योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-17

प्राथम्येनैव यद्ब्रह्म जीवतामिव गच्छति ।
तदैव बुद्ध्या भोक्ता तज्जातिः सात्त्विकसात्त्विकी ॥ १७ ॥

prāthamyenaiva yadbrahma jīvatāmiva gacchati ,
tadaiva buddhyā bhoktā tajjātiḥ sāttvikasāttvikī 17

17. prāthamyena eva yat brahma jīvatām iva gacchati
tadā eva buddhyā bhoktā tat jātiḥ sāttvikasāttvikī

17. yat brahma prāthamyena eva jīvatām iva gacchati
tadā eva buddhyā bhoktā tat jātiḥ sāttvikasāttvikī

17. That (yat) Brahman, which primarily (prāthamyena eva) assumes, as it were, the state of a living being (jīvatā), at that very moment (tadaiva), through the intellect (buddhi), becomes the experiencer (bhoktā). That species (jāti) is the most purely sattvic (sāttvikasāttvikī).

Words meanings summery:

• प्राथम्येन (prāthamyena) - primarily (primarily, in the first place, by priority)

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

• यत् (yat) - that which (brahman) (which, that which)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme reality (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute)

• जीवताम् (jīvatām) - the state of being a living being (jīva) (the state of a living being, vitality)

• इव (iva) - as it were (like, as if, as it were)

• गच्छति (gacchati) - attains, assumes (the state of) (goes, moves, attains, becomes)

• तदा (tadā) - at that very moment (then, at that time)

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

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - through the intellect (buddhi) (by the intellect, by understanding)

• भोक्ता (bhoktā) - the experiencer (enjoyer, experiencer, consumer)

• तत् (tat) - that (specific) (that)

• जातिः (jātiḥ) - that species, that class (birth, species, class, type)

• सात्त्विकसात्त्विकी (sāttvikasāttvikī) - the most purely sattvic (quality) (purely sattvic, the most sattvic of sattvic)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राथम्येन (prāthamyena) - primarily (primarily, in the first place, by priority)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of prāthamya

prāthamya - priority, precedence, first place

derived from prathama (first)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

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

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that which (brahman) (which, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'brahma'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme reality (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'gacchati'.

जीवताम् (jīvatām) - the state of being a living being (jīva) (the state of a living being, vitality)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīvatā

jīvatā - state of being a living being, life, vitality

suffix -tā to jīva

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Object of 'gacchati'.

इव (iva) - as it were (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - attains, assumes (the state of) (goes, moves, attains, becomes)

(verb)

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

Present tense

Root: gam (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - at that very moment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

from tad + dā

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

(indeclinable)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - through the intellect (buddhi) (by the intellect, by understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception

from root budh

Root: budh (class 1)

भोक्ता (bhoktā) - the experiencer (enjoyer, experiencer, consumer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhoktṛ

bhoktṛ - enjoyer, experiencer, consumer

Agent noun

from root bhuj with suffix -tṛ

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Predicate for the implied subject (Brahman in jīvatā).

तत् (tat) - that (specific) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'jātiḥ', behaving as an adjective.

जातिः (jātiḥ) - that species, that class (birth, species, class, type)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, species, class, lineage, type

derived from root jan

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

सात्त्विकसात्त्विकी (sāttvikasāttvikī) - the most purely sattvic (quality) (purely sattvic, the most sattvic of sattvic)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāttvikasāttvikī

sāttvikasāttvikī - purely sattvic, most sattvic of sattvic

Double adjective, emphasizing degree

Compound type : karmadharaya (sāttvika+sāttvikī)

• sāttvika – relating to sattva, good, pure, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  from sattva
• sāttvikī – relating to sattva, good, pure, excellent (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  from sattva

Note: Predicate adjective for 'jātiḥ'.

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