योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-43, verse-4

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यद्यद्राघव संप्राप्तं प्रह्लादेन महात्मना ।
तत्तदासादितं तेन पौरुषादेव नान्यतः ॥ ४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yadyadrāghava saṃprāptaṃ prahlādena mahātmanā ,
tattadāsāditaṃ tena pauruṣādeva nānyataḥ 4

4. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca | yat yat
rāghava samprāptam prahlādena
mahā-ātmanā | tat tat āsāditam
tena pauruṣāt eva na anyataḥ ||

4. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca rāghava,
yat yat mahā-ātmanā prahlādena samprāptam,
tat tat tena pauruṣāt eva āsāditam,
na anyataḥ

4. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O Rāghava, whatever was attained by the great-souled Prahlāda, all that was achieved by him solely through his human effort (pauruṣa), and not from any other source.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - auspicious prefix, revered (prosperity, welfare, divine grace, sacred)

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - The sage Vasiṣṭha, speaker of these verses. (Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - "said" (referring to Vasiṣṭha) (said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - "whatever" (as part of 'whatever...that...') (which, whatever, that)

• यत् (yat) - "whatever" (repetition for emphasis) (which, whatever, that)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rāma) (descendant of Raghu, Rāma)

• सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - "was attained" (obtained, reached, attained)

• प्रह्लादेन (prahlādena) - "by Prahlāda" (by Prahlāda)

• महा-आत्मना (mahā-ātmanā) - "by the great-souled" (qualifying Prahlāda) (by the great-souled, by the noble one)

• तत् (tat) - "all that" (correlative to yadyad) (that, all that)

• तत् (tat) - "all that" (repetition for emphasis) (that, all that)

• आसादितम् (āsāditam) - "was achieved" (obtained, gained, achieved)

• तेन (tena) - "by him" (referring to Prahlāda) (by him, by that)

• पौरुषात् (pauruṣāt) - "solely through his own effort" (from human effort, from manliness)

• एव (eva) - "solely" (only, just, indeed, solely)

• न (na) - "not" (not, no)

• अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - "from any other source" (from another, from elsewhere, otherwise)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - auspicious prefix, revered (prosperity, welfare, divine grace, sacred)

(indeclinable)

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - The sage Vasiṣṭha, speaker of these verses. (Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage); most wealthy, best, most excellent

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - "said" (referring to Vasiṣṭha) (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - "whatever" (as part of 'whatever...that...') (which, whatever, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

Note: Part of the correlative pair yadyad... tattad.

यत् (yat) - "whatever" (repetition for emphasis) (which, whatever, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

Note: Part of the correlative pair yadyad... tattad.

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rāma) (descendant of Raghu, Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; an epithet of Rāma

Derived from Raghu with a patronymic suffix -a.

सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - "was attained" (obtained, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - obtained, reached, attained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √āp with upasargas sam- and pra-.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'yat yat'.

प्रह्लादेन (prahlādena) - "by Prahlāda" (by Prahlāda)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prahlāda

prahlāda - Prahlāda (name of a devout Asura prince); joy, delight

Note: Agent of the past passive participle 'samprāptam'.

महा-आत्मना (mahā-ātmanā) - "by the great-souled" (qualifying Prahlāda) (by the great-souled, by the noble one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, lofty-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast, noble
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, principle of life
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'prahlādena'.

तत् (tat) - "all that" (correlative to yadyad) (that, all that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Part of the correlative pair yadyad... tattad.

तत् (tat) - "all that" (repetition for emphasis) (that, all that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Part of the correlative pair yadyad... tattad.

आसादितम् (āsāditam) - "was achieved" (obtained, gained, achieved)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsādita

āsādita - obtained, gained, achieved, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √sad with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tat tat'.

तेन (tena) - "by him" (referring to Prahlāda) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agent of the past passive participle 'āsāditam'.

पौरुषात् (pauruṣāt) - "solely through his own effort" (from human effort, from manliness)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human effort, manliness, valor, virility

Derived from puruṣa.

Note: Indicates the source or cause.

एव (eva) - "solely" (only, just, indeed, solely)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - "not" (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - "from any other source" (from another, from elsewhere, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable formed from 'anya' (other) with the suffix -tas (indicating source).