योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-76, verse-13

सत्यां प्रज्ञामहानावि विवेके सति नाविके ।
संसारसागरादस्माद्यो न तीर्णो धिगस्तु तम् ॥ १३ ॥

satyāṃ prajñāmahānāvi viveke sati nāvike ,
saṃsārasāgarādasmādyo na tīrṇo dhigastu tam 13

13. satyāṃ prajñāmahānāvi viveke sati nāvike
saṃsārasāgarāt asmāt yaḥ na tīrṇaḥ dhik astu tam

13. prajñāmahānāvi satyāṃ,
nāvike viveke sati,
yaḥ asmāt saṃsārasāgarāt na tīrṇaḥ,
tam dhik astu

13. With great knowledge (prajñā) serving as the mighty ship and discrimination as the helmsman, shame upon anyone who fails to cross this ocean of transmigratory existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• सत्याम् (satyām) - when it is present, serving as (being, existing, present)

• प्रज्ञामहानावि (prajñāmahānāvi) - when great knowledge (prajñā) is the mighty ship (in the great boat of knowledge)

• विवेके (viveke) - in discrimination, in discernment

• सति (sati) - when it is present, serving as (being, existing, when it is present)

• नाविके (nāvike) - when discrimination is the helmsman (in the helmsman, in the pilot)

• संसारसागरात् (saṁsārasāgarāt) - from the ocean of transmigratory existence

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• न (na) - not

• तीर्णः (tīrṇaḥ) - crossed, overcome, traversed

• धिक् (dhik) - shame, woe, alas, fie

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्याम् (satyām) - when it is present, serving as (being, existing, present)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, good, true

present active participle

Derived from root `as` (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

प्रज्ञामहानावि (prajñāmahānāvi) - when great knowledge (prajñā) is the mighty ship (in the great boat of knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prajñāmahānāv

prajñāmahānāv - a great ship which is knowledge, knowledge as a mighty boat

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prajñā+mahānāv)

• prajñā – wisdom, insight, intuitive knowledge, great knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• mahānāv – a great ship, mighty boat
  noun (feminine)

विवेके (viveke) - in discrimination, in discernment

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of viveka

viveka - discrimination, discernment, discretion, separation

From root `vic` with prefixes `vi`

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

सति (sati) - when it is present, serving as (being, existing, when it is present)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, good, true

present active participle

Derived from root `as` (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

नाविके (nāvike) - when discrimination is the helmsman (in the helmsman, in the pilot)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nāvika

nāvika - boatman, sailor, pilot, helmsman

Derived from `nāv` (boat)

संसारसागरात् (saṁsārasāgarāt) - from the ocean of transmigratory existence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃsārasāgara

saṁsārasāgara - ocean of saṃsāra, the ocean of transmigratory existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+sāgara)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, wandering through repeated births and deaths
  noun (masculine)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तीर्णः (tīrṇaḥ) - crossed, overcome, traversed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīrṇa

tīrṇa - crossed, passed over, overcome, accomplished

past passive participle

Derived from root `tṝ` (to cross)

Root: tṝ (class 1)

धिक् (dhik) - shame, woe, alas, fie

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (loṭ) of as

imperative mood, present tense

Root: as (class 2)

तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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