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.

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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