योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-8

शुभाशुभानसद्ग्लानीन्प्रसूते सुगुणान्सदा ।
फलदानङ्कुरान्काले श्रेष्ठबीजवतीव भूः ॥ ८ ॥

śubhāśubhānasadglānīnprasūte suguṇānsadā ,
phaladānaṅkurānkāle śreṣṭhabījavatīva bhūḥ 8

8. śubhāśubhān asatkglānīn prasūte suguṇān sadā
phala-dāna-aṅkurān kāle śreṣṭha-bīja-vatī iva bhūḥ

8. śreṣṭha-bīja-vatī bhūḥ kāle phala-dāna-aṅkurān iva,
sadā śubhāśubhān asatkglānīn suguṇān prasūte.

8. The mind (as described in the previous verse) always manifests both auspicious and inauspicious experiences, the misery stemming from ignorance (asat-glānī), and good qualities, just as fertile earth with excellent seeds yields fruit-bearing sprouts in due season.

Words meanings summery:

• शुभाशुभान् (śubhāśubhān) - auspicious and inauspicious experiences or results (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious (things/results))

• असत्क्ग्लानीन् (asatkglānīn) - misery stemming from ignorance (ignorance or delusion often referred to as `asat`) (distresses stemming from unreality/ignorance, bad weariness)

• प्रसूते (prasūte) - manifests, gives rise to (produces, gives birth to, brings forth, manifests)

• सुगुणान् (suguṇān) - good qualities, virtues

• सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

• फल-दान-अङ्कुरान् (phala-dāna-aṅkurān) - fruit-giving sprouts, sprouts yielding fruit

• काले (kāle) - in due season (in time, at the right time, in due season)

• श्रेष्ठ-बीज-वती (śreṣṭha-bīja-vatī) - having excellent seeds, fertile

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• भूः (bhūḥ) - fertile land (in simile) (earth, land, ground)

Words meanings and morphology

शुभाशुभान् (śubhāśubhān) - auspicious and inauspicious experiences or results (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious (things/results))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – auspicious, good, pure, beautiful
  adjective
  Root: śubh (class 1)
• aśubha – inauspicious, bad, impure
  adjective
  From `śubha` with negative prefix `a-`.
  Root: śubh (class 1)

असत्क्ग्लानीन् (asatkglānīn) - misery stemming from ignorance (ignorance or delusion often referred to as `asat`) (distresses stemming from unreality/ignorance, bad weariness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of asatkglānin

asatkglānin - weariness/distress related to unreality/evil

Tatpurusha compound (e.g., `asataḥ glānayaḥ`)

Compound type : tatpurusha (asat+glānin)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false, evil, bad
  adjective/noun
  Present active participle
  From √as (to be) with negative prefix `a-`.
  Root: as (class 2)
• glānin – weariness, exhaustion, distress, languor, misery
  noun (feminine)
  From √glai (to be weary)
  Root: glai (class 1)

प्रसूते (prasūte) - manifests, gives rise to (produces, gives birth to, brings forth, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-sū

Present middle indicative, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

सुगुणान् (suguṇān) - good qualities, virtues

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suguṇa

suguṇa - good quality, virtue, endowed with good qualities

Tatpurusha or Bahuvrīhi compound, `su` prefix.

सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Adverb

फल-दान-अङ्कुरान् (phala-dāna-aṅkurān) - fruit-giving sprouts, sprouts yielding fruit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of phala-dāna-aṅkura

phala-dāna-aṅkura - sprouts giving fruit

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (phala-dāna+aṅkura)

• phala-dāna – fruit-giving, yielding fruit
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, bud
  noun (masculine)

काले (kāle) - in due season (in time, at the right time, in due season)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

Root: kal (class 1)

श्रेष्ठ-बीज-वती (śreṣṭha-bīja-vatī) - having excellent seeds, fertile

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha-bīja-vat

śreṣṭha-bīja-vat - possessing excellent seeds

Possessive suffix `mat/vat` applied to a compound noun.

Compound type : tatpurusha (śreṣṭha-bīja) + possessive suffix (śreṣṭha+bīja)

• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, superior
  adjective
  superlative
  Superlative of `śrī` (beauty, glory) or `praśasya` (excellent).
  Root: śri
• bīja – seed, origin, germ
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

भूः (bhūḥ) - fertile land (in simile) (earth, land, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land, world

From √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

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