योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-5, verse-14

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
पूर्वं राघव शास्त्रेण वैराग्येण परेण च ।
तथा सज्जनसङ्गेन नीयतां पुण्यतां मनः ॥ १४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
pūrvaṃ rāghava śāstreṇa vairāgyeṇa pareṇa ca ,
tathā sajjanasaṅgena nīyatāṃ puṇyatāṃ manaḥ 14

14. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca pūrvaṃ rāghava śāstreṇa vairāgyeṇa
pareṇa ca tathā sajjana-saṅgena nīyatāṃ puṇyatāṃ manaḥ

14. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāghava pūrvaṃ manaḥ śāstreṇa pareṇa
vairāgyeṇa ca tathā sajjana-saṅgena puṇyatāṃ nīyatāṃ

14. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: First, O Rāghava, let the mind (manas) be guided towards purity through scripture (śāstra), supreme dispassion (vairāgya), and the association with noble individuals (sajjana-saṅga).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha (speaker of the verse) (Vasiṣṭha, the venerable sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (by Śrī Vasiṣṭha) (said, spoke)

• पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first (as the initial step) (first, formerly, previously)

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

• शास्त्रेण (śāstreṇa) - through sacred texts (śāstra) (by scripture, by science, by treatise)

• वैराग्येण (vairāgyeṇa) - through dispassion (vairāgya) (by dispassion, by detachment)

• परेण (pareṇa) - by the supreme (referring to vairāgya as supreme) (by the supreme, by the highest, by the other)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तथा (tathā) - and (introducing another item in a list) (thus, so, likewise, and)

• सज्जन-सङ्गेन (sajjana-saṅgena) - through the association with noble individuals (sajjana-saṅga) (by the association with good people)

• नीयतां (nīyatāṁ) - let it (the mind) be guided (let it be led, may it be guided)

• पुण्यतां (puṇyatāṁ) - to purity (to purity, to virtuousness, to merit)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, heart)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha (speaker of the verse) (Vasiṣṭha, the venerable sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha, a celebrated Vedic sage

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, holy, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (by Śrī Vasiṣṭha) (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first (as the initial step) (first, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

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

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

Derived from Raghu with 'aṇ' suffix

शास्त्रेण (śāstreṇa) - through sacred texts (śāstra) (by scripture, by science, by treatise)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, sacred text, teaching, science, instruction

Root: śās (class 2)

वैराग्येण (vairāgyeṇa) - through dispassion (vairāgya) (by dispassion, by detachment)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vairāgya

vairāgya - dispassion, detachment, indifference to worldly objects

Derived from virāga (absence of passion) + 'ya' suffix

परेण (pareṇa) - by the supreme (referring to vairāgya as supreme) (by the supreme, by the highest, by the other)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Qualifies 'vairāgyeṇa'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - and (introducing another item in a list) (thus, so, likewise, and)

(indeclinable)

सज्जन-सङ्गेन (sajjana-saṅgena) - through the association with noble individuals (sajjana-saṅga) (by the association with good people)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sajjana-saṅga

sajjana-saṅga - association with good people, company of the virtuous

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat-jana+saṅga)

• sat-jana – good person, virtuous individual
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: 'sat' (good) + 'jana' (person)
• saṅga – association, company, attachment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)

नीयतां (nīyatāṁ) - let it (the mind) be guided (let it be led, may it be guided)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of nī

Imperative mood, third person singular, passive voice

Root: nī (class 1)

पुण्यतां (puṇyatāṁ) - to purity (to purity, to virtuousness, to merit)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṇyatā

puṇyatā - purity, virtuousness, merit, holiness

Derived from puṇya (meritorious, pure) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Indicates the destination/goal of being led.

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart, disposition

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'nīyatāṃ'.