योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-12, verse-38

एकोऽभिलाष उत्पन्नो भोगेभ्यश्च निवार्यते ।
तत्क्षये यात्यविद्यायाश्चतुर्थांशः स्वयत्नतः ॥ ३८ ॥

eko'bhilāṣa utpanno bhogebhyaśca nivāryate ,
tatkṣaye yātyavidyāyāścaturthāṃśaḥ svayatnataḥ 38

38. ekaḥ abhilaṣaḥ utpannaḥ bhogebhyaḥ ca nivāryate
tat-kṣaye yāti avidyāyāḥ caturthāṃśaḥ svayatnataḥ

38. utpannaḥ ekaḥ abhilaṣaḥ bhogebhyaḥ ca nivāryate
tat-kṣaye avidyāyāḥ caturthāṃśaḥ svayatnataḥ yāti

38. When a single desire, having arisen, is restrained from sense objects (bhoga), then, upon its destruction, a fourth part of ignorance (avidyā) vanishes through one's own effort.

38. כאשר בולמים כל תשוקה העולה למענו של עונג חומרי, עם הכחדת התשוקה הזו נעלם רבע מהבורות מתוך המאמץ האישי.

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single, unique

• अभिलषः (abhilaṣaḥ) - desire, longing, wish, inclination

• उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ) - having arisen (arisen, produced, born, originated)

• भोगेभ्यः (bhogebhyaḥ) - from enjoyments (bhoga), from sense objects

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• निवार्यते (nivāryate) - is restrained, is averted, is kept away, is prevented

• तत्-क्षये (tat-kṣaye) - in its destruction, upon its cessation

• याति (yāti) - vanishes (goes, moves, vanishes, passes away)

• अविद्यायाः (avidyāyāḥ) - of ignorance (avidyā)

• चतुर्थांशः (caturthāṁśaḥ) - a fourth part, quarter

• स्वयत्नतः (svayatnataḥ) - by one's own effort, through self-exertion

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single, unique

(numeral)

अभिलषः (abhilaṣaḥ) - desire, longing, wish, inclination

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhilaṣa

abhilaṣa - desire, longing, wish, inclination

Prefix: abhi

Root: laṣ (class 1)

उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ) - having arisen (arisen, produced, born, originated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utpanna

utpanna - arisen, produced, born, occurred, resulted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad with prefix ut

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

भोगेभ्यः (bhogebhyaḥ) - from enjoyments (bhoga), from sense objects

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, sense object, experience

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Implies separation or restraint from.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

निवार्यते (nivāryate) - is restrained, is averted, is kept away, is prevented

(verb)

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

Passive Causative

Derived from root vṛ with prefix ni, in causative passive form

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तत्-क्षये (tat-kṣaye) - in its destruction, upon its cessation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tat-kṣaya

tat-kṣaya - its destruction, its cessation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tad+kṣaya)

• tad – that, it, its
  pronoun (neuter)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, cessation, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

याति (yāti) - vanishes (goes, moves, vanishes, passes away)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

अविद्यायाः (avidyāyāḥ) - of ignorance (avidyā)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance, illusion

a- (negation) + vidyā (knowledge)

चतुर्थांशः (caturthāṁśaḥ) - a fourth part, quarter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caturthāṃśa

caturthāṁśa - a fourth part, quarter

Compound type : karmadhāraya (caturtha+aṃśa)

• caturtha – fourth
  numeral
• aṃśa – part, share, portion, ingredient
  noun (masculine)

स्वयत्नतः (svayatnataḥ) - by one's own effort, through self-exertion

(indeclinable)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+yatna)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor, painstaking care
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Formed with the ablative suffix -tas from 'svayatna'.

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