योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-30

तत्त्वावलोकनात्क्षीणे चित्ते नो जायते पुनः ।
जीवः कदाचन तदा भवेत्तीर्णभवार्णवः ॥ ३० ॥

tattvāvalokanātkṣīṇe citte no jāyate punaḥ ,
jīvaḥ kadācana tadā bhavettīrṇabhavārṇavaḥ 30

30. tattvāvalokanāt kṣīṇe citte naḥ jāyate punaḥ
jīvaḥ kadācana tadā bhavet tīrṇabhavārṇavaḥ

30. tattvāvalokanāt kṣīṇe citte jīvaḥ punaḥ naḥ
kadācana jāyate tadā tīrṇabhavārṇavaḥ bhavet

30. When the mind (citta) is subdued through the direct perception of reality (tattva), the individual soul (jīva) is never again born. At that point, it has truly crossed the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• तत्त्वावलोकनात् (tattvāvalokanāt) - from the insight into the ultimate nature of things (from the vision of reality, from the perception of truth)

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - purified, calmed, subdued (referring to the mind's agitations) (exhausted, diminished, wasted, pure)

• चित्ते (citte) - in the agitated mind, in the faculty of thought (in the mind, in consciousness)

• नः (naḥ) - not

• जायते (jāyate) - takes birth (in saṃsāra) (is born, arises)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (in a subsequent birth) (again, once more)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with a negation like `naḥ`) (ever, at any time)

• तदा (tadā) - at that stage (of purification) (then, at that time)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may be, should be, becomes)

• तीर्णभवार्णवः (tīrṇabhavārṇavaḥ) - one who has achieved liberation (mokṣa) from the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (one who has crossed the ocean of existence)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्त्वावलोकनात् (tattvāvalokanāt) - from the insight into the ultimate nature of things (from the vision of reality, from the perception of truth)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tattvāvalokana

tattvāvalokana - vision of reality, perception of truth, insight into intrinsic nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (tattva+avalokana)

• tattva – reality, truth, principle, intrinsic nature
  noun (neuter)
• avalokana – seeing, looking, perception, vision
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root `lok` with prefix `ava`
  Prefix: ava
  Root: lok (class 1)

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - purified, calmed, subdued (referring to the mind's agitations) (exhausted, diminished, wasted, pure)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - exhausted, diminished, wasted, pure, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

from root `kṣi` (to decay, destroy, waste away)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `citte`.

चित्ते (citte) - in the agitated mind, in the faculty of thought (in the mind, in consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: In sandhi, `naḥ` before soft consonants or `j` can become `no`.

जायते (jāyate) - takes birth (in saṃsāra) (is born, arises)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present tense, Middle voice (ātmanepada)

from root `jan` (to be born), ātmanepada forms are common.

Root: jan (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (in a subsequent birth) (again, once more)

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul, living being, life, existence

Root: jīv (class 1)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with a negation like `naḥ`) (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

`kadā` (when) + `cana` (an indefinite particle)

तदा (tadā) - at that stage (of purification) (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem `tad`

भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (may be, should be, becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, Present tense, Active voice

3rd person singular optative of root `bhū`

Root: bhū (class 1)

तीर्णभवार्णवः (tīrṇabhavārṇavaḥ) - one who has achieved liberation (mokṣa) from the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (one who has crossed the ocean of existence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīrṇabhavārṇava

tīrṇabhavārṇava - one who has crossed the ocean of existence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīrṇa+bhava+arṇava)

• tīrṇa – crossed, overcome
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root `tṛ` (to cross)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• bhava – existence, becoming, world, transmigration (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  From root `bhū`
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: It is a bahuvrīhi compound, describing the jīva.

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