योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-16

जनकेन परित्यक्ता यथाहंकारवासना ।
तथा त्वमपि सद्बुद्धे विचार्यान्तः परित्यज ॥ १६ ॥

janakena parityaktā yathāhaṃkāravāsanā ,
tathā tvamapi sadbuddhe vicāryāntaḥ parityaja 16

16. janakena parityaktā yathā ahaṅkāravāsanā | tathā
tvam api sadbuddhe vicārya antaḥ parityaja ||

16. yathā janakena ahaṅkāravāsanā parityaktā,
tathā tvam api,
sadbuddhe,
antaḥ vicārya parityaja

16. Just as the tendency of ego (ahaṅkāra-vāsanā) was abandoned by Janaka, so too, O wise one (sadbuddhe), reflect internally and then abandon it.

Words meanings summery:

• जनकेन (janakena) - by the enlightened king Janaka (by Janaka)

• परित्यक्ता (parityaktā) - abandoned, renounced, given up

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अहङ्कारवासना (ahaṅkāravāsanā) - latent impression of 'I-ness' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego-tendency, impression of ego)

• | (|) - Danda (verse separator)

• तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सद्बुद्धे (sadbuddhe) - O wise one, O one with good intellect

• विचार्य (vicārya) - having reflected, having considered

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally, within

• परित्यज (parityaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

• || (||) - Double Danda (end of verse/stanza)

Words meanings and morphology

जनकेन (janakena) - by the enlightened king Janaka (by Janaka)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - father, producer, King Janaka (father of Sītā, a renowned wise king)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agent of the passive participle parityaktā.

परित्यक्ता (parityaktā) - abandoned, renounced, given up

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parityakta

parityakta - abandoned, forsaken, renounced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with upasarga 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ahaṅkāravāsanā.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with tathā.

अहङ्कारवासना (ahaṅkāravāsanā) - latent impression of 'I-ness' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego-tendency, impression of ego)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkāravāsanā

ahaṅkāravāsanā - tendency of ego, latent impression of 'I-ness'

Compound of 'ahaṅkāra' and 'vāsanā'

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+vāsanā)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, self-conceit, 'I-maker'
  noun (masculine)
• vāsanā – latent impression, tendency, habitual inclination
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell, to perfume)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive clause.

| (|) - Danda (verse separator)

(punctuation)

तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with yathā.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of parityaja.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सद्बुद्धे (sadbuddhe) - O wise one, O one with good intellect

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sadbuddhi

sadbuddhi - good intellect, wise mind, wise person

Compound of 'sat' and 'buddhi'

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat+buddhi)

• sat – good, true, existing, being
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'budh' (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the listener.

विचार्य (vicārya) - having reflected, having considered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'car' (to move, to think) with upasarga 'vi' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally, within

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb.

परित्यज (parityaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pari-tyaj

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Addressed to the 'wise one'.

|| (||) - Double Danda (end of verse/stanza)

(punctuation)