योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
जीवतः कल्पनात्यागो युज्यते न त्वजीवतः ।
रूपमस्य यथातत्त्वं श्रृणु श्रवणभूषणम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
jīvataḥ kalpanātyāgo yujyate na tvajīvataḥ ,
rūpamasya yathātattvaṃ śrṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam 2

2. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca jīvataḥ kalpanā tyāgaḥ yujyate na tu
ajīvataḥ rūpam asya yathā tattvam śṛṇu śravaṇa bhūṣaṇam

2. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca jīvataḥ kalpanā tyāgaḥ yujyate tu
ajīvataḥ na asya rūpam yathā tattvam śravaṇa bhūṣaṇam śṛṇu

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: The abandonment of mental fabrication (kalpanā) is appropriate for a conscious being, but not for an unconscious one. Listen, for it is pleasing to the ears, to the true nature of this (phenomenal world created by kalpanā).

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - auspicious, holy, glorious

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of a conscious being (of a living one, of one who lives)

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - mental fabrication (imagination, mental fabrication, assumption, creation)

• त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - abandonment (abandonment, renunciation, giving up)

• युज्यते (yujyate) - is appropriate (is joined, is proper, is fitting, is appropriate)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, however, on the other hand)

• अजीवतः (ajīvataḥ) - of an unconscious one (of a non-living one, of one who is not alive)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - nature (form, nature, appearance, reality)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (referring to kalpanā or the phenomenal world created by it) (of this, his, her, its)

• यथा (yathā) - according to (as, just as, in what manner)

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - reality (truth, reality, essence)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• श्रवण (śravaṇa) - ear (hearing, ear)

• भूषणम् (bhūṣaṇam) - adornment (ornament, adornment)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - auspicious, holy, glorious

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, divine

Note: Used as an honorific prefix.

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of a conscious being (of a living one, of one who lives)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

present active participle

From √jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Can also be dative singular. Context suggests genitive.

कल्पना (kalpanā) - mental fabrication (imagination, mental fabrication, assumption, creation)

(noun)

feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, mental fabrication, assumption, creation, arrangement

From √kḷp (to be arranged, to be able) + yuṭ.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'kalpanātyāgaḥ'.

त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - abandonment (abandonment, renunciation, giving up)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - abandonment, renunciation, giving up

From √tyaj (to abandon) + ghañ.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpanā+tyāga)

• kalpanā – imagination, mental fabrication, assumption, creation
  noun (feminine)
  From √kḷp (to be arranged, to be able) + yuṭ.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• tyāga – abandonment, renunciation, giving up
  noun (masculine)
  From √tyaj (to abandon) + ghañ.
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Second part of the compound 'kalpanātyāgaḥ'.

युज्यते (yujyate) - is appropriate (is joined, is proper, is fitting, is appropriate)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of yuj

present passive indicative

3rd person singular present passive of √yuj (div. 7).

Root: yuj (class 7)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

अजीवतः (ajīvataḥ) - of an unconscious one (of a non-living one, of one who is not alive)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ajīvat

ajīvat - not living, inanimate, unconscious

present active participle (negative)

Noun derived from present active participle of √jīv (to live) with negative prefix 'a-'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jīvat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• jīvat – living, alive, existing
  participle (masculine)
  present active participle
  From √jīv (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Can also be dative singular. Context suggests genitive.

रूपम् (rūpam) - nature (form, nature, appearance, reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, nature, appearance, beauty, true state

अस्य (asya) - of this (referring to kalpanā or the phenomenal world created by it) (of this, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Also masculine singular genitive.

यथा (yathā) - according to (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: First part of the compound 'yathātattvam'.

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - reality (truth, reality, essence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, true nature, principle

From tad (that) + tva (suffix for abstract noun).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)

• yathā – as, just as, in what manner, according to
  indeclinable
• tattva – truth, reality, essence, true nature, principle
  noun (neuter)
  From tad (that) + tva (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Second part of the compound 'yathātattvam'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

imperative active

2nd person singular imperative active of √śru (div. 5).

Root: śru (class 5)

श्रवण (śravaṇa) - ear (hearing, ear)

(noun)

neuter, singular of śravaṇa

śravaṇa - hearing, ear, the act of hearing

From √śru (to hear) + lyuṭ.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: First part of the compound 'śravaṇabhūṣaṇam'.

भूषणम् (bhūṣaṇam) - adornment (ornament, adornment)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūṣaṇa

bhūṣaṇa - ornament, adornment, embellishment

From √bhūṣ (to adorn) + lyuṭ.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śravaṇa+bhūṣaṇa)

• śravaṇa – hearing, ear, the act of hearing
  noun (neuter)
  From √śru (to hear) + lyuṭ.
  Root: śru (class 5)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, adornment, embellishment
  noun (neuter)
  From √bhūṣ (to adorn) + lyuṭ.
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Second part of the compound 'śravaṇabhūṣaṇam'. Could also be accusative.