योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-62, verse-12

ये स्वभावा महासत्या नृणां सात्त्विकजन्मनाम् ।
तान्भजन्पुरुषो याति पाश्चात्योदारजन्मताम् ॥ १२ ॥

ye svabhāvā mahāsatyā nṛṇāṃ sāttvikajanmanām ,
tānbhajanpuruṣo yāti pāścātyodārajanmatām 12

12. ye svabhāvāḥ mahā-satyāḥ nṛṇām sāttvika-janmanām
tān bhajan puruṣaḥ yāti pāścātyodārajanmatām

12. nṛṇām sāttvika-janmanām ye mahā-satyāḥ svabhāvāḥ,
tān bhajan puruṣaḥ pāścātyodārajanmatām yāti

12. A person who cultivates those greatly truthful intrinsic natures (svabhāva) of individuals whose birth is characterized by the quality of goodness (sattva) attains a state of noble and generous birth in the future.

12. כאשר אדם מטפח את הטבע האצילי והאמיתי של אלה שנולדו בטבע סָאטְוִוי (איכות של טוהר ואיזון), הוא זוכה לקיום עתידי נשגב.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those, which

• स्वभावाः (svabhāvāḥ) - intrinsic natures, own dispositions

• महा-सत्याः (mahā-satyāḥ) - greatly true, highly virtuous

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people

• सात्त्विक-जन्मनाम् (sāttvika-janmanām) - of those whose birth is sattvic, of those born with sattva

• तान् (tān) - those

• भजन् (bhajan) - worshipping, serving, cultivating, resorting to

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• पाश्चात्योदारजन्मताम् (pāścātyodārajanmatām) - the state of noble and later birth

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which, what

स्वभावाः (svabhāvāḥ) - intrinsic natures, own dispositions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svabhāva

svabhāva - intrinsic nature (svabhāva), own disposition

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• bhāva – state of being, nature, disposition
  noun (masculine)

महा-सत्याः (mahā-satyāḥ) - greatly true, highly virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-satya

mahā-satya - greatly true, highly virtuous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+satya)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• satya – true, real, virtuous
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person

सात्त्विक-जन्मनाम् (sāttvika-janmanām) - of those whose birth is sattvic, of those born with sattva

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sāttvika-janman

sāttvika-janman - one whose birth is characterized by the quality of goodness (sattva)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sāttvika+janman)

• sāttvika – relating to sattva, good, pure
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• janman – birth, origin
  noun (neuter)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'svabhāvāḥ mahā-satyāḥ'.

भजन् (bhajan) - worshipping, serving, cultivating, resorting to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhajant

bhajant - worshipping, serving, cultivating

present active participle

Derived from the root 'bhaj' (to divide, partake, worship, serve)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, spirit, soul, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

present tense

3rd person singular

Root: yā (class 2)

पाश्चात्योदारजन्मताम् (pāścātyodārajanmatām) - the state of noble and later birth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pāścātyodārajanmatā

pāścātyodārajanmatā - state of later noble birth, nobility of character in a subsequent life

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāścātya+udāra+janmatā)

• pāścātya – later, subsequent, western
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• udāra – noble, generous, exalted
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• janmatā – birth-ness, state of being born
  noun (feminine)
  Formed from 'janman' (birth) with the abstract noun suffix '-tā'.

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