योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-40, verse-37

इहाविद्यादिकाः केचिद्विद्यन्ते नेतरक्रमाः ।
ज्ञास्यस्यलमशेषार्थांस्तत्तदज्ञानसंक्षये ॥ ३७ ॥

ihāvidyādikāḥ kecidvidyante netarakramāḥ ,
jñāsyasyalamaśeṣārthāṃstattadajñānasaṃkṣaye 37

37. iha avidyādikāḥ kecit vidyante na itara kramāḥ |
jñāsyasi alam aśeṣārthān tattadajñānasaṃkṣaye ||

37. iha kecit avidyādikāḥ na itara kramāḥ vidyante
tattadajñānasaṃkṣaye [sati] alam aśeṣārthān jñāsyasi

37. Here, some things, originating from ignorance (avidyā), exist, and not other kinds. You will fully comprehend all truths upon the complete destruction of that specific ignorance.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - in this context (here, in this matter)

• अविद्यादिकाः (avidyādikāḥ) - beginning with ignorance, and so on

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - they exist, they are found

• न (na) - not, no

• इतर (itara) - other, different

• क्रमाः (kramāḥ) - sequences, orders, ways

• ज्ञास्यसि (jñāsyasi) - you will know, you will understand

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, completely, enough, adequately

• अशेषार्थान् (aśeṣārthān) - all truths or realities (all meanings, all objects, all things)

• तत्तदज्ञानसंक्षये (tattadajñānasaṁkṣaye) - upon the complete destruction of that very ignorance

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - in this context (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

अविद्यादिकाः (avidyādikāḥ) - beginning with ignorance, and so on

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avidyādika

avidyādika - beginning with ignorance, and so on

Compound (tatpuruṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avidyā+ādika)

• avidyā – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (feminine)
  Negative compound of 'vidyā' (knowledge)
  Prefix: a
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, etc.
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ādi (beginning) + ika (suffix)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, any, a certain

Compound of kim (what) + cid (indefinite particle)

विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - they exist, they are found

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

present indicative

3rd person plural, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इतर (itara) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of itara

itara - other, another, different

Note: Adjective used pronominally, here modifying 'kramāḥ'.

क्रमाः (kramāḥ) - sequences, orders, ways

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of krama

krama - step, sequence, order, method, way

From √kram (to step, to go)

Root: kram (class 1)

ज्ञास्यसि (jñāsyasi) - you will know, you will understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of jñā

future indicative

2nd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: jñā (class 9)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, completely, enough, adequately

(indeclinable)

अशेषार्थान् (aśeṣārthān) - all truths or realities (all meanings, all objects, all things)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aśeṣārtha

aśeṣārtha - all meanings, all objects, all things (lit. 'remainder-less objects')

Compound (karmadhāraya)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aśeṣa+artha)

• aśeṣa – remainder-less, entire, all, complete
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative compound of 'śeṣa' (remainder)
  Prefix: a
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, thing, wealth
  noun (masculine)

तत्तदज्ञानसंक्षये (tattadajñānasaṁkṣaye) - upon the complete destruction of that very ignorance

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tattadajñānasaṃkṣaya

tattadajñānasaṁkṣaya - destruction of that very ignorance

Compound (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tattadajñāna+saṃkṣaya)

• tattadajñāna – that very ignorance, specific ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  Compound (karmadhāraya)
• saṃkṣaya – destruction, decay, end, perishing
  noun (masculine)
  From √kṣi (to destroy, to diminish) with saṃ-prefix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

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