योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-11

एषा सा कथिता राम नभःफलनिपातवत् ।
सुखदा ज्ञानसंप्राप्तिरज्ञानतरुशातनी ॥ ११ ॥

eṣā sā kathitā rāma nabhaḥphalanipātavat ,
sukhadā jñānasaṃprāptirajñānataruśātanī 11

11. eṣā sā kathitā rāma nabhaḥphalanipātavat
sukhadā jñānasaṃprāptiḥ ajñānataruśātanī

11. rāma eṣā sā jñānasaṃprāptiḥ sukhadā
ajñānataruśātanī nabhaḥphalanipātavat kathitā

11. O Rama, this attainment of knowledge (jñānasaṃprāpti) has been described as bestowing happiness and felling the tree of ignorance (ajñāna), much like a fruit falling unexpectedly from the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• कथिता (kathitā) - told, narrated, described

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• नभःफलनिपातवत् (nabhaḥphalanipātavat) - unexpected, sudden acquisition (like a boon from the heavens) (like the falling of fruit from the sky)

• सुखदा (sukhadā) - happiness-bestowing, giver of joy

• ज्ञानसंप्राप्तिः (jñānasaṁprāptiḥ) - attainment of knowledge, acquisition of wisdom

• अज्ञानतरुशातनी (ajñānataruśātanī) - that which cuts down the tree of ignorance

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथिता (kathitā) - told, narrated, described

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, said, narrated, described

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root kath (to tell, speak).

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective here.

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a Hindu deity, an incarnation of Vishnu, hero of the Ramayana)

नभःफलनिपातवत् (nabhaḥphalanipātavat) - unexpected, sudden acquisition (like a boon from the heavens) (like the falling of fruit from the sky)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nabhaḥphalanipātavat

nabhaḥphalanipātavat - like the falling of fruit from the sky, like an unexpected boon

Compound adjective formed with 'vat' suffix (meaning 'like') appended to 'nabhaḥphalanipāta' (falling of fruit from the sky).

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (nabhas+phala+nipāta+vat)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, heaven, cloud
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
• nipāta – falling down, descent, sudden appearance, occurrence
  noun (masculine)
  From ni-√pat (to fall down).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pat (class 1)
• vat – like, similar to, possessed of
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity or possession.

Note: Qualifies 'jñānasaṃprāptiḥ'.

सुखदा (sukhadā) - happiness-bestowing, giver of joy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhadā

sukhadā - happiness-bestowing, giver of joy

Compound of 'sukha' (happiness) and 'dā' (giver, feminine form of da).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sukha+dā)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease, joy
  noun (neuter)
• dā – giver, bestower (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  agent noun
  From root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'jñānasaṃprāptiḥ'.

ज्ञानसंप्राप्तिः (jñānasaṁprāptiḥ) - attainment of knowledge, acquisition of wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñānasaṃprāpti

jñānasaṁprāpti - attainment of knowledge, acquisition of wisdom

Compound of 'jñāna' (knowledge) and 'saṃprāpti' (attainment).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jñāna+saṃprāpti)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  From root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• saṃprāpti – attainment, acquisition, achievement
  noun (feminine)
  From sam-pra-√āp (to obtain, reach).
  Prefixes: sam+pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Subject of the sentence, implied verb 'is'.

अज्ञानतरुशातनी (ajñānataruśātanī) - that which cuts down the tree of ignorance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ajñānataruśātanī

ajñānataruśātanī - that which cuts down the tree of ignorance

Compound of 'ajñāna' (ignorance), 'taru' (tree), and 'śātanī' (cutter, feminine).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+taru+śātanī)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  a (negation) + jñāna (knowledge).
  Prefix: a
• taru – tree, plant
  noun (masculine)
• śātanī – cutter, feller, destroying (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  agent noun
  From root śat (to cut, destroy).
  Root: śat (class 10)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'jñānasaṃprāptiḥ'.