योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-175, verse-72

कारणं मौर्ख्यमेवास्य तच्चास्मादेव शास्त्रतः ।
किंचित्संस्कृतबुद्धीनां वाचितादेव शाम्यति ॥ ७२ ॥

kāraṇaṃ maurkhyamevāsya taccāsmādeva śāstrataḥ ,
kiṃcitsaṃskṛtabuddhīnāṃ vācitādeva śāmyati 72

72. kāraṇam maurkhyam eva asya tat ca asmāt eva śāstrataḥ
kiñcit saṃskṛtabuddhīnām vācitāt eva śāmyati

72. asya kāraṇam maurkhyam eva tat ca saṃskṛtabuddhīnām
kiñcit asmāt śāstrataḥ vācitāt eva śāmyati

72. The cause of this is merely ignorance. And for those with somewhat refined intellects, that very ignorance is pacified simply by studying this scripture.

Words meanings summery:

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - foolishness, ignorance

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• अस्य (asya) - of this, of him/her/it

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• शास्त्रतः (śāstrataḥ) - from the scripture, according to the treatise

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - somewhat, a little, something

• संस्कृतबुद्धीनाम् (saṁskṛtabuddhīnām) - of those with refined intellects

• वाचितात् (vācitāt) - from reading, from what is read

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is pacified, calms down

Words meanings and morphology

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

From root kṛ (to do) + ana (suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - foolishness, ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maurkhya

maurkhya - foolishness, ignorance, stupidity, lack of skill

Derived from mūrkha (foolish, ignorant) with the suffix -ya to form an abstract noun.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this, of him/her/it

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

शास्त्रतः (śāstrataḥ) - from the scripture, according to the treatise

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas added to noun śāstra to form an adverbial indeclinable meaning 'from/by means of'

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - somewhat, a little, something

(indeclinable)

संस्कृतबुद्धीनाम् (saṁskṛtabuddhīnām) - of those with refined intellects

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of saṃskṛtabuddhi

saṁskṛtabuddhi - one whose intellect is refined/cultivated

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃskṛta+buddhi)

• saṃskṛta – refined, cultivated, purified, prepared, accomplished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make) with upasarga sam- and suffix -kta (past passive participle)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  From root budh (to know, understand)
  Root: budh (class 4)

वाचितात् (vācitāt) - from reading, from what is read

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vācita

vācita - read, caused to be read, spoken, said, made known

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the causative stem of root vac (to speak, say) with suffix -kta (past passive participle). Here it takes the meaning of 'the act of being read' or 'that which is read'.

Root: vac (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is pacified, calms down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)