योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-209, verse-35

ततः संप्रेक्षणमिह संकरो न प्रवर्तते ।
विनान्यच्चित्प्रयत्नेन भवत्यर्थस्तु नान्यथा ॥ ३५ ॥

tataḥ saṃprekṣaṇamiha saṃkaro na pravartate ,
vinānyaccitprayatnena bhavatyarthastu nānyathā 35

35. tataḥ samprekṣaṇam iha saṃkaraḥ na pravartate vinā
anyat cit prayatnena bhavati arthaḥ tu na anyathā

35. tataḥ iha samprekṣaṇam (sati) saṃkaraḥ na pravartate.
vinā cit-prayatnena anyaḥ arthaḥ tu na anyathā bhavati

35. Therefore, through proper discernment here, no mixture or confusion (saṃkara) occurs. Without the effort of consciousness, a thing cannot come into being in any other way.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefore, after that

• सम्प्रेक्षणम् (samprekṣaṇam) - keen observation, discernment, perception, contemplation

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• संकरः (saṁkaraḥ) - mixture, confusion, impurity, intermingling

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, occurs, arises, begins, acts

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

• प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - by effort, by exertion, by endeavor

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, comes into being, exists

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - thing, object, purpose, meaning, wealth

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

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefore, after that

(indeclinable)

सम्प्रेक्षणम् (samprekṣaṇam) - keen observation, discernment, perception, contemplation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samprekṣaṇa

samprekṣaṇa - keen observation, discernment, perception, contemplation

Verbal noun

Derived from root √īkṣ (to see) with prefixes sam- and pra-

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

संकरः (saṁkaraḥ) - mixture, confusion, impurity, intermingling

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkara

saṁkara - mixture, confusion, impurity, intermingling

Derived from root √kṛ (to make, do) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, occurs, arises, begins, acts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pravartate

Derived from root √vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the instrumental case here.

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Refers to 'arthaḥ' (thing/object).

चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound with prayatnena, 'effort of consciousness'.

प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - by effort, by exertion, by endeavor

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort, exertion, endeavor

Derived from root √yat (to strive) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound with 'cit' (consciousness), meaning 'by the effort of consciousness'.

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, comes into being, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - thing, object, purpose, meaning, wealth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - thing, object, purpose, meaning, wealth

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

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

(indeclinable)

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