योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-49

सात्त्विकीप्रभृतयो याश्च जातयश्चेत्थमागताः ।
इति ते कथनायैष सृष्टिक्रम उदाहृतः ॥ ४९ ॥

sāttvikīprabhṛtayo yāśca jātayaścetthamāgatāḥ ,
iti te kathanāyaiṣa sṛṣṭikrama udāhṛtaḥ 49

49. sāttvikīprabhṛtayaḥ yāḥ ca jātayaḥ ca ittham
āgatāḥ iti te kathanāya eṣaḥ sṛṣṭikramaḥ udāhṛtaḥ

49. eṣaḥ sṛṣṭikramaḥ te kathanāya udāhṛtaḥ,
yāḥ ca sāttvikīprabhṛtayaḥ ca jātayaḥ ittham āgatāḥ iti.

49. This order of creation, comprising all the types (jātis) that have thus manifested, beginning with the sattvika quality, has been explained to you.

Words meanings summery:

• सात्त्विकीप्रभृतयः (sāttvikīprabhṛtayaḥ) - those beginning with sattvika, etc.

• याः (yāḥ) - which

• च (ca) - and

• जातयः (jātayaḥ) - types, species, classes

• च (ca) - and

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - have come forth, manifested, appeared

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a statement or description (thus, in this way)

• ते (te) - to you

• कथनाय (kathanāya) - for explaining, for telling

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• सृष्टिक्रमः (sṛṣṭikramaḥ) - order of creation, process of manifestation

• उदाहृतः (udāhṛtaḥ) - has been described, narrated, explained

Words meanings and morphology

सात्त्विकीप्रभृतयः (sāttvikīprabhṛtayaḥ) - those beginning with sattvika, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sāttvikīprabhṛti

sāttvikīprabhṛti - starting with sāttvikī, and so on; of the nature of sattva and similar qualities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāttvikī+prabhṛti)

• sāttvikī – relating to sattva (the quality of goodness, purity, clarity)
  adjective (feminine)
  derived from sattva + ika (taddhita suffix)
• prabhṛti – beginning, starting from, and so on
  noun (feminine)

याः (yāḥ) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जातयः (jātayaḥ) - types, species, classes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāti

jāti - birth, lineage, species, type, class

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - have come forth, manifested, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached; happened, occurred

Past Passive Participle

root gam (to go) with prefix ā (towards)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a statement or description (thus, in this way)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative 'to you' fits the context.

कथनाय (kathanāya) - for explaining, for telling

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of kathana

kathana - telling, narrating, explaining

verbal noun

root kath (to tell) + ana (suffix for verbal noun)

Root: kath (class 10)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

सृष्टिक्रमः (sṛṣṭikramaḥ) - order of creation, process of manifestation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛṣṭikrama

sṛṣṭikrama - order of creation, sequence of manifestation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sṛṣṭi+krama)

• sṛṣṭi – creation, production, emission
  noun (feminine)
  root sṛj (to create) + ti (kṛt suffix)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• krama – step, sequence, order, method
  noun (masculine)
  root kram (to step, go)
  Root: kram (class 1)

उदाहृतः (udāhṛtaḥ) - has been described, narrated, explained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udāhṛta

udāhṛta - described, narrated, cited, mentioned, exemplified

Past Passive Participle

root hṛ (to carry) with prefixes ud (up) and ā (towards)

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

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