योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-89, verse-25

स्वभाव एष वस्तूनां स्वतःसिद्धिर्हि नान्यतः ।
नियतिं न जहात्येव शशाङ्क इव शीतताम् ॥ २५ ॥

svabhāva eṣa vastūnāṃ svataḥsiddhirhi nānyataḥ ,
niyatiṃ na jahātyeva śaśāṅka iva śītatām 25

25. svabhāvaḥ eṣaḥ vastūnām svataḥ-siddhiḥ hi na
anyataḥ niyatiṃ na jahāti eva śaśāṅkaḥ iva śītatām

25. eṣaḥ vastūnām svabhāvaḥ hi svataḥ-siddhiḥ na
anyataḥ śaśāṅkaḥ śītatām iva eva niyatiṃ na jahāti

25. This is the intrinsic nature (svabhāva) of things: their self-existence (svataḥsiddhi), not derived from anything else. It (this intrinsic nature) never deviates from natural law (niyati), just as the moon (śaśāṅka) does not abandon its coolness.

25. זהו טבעם המובנה של הדברים; ההגשמה נובעת מטבעם ולא משום מקור אחר. הטבע אינו נוטש את חוק הנִיָאטִי, כשם שהירח אינו נוטש את קרירותו.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature (svabhāva), inherent quality, essence

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• वस्तूनाम् (vastūnām) - of things, of objects

• स्वतः-सिद्धिः (svataḥ-siddhiḥ) - self-accomplishment (svataḥsiddhi), self-existence, inherent perfection

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - from elsewhere, from another

• नियतिं (niyatiṁ) - natural law (niyati), destiny, fate

• न (na) - not, no

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, leaves, forsakes

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• शशाङ्कः (śaśāṅkaḥ) - moon (śaśāṅka)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• शीतताम् (śītatām) - coolness, coldness

Words meanings and morphology

स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature (svabhāva), inherent quality, essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - self-existence, inherent nature, intrinsic disposition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – being, existence, state, nature, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

वस्तूनाम् (vastūnām) - of things, of objects

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of vastu

vastu - thing, object, substance

स्वतः-सिद्धिः (svataḥ-siddhiḥ) - self-accomplishment (svataḥsiddhi), self-existence, inherent perfection

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svataḥ-siddhi

svataḥ-siddhi - self-proven, self-existent, inherent accomplishment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svataḥ+siddhi)

• svataḥ – from oneself, spontaneously, naturally
  indeclinable
• siddhi – accomplishment, success, perfection, proof
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sidh (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - from elsewhere, from another

(indeclinable)

नियतिं (niyatiṁ) - natural law (niyati), destiny, fate

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - natural law, destiny, fate, fixed order

From root yam (to control, restrain) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, leaves, forsakes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hā

Root: hā (class 3)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

शशाङ्कः (śaśāṅkaḥ) - moon (śaśāṅka)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaśāṅka

śaśāṅka - moon (literally 'marked by a hare')

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

शीतताम् (śītatām) - coolness, coldness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śītatā

śītatā - coolness, coldness

Derived from 'śīta' (cold) with suffix '-tā'.

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