योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-5

ईश्वर उवाच ।
यो मुमुक्षुरविद्यांशः केवलो नाम सात्त्विकः ।
सात्त्विकैरेव सोऽविद्याभागैः शास्त्रादिनामभिः ॥ ५ ॥

īśvara uvāca ,
yo mumukṣuravidyāṃśaḥ kevalo nāma sāttvikaḥ ,
sāttvikaireva so'vidyābhāgaiḥ śāstrādināmabhiḥ 5

5. īśvara uvāca yaḥ mumukṣuḥ avidyāṃśaḥ kevalaḥ nāma
sāttvikaḥ sāttvikaiḥ eva saḥ avidyābhāgaiḥ śāstrādināmabhiḥ

5. īśvara uvāca yaḥ mumukṣuḥ avidyāṃśaḥ kevalaḥ nāma
sāttvikaḥ saḥ sāttvikaiḥ eva śāstrādināmabhiḥ avidyābhāgaiḥ

5. Īśvara said: He who desires final liberation (mokṣa) is an aspect of nescience (avidyā), specifically the one called 'solitary' (kevala) and endowed with the quality of goodness (sāttvika). It is by these very sāttvika aspects of nescience (avidyā), such as scriptures (śāstra) and other means, that he...

Words meanings summery:

• ईश्वर (īśvara) - Lord Īśvara (speaker of the verse) (Lord, master, controller)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

• मुमुक्षुः (mumukṣuḥ) - a seeker of final liberation (mokṣa) (one who desires liberation)

• अविद्यांशः (avidyāṁśaḥ) - an aspect or manifestation of nescience (avidyā) (part of nescience, aspect of ignorance)

• केवलः (kevalaḥ) - the specific aspect of nescience (avidyā) referred to as 'solitary' or 'exclusive' (sole, exclusive, solitary, pure)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, namely, indeed

• सात्त्विकः (sāttvikaḥ) - characterized by the quality of goodness (sattva) (relating to sattva, good, pure, virtuous)

• सात्त्विकैः (sāttvikaiḥ) - by means of other sāttvika (good/pure) aspects (of nescience) (by means of those relating to sattva, by means of good/pure ones)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अविद्याभागैः (avidyābhāgaiḥ) - by other parts or aspects of nescience (avidyā) (by parts of nescience, by aspects of ignorance)

• शास्त्रादिनामभिः (śāstrādināmabhiḥ) - by means of methods/concepts named 'scripture (śāstra)' and so on (by names like scripture, by means of names such as śāstra)

Words meanings and morphology

ईश्वर (īśvara) - Lord Īśvara (speaker of the verse) (Lord, master, controller)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, controller, supreme being

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

मुमुक्षुः (mumukṣuḥ) - a seeker of final liberation (mokṣa) (one who desires liberation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mumukṣu

mumukṣu - desirous of liberation, seeker of liberation

desiderative noun/adjective

desiderative stem of muc + u

Root: muc (class 6)

अविद्यांशः (avidyāṁśaḥ) - an aspect or manifestation of nescience (avidyā) (part of nescience, aspect of ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avidyāṃśa

avidyāṁśa - part of nescience, aspect of ignorance

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (avidyā+aṃśa)

• avidyā – nescience, ignorance, non-knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• aṃśa – part, portion, aspect
  noun (masculine)

केवलः (kevalaḥ) - the specific aspect of nescience (avidyā) referred to as 'solitary' or 'exclusive' (sole, exclusive, solitary, pure)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kevala

kevala - sole, exclusive, solitary, pure, whole

नाम (nāma) - by name, namely, indeed

(indeclinable)

सात्त्विकः (sāttvikaḥ) - characterized by the quality of goodness (sattva) (relating to sattva, good, pure, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāttvika

sāttvika - relating to sattva, good, pure, virtuous, real

सात्त्विकैः (sāttvikaiḥ) - by means of other sāttvika (good/pure) aspects (of nescience) (by means of those relating to sattva, by means of good/pure ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāttvika

sāttvika - relating to sattva, good, pure, virtuous, real

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अविद्याभागैः (avidyābhāgaiḥ) - by other parts or aspects of nescience (avidyā) (by parts of nescience, by aspects of ignorance)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of avidyābhāga

avidyābhāga - parts of nescience, aspects of ignorance

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (avidyā+bhāga)

• avidyā – nescience, ignorance, non-knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• bhāga – part, share, portion, division
  noun (masculine)

शास्त्रादिनामभिः (śāstrādināmabhiḥ) - by means of methods/concepts named 'scripture (śāstra)' and so on (by names like scripture, by means of names such as śāstra)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śāstrādināman

śāstrādināman - names like śāstra, names beginning with scripture

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śāstra+ādi+nāman)

• śāstra – scripture, treatise, sacred text, rule
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)