योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-62, verse-5

तस्य चिन्तयतो जाता प्रतिभेयमिति स्वतः ।
भावयाम्याशु लीलार्थं सामान्यजनवृत्तिताम् ॥ ५ ॥

tasya cintayato jātā pratibheyamiti svataḥ ,
bhāvayāmyāśu līlārthaṃ sāmānyajanavṛttitām 5

5. tasya cintayataḥ jātā pratibhā iyam iti svataḥ
bhāvayāmi āśu līlā-artham sāmānya-jana-vṛttitām

5. tasya cintayataḥ svataḥ iyam pratibhā jātā iti
aham āśu līlārtham sāmānyajanavṛttitām bhāvayāmi

5. As he was pondering, this insight (pratibhā) spontaneously came to him: 'I will quickly manifest the conduct of common folk for the sake of divine play (līlā).'

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - to him (his, to him, of him)

• चिन्तयतः (cintayataḥ) - while he was pondering (thinking, pondering, reflecting)

• जाता (jātā) - arose, occurred (arisen, produced, born, occurred)

• प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - insight (pratibhā) (insight, sudden idea, intuition, splendor)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (insight) (this (feminine))

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech)

• स्वतः (svataḥ) - spontaneously (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

• भावयामि (bhāvayāmi) - I will manifest (I will cause to be, I will manifest, I will bring into being)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

• लीला-अर्थम् (līlā-artham) - for the sake of divine play (līlā) (for the sake of play, for sport)

• सामान्य-जन-वृत्तिताम् (sāmānya-jana-vṛttitām) - the conduct of common folk (the state of having the conduct of ordinary people)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - to him (his, to him, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as the subject for the participle 'cintayataḥ'.

चिन्तयतः (cintayataḥ) - while he was pondering (thinking, pondering, reflecting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, pondering

Present Active Participle

From root cint 'to think', 10th class, active voice

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'tasya'.

जाता (jātā) - arose, occurred (arisen, produced, born, occurred)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - arisen, produced, born, occurred

Past Passive Participle

From root jan 'to be born, produced'

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'pratibhā'.

प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - insight (pratibhā) (insight, sudden idea, intuition, splendor)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratibhā

pratibhā - insight, sudden idea, intuition, splendor

From root bhā 'to shine' with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence, in apposition with 'iyam'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (insight) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'pratibhā'.

इति (iti) - thus (introducing direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech)

(indeclinable)

स्वतः (svataḥ) - spontaneously (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas

भावयामि (bhāvayāmi) - I will manifest (I will cause to be, I will manifest, I will bring into being)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Causative stem bhāvaya-

Root: bhū (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

लीला-अर्थम् (līlā-artham) - for the sake of divine play (līlā) (for the sake of play, for sport)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (līlā+artha)

• līlā – play, sport, divine play (līlā)
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, aim, sake
  noun (masculine)

सामान्य-जन-वृत्तिताम् (sāmānya-jana-vṛttitām) - the conduct of common folk (the state of having the conduct of ordinary people)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sāmānyajanavṛttitā

sāmānyajanavṛttitā - the state of having the conduct of ordinary people

Compound type : tatpurusha (sāmānya+jana+vṛttitā)

• sāmānya – common, ordinary, general
  adjective (neuter)
• jana – person, people, folk
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vṛttitā – state of being, conduct, behavior
  noun (feminine)
  From vṛtti + suffix -tā

Note: Object of 'bhāvayāmi'.

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