योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-13

अविद्ययैवोत्तमया स्वात्मनाशोद्यमेच्छया ।
विद्या सा प्रार्थ्यते राम सर्वदोषापहारिणी ॥ १३ ॥

avidyayaivottamayā svātmanāśodyamecchayā ,
vidyā sā prārthyate rāma sarvadoṣāpahāriṇī 13

13. avidyayā eva uttamayā svātmanāśodyamecchayā
vidyā sā prārthyate rāma sarvadoṣāpahāriṇī

13. rāma uttamayā svātmanāśodyamecchayā eva
avidyayā sarvadoṣāpahāriṇī sā vidyā prārthyate

13. O Rama, it is by supreme ignorance (avidyā) itself, which creates the desire for the effort to destroy one's own (false) self, that knowledge (vidyā), the dispeller of all faults, is sought.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्यया (avidyayā) - by ignorance (avidyā) (by ignorance)

• एव (eva) - itself (indeed, only, just)

• उत्तमया (uttamayā) - by the supreme (ignorance) (by the supreme, by the best)

• स्वात्मनाशोद्यमेच्छया (svātmanāśodyamecchayā) - by the desire for the effort to destroy one's own (false) self (by the desire for the effort of one's self-destruction)

• विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge (vidyā) (knowledge, wisdom)

• सा (sā) - that (referring to 'vidyā') (that, she)

• प्रार्थ्यते (prārthyate) - is sought (is prayed for, is sought, is implored)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama!

• सर्वदोषापहारिणी (sarvadoṣāpahāriṇī) - dispeller of all faults (removing all faults/defects)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्यया (avidyayā) - by ignorance (avidyā) (by ignorance)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance, illusion

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)

Note: The agent/instrument by which seeking occurs.

एव (eva) - itself (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

उत्तमया (uttamayā) - by the supreme (ignorance) (by the supreme, by the best)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, supreme, excellent

Note: Agrees with 'avidyayā'.

स्वात्मनाशोद्यमेच्छया (svātmanāśodyamecchayā) - by the desire for the effort to destroy one's own (false) self (by the desire for the effort of one's self-destruction)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svātmanāśodyamecchā

svātmanāśodyamecchā - desire for the effort of self-destruction

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+ātman+nāśa+udyama+icchā)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul
  noun (masculine)
• nāśa – destruction, loss, ruin
  noun (masculine)
• udyama – effort, exertion, enterprise, undertaking
  noun (masculine)
• icchā – desire, wish, will
  noun (feminine)

Note: Instrumental, indicating the means by which ignorance leads to seeking knowledge.

विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge (vidyā) (knowledge, wisdom)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, true knowledge, science

Note: Subject of 'prārthyate'.

सा (sā) - that (referring to 'vidyā') (that, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

प्रार्थ्यते (prārthyate) - is sought (is prayed for, is sought, is implored)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of prārth

Present Passive

3rd person singular present passive voice from root 'arth' with prefix 'pra-'

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

राम (rāma) - O Rama!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper noun, often a name for the divine or an incarnation)

सर्वदोषापहारिणी (sarvadoṣāpahāriṇī) - dispeller of all faults (removing all faults/defects)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvadoṣāpahāriṇī

sarvadoṣāpahāriṇī - remover of all faults, dispeller of all defects

Feminine form of 'sarvadoṣāpahārin'

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+doṣa+apahāriṇī)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, error
  noun (masculine)
• apahāriṇī – removing, dispelling, carrying away
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent Noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of agent noun 'apahārin', from root 'hṛ' with prefix 'apa-'
  Prefix: apa
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

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