योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-76, verse-20

बलं बुद्धिश्च तेजश्च दृष्टतत्त्वस्य वर्धते ।
सवसन्तस्य वृक्षस्य सौन्दर्याद्या गुणा इव ॥ २० ॥

balaṃ buddhiśca tejaśca dṛṣṭatattvasya vardhate ,
savasantasya vṛkṣasya saundaryādyā guṇā iva 20

20. balam buddhiḥ ca tejaḥ ca dṛṣṭatattvasya vardhate
savasantasya vṛkṣasya saundaryādyāḥ guṇāḥ iva

20. dṛṣṭatattvasya balam,
buddhiḥ ca,
tejaḥ ca vardhate,
savasantasya vṛkṣasya saundaryādyāḥ guṇāḥ iva.

20. Strength, intellect, and spiritual radiance increase for one who has realized the fundamental truth (tattva), just as beauty and other qualities flourish in a tree during spring.

Words meanings summery:

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, intelligence

• च (ca) - and, also

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, vigor, spiritual power, radiance

• च (ca) - and, also

• दृष्टतत्त्वस्य (dṛṣṭatattvasya) - of one who has seen the truth/reality

• वर्धते (vardhate) - increases, grows, prospers

• सवसन्तस्य (savasantasya) - of one that has spring, in spring

• वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree

• सौन्दर्याद्याः (saundaryādyāḥ) - beauty and others (qualities)

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues, attributes

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, vigor

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, intelligence, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, vigor, spiritual power, radiance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, vigor, spiritual power, radiance, light

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दृष्टतत्त्वस्य (dṛṣṭatattvasya) - of one who has seen the truth/reality

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭatattva

dṛṣṭatattva - one who has seen the truth/reality

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dṛṣṭa+tattva)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)

वर्धते (vardhate) - increases, grows, prospers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

सवसन्तस्य (savasantasya) - of one that has spring, in spring

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of savasanta

savasanta - endowed with spring, relating to spring

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vasanta)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• vasanta – spring (season)
  noun (masculine)

वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

सौन्दर्याद्याः (saundaryādyāḥ) - beauty and others (qualities)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saundaryādi

saundaryādi - beauty, etc.; that of which beauty is the beginning

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saundarya+ādi)

• saundarya – beauty, handsomeness
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so forth
  noun (masculine)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues, attributes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, strand (of prakṛti)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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