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.

10. וכאשר הטוב והנדיבות גוברים כמו הירח הזוהר בלילה, וההבחנה הטהורה מתפשטת כמו אור השמש בשמיים...

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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