योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-73, verse-9

अहंकारदृशावेते सात्त्विके द्वेऽतिनिर्मले ।
तत्त्वज्ञानात्प्रवर्तेते मोक्षदे पारमार्थिके ॥ ९ ॥

ahaṃkāradṛśāvete sāttvike dve'tinirmale ,
tattvajñānātpravartete mokṣade pāramārthike 9

9. ahaṅkāra-dṛśau ete sāttvike dve atinirmale
tattvajñānāt pravartere mokṣade pāramārthike

9. ete dve atinirmale sāttvike ahaṅkāra-dṛśau
tattvajñānāt pravartere mokṣade pāramārthike

9. These two exceedingly pure, sāttvika perspectives regarding the ego (ahaṅkāra) arise from true knowledge (tattvajñāna) and bestow ultimate liberation (mokṣa).

9. שתי השקפות אלו של תחושת ה"אני" הן טהורות וזכות תכלית הזיכוך; הן נובעות מידיעת האמת, מעניקות שחרור ושייכות למציאות העליונה.

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कार-दृशौ (ahaṅkāra-dṛśau) - two perspectives of ego; two views of self-conceit

• एते (ete) - these two

• सात्त्विके (sāttvike) - pure, good, sattvic

• द्वे (dve) - two

• अतिनिर्मले (atinirmale) - exceedingly pure, very clear

• तत्त्वज्ञानात् (tattvajñānāt) - from true knowledge; by means of real wisdom

• प्रवर्तेरे (pravartere) - they arise, they proceed, they manifest

• मोक्षदे (mokṣade) - bestowing liberation (mokṣa), granting freedom

• पारमार्थिके (pāramārthike) - ultimately real, supremely true, spiritual

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कार-दृशौ (ahaṅkāra-dṛśau) - two perspectives of ego; two views of self-conceit

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of ahaṅkāra-dṛśā

ahaṅkāra-dṛśā - ego-perspective, view of self-identity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+dṛśā)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, self-conceit, individualism (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (masculine)
• dṛśā – view, sight, perspective
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

एते (ete) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of etad

etad - this, that

सात्त्विके (sāttvike) - pure, good, sattvic

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of sāttvika

sāttvika - pertaining to sattva, pure, good, virtuous, sāttvika

Derived from sattva (quality of goodness, purity) with the suffix -ika.

द्वे (dve) - two

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of dvi

dvi - two

अतिनिर्मले (atinirmale) - exceedingly pure, very clear

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of atinirmala

atinirmala - very pure, exceedingly clean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+nirmala)

• ati – exceedingly, very, beyond
  indeclinable
• nirmala – pure, clean, spotless, unblemished
  adjective

तत्त्वज्ञानात् (tattvajñānāt) - from true knowledge; by means of real wisdom

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tattvajñāna

tattvajñāna - knowledge of reality, true knowledge, real wisdom (tattvajñāna)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+jñāna)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding (jñāna)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

प्रवर्तेरे (pravartere) - they arise, they proceed, they manifest

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मोक्षदे (mokṣade) - bestowing liberation (mokṣa), granting freedom

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of mokṣada

mokṣada - granting liberation, bestowing freedom

Agent noun derived from √dā (to give) with mokṣa as object

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+da)

• mokṣa – liberation, freedom, salvation (mokṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• da – giving, granting, bestowing
  adjective
  kṛt affix (from √dā)
  Root: dā (class 3)

पारमार्थिके (pāramārthike) - ultimately real, supremely true, spiritual

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of pāramārthika

pāramārthika - relating to the highest truth, ultimate, real, spiritual

Derived from paramārtha (supreme truth) with the suffix -ika.

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