praise, hymn
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arc (class 1)
• tejas – brilliance, radiance, energy, vigor, light
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tij (class 1)

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