योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-20

ऋत्वन्तरे यथा याति विलयं पूर्वमार्तवम् ।
तथैव वासनानाशे नाशमेति क्रियाफलम् ॥ २० ॥

ṛtvantare yathā yāti vilayaṃ pūrvamārtavam ,
tathaiva vāsanānāśe nāśameti kriyāphalam 20

20. ṛtu-antare yathā yāti vilayam pūrvam ārtavam
tathā eva vāsanā-nāśe nāśam eti kriyā-phalam

20. yathā pūrvam ārtavam ṛtu-antare vilayam yāti,
tathā eva vāsanā-nāśe kriyā-phalam nāśam eti

20. Just as the yield of a previous season naturally disappears in a subsequent one, so too, upon the cessation of mental impressions, the consequences of actions likewise cease to exist.

20. כפי שפרחי העונה הקודמת נעלמים עם חילופי העונות, כך עם הכחדת רשמי התשוקה נעלמים פירות הפעולות.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋतु-अन्तरे (ṛtu-antare) - in another season, in a different season

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, reaches

• विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, merging, disappearance

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - referring to seasonal produce (previous, former, earlier)

• आर्तवम् (ārtavam) - seasonal, pertaining to a season; seasonal produce/fruit

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, so

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

• वासना-नाशे (vāsanā-nāśe) - upon the destruction of mental impressions, in the ruin of latent desires

• नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin, disappearance

• एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains

• क्रिया-फलम् (kriyā-phalam) - the fruit of action, result of action

Words meanings and morphology

ऋतु-अन्तरे (ṛtu-antare) - in another season, in a different season

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ṛtu-antara

ṛtu-antara - another season, a different season

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṛtu+antara)

• ṛtu – season, period of time
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interior, space between
  adjective (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, reaches

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, merging, disappearance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vilaya

vilaya - dissolution, merging, disappearance, destruction

Derived from root lī (to cling, dissolve) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - referring to seasonal produce (previous, former, earlier)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - previous, former, earlier, prior

आर्तवम् (ārtavam) - seasonal, pertaining to a season; seasonal produce/fruit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ārtava

ārtava - seasonal, belonging to a season; (as noun) seasonal produce, menstrual fluid

Derived from ṛtu (season) with suffix aṇ

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

वासना-नाशे (vāsanā-nāśe) - upon the destruction of mental impressions, in the ruin of latent desires

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāsanā-nāśa

vāsanā-nāśa - destruction/cessation of mental impressions/latent desires

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsanā+nāśa)

• vāsanā – mental impression, latent tendency, habit
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 4)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)

नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin, disappearance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

क्रिया-फलम् (kriyā-phalam) - the fruit of action, result of action

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kriyā-phala

kriyā-phala - fruit of action, result of action, consequence of deed

Compound type : tatpurusha (kriyā+phala)

• kriyā – action, activity, deed
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
  Root: phal (class 1)

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