योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-32

तत्तदर्थक्रियाकारि दुःखाय च सुखाय च ।
उदेति भावनं तस्माद्भावनाभावनं जयः ॥ ३२ ॥

tattadarthakriyākāri duḥkhāya ca sukhāya ca ,
udeti bhāvanaṃ tasmādbhāvanābhāvanaṃ jayaḥ 32

32. tat tat artha-kriyā-kāri duḥkhāya ca sukhāya ca
udeti bhāvanam tasmāt bhāvanā-abhāvanam jayaḥ

32. tat tat artha-kriyā-kāri duḥkhāya ca sukhāya ca
bhāvanam udeti tasmāt bhāvanā-abhāvanam jayaḥ

32. Each of those mental impressions is productive of practical effects, leading to both suffering and happiness. Therefore, the non-cultivation of such mental impressions is indeed victory.

32. מחשבה זו עולה ומביאה עמה תוצאות מעשיות של סבל ושל אושר. על כן, הניצחון הוא היעדר כל תפיסה מנטלית.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

• अर्थ-क्रिया-कारि (artha-kriyā-kāri) - causing practical effect, productive of purpose

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for pain

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for joy

• च (ca) - and, also

• उदेति (udeti) - rises, appears, comes forth

• भावनम् (bhāvanam) - thought, mental impression, conception, cultivation

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• भावना-अभावनम् (bhāvanā-abhāvanam) - the non-existence of mental impressions, the cessation of thoughts

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अर्थ-क्रिया-कारि (artha-kriyā-kāri) - causing practical effect, productive of purpose

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of artha-kriyā-kārin

artha-kriyā-kārin - causing practical results, effective, productive of purpose

Agent Noun

Compound of artha-kriyā (noun) and kārin (agent noun from kṛ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha-kriyā+kārin)

• artha-kriyā – purposeful action, practical result, efficient action
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of artha (purpose) and kriyā (action)
• kārin – making, doing, causing, effecting, producing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root kṛ with suffix -in
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for pain

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery, uneasiness

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for joy

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, ease, comfort

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उदेति (udeti) - rises, appears, comes forth

(verb)

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

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

भावनम् (bhāvanam) - thought, mental impression, conception, cultivation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvana

bhāvana - thought, conception, mental impression, cultivation, causing to be, demonstrating

From root bhū (causative) + suffix ana

Root: bhū (class 1)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'

भावना-अभावनम् (bhāvanā-abhāvanam) - the non-existence of mental impressions, the cessation of thoughts

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvanā-abhāvana

bhāvanā-abhāvana - non-existence of mental impressions or thoughts, cessation of cultivation or conceptualization

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāvanā+abhāvana)

• bhāvanā – conception, imagination, mental image, contemplation, cultivation
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (causative) + suffix ana
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāvana – non-existence, cessation of thought or imagination, non-cultivation
  noun (neuter)
  Negative prefix 'a' + bhāvana

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest, superiority

From root ji 'to conquer'

Root: ji (class 1)

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