योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-215, verse-10

मोक्षाभ्युपायान्सुमहानुभावान् ज्ञास्यन्ति ये तत्त्वविदां वरिष्ठाः ।
पुनः समेष्यन्ति न संसृतिं ते कोऽर्थः सुताऽन्येन बहूदितेन ॥ १० ॥

mokṣābhyupāyānsumahānubhāvān jñāsyanti ye tattvavidāṃ variṣṭhāḥ ,
punaḥ sameṣyanti na saṃsṛtiṃ te ko'rthaḥ sutā'nyena bahūditena 10

10. mokṣa abhyupāyān sumahānubhāvān
jñāsyanti ye tattvavidām variṣṭhāḥ
punaḥ sameṣyanti na saṃsṛtim te
kaḥ arthaḥ suta anyena bahūditena

10. ye tattvavidām variṣṭhāḥ mokṣa
abhyupāyān sumahānubhāvān jñāsyanti
te punaḥ saṃsṛtim na sameṣyanti
suta anyena bahūditena kaḥ arthaḥ

10. Those who are foremost among the knowers of truth will understand the greatly potent means to liberation (mokṣa). They will not again enter the cycle of transmigration (saṃsṛti). Son, what is the use of speaking much else?

Words meanings summery:

• मोक्ष (mokṣa) - liberation, release

• अभ्युपायान् (abhyupāyān) - means, expedients

• सुमहानुभावान् (sumahānubhāvān) - of great potency, highly influential

• ज्ञास्यन्ति (jñāsyanti) - they will know, they will understand

• ये (ye) - which, those who

• तत्त्वविदाम् (tattvavidām) - of the knowers of truth

• वरिष्ठाः (variṣṭhāḥ) - foremost, excellent, best

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• समेष्यन्ति (sameṣyanti) - they will approach, they will enter

• न (na) - not, no

• संसृतिम् (saṁsṛtim) - transmigration, cycle of rebirth

• ते (te) - they

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, use

• सुत (suta) - O son

• अन्येन (anyena) - by other, by another

• बहूदितेन (bahūditena) - by much spoken, by having spoken much

Words meanings and morphology

मोक्ष (mokṣa) - liberation, release

(noun)

masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: First part of the compound mokṣābhyupāyān.

अभ्युपायान् (abhyupāyān) - means, expedients

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhyupāya

abhyupāya - means, expedient, approach

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of jñāsyanti.

सुमहानुभावान् (sumahānubhāvān) - of great potency, highly influential

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sumahānubhāva

sumahānubhāva - of great potency/influence, highly glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mahā+anubhāva)

• su – very, well, good
  indeclinable
• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• anubhāva – power, influence, dignity, experience
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with abhyupāyān.

ज्ञास्यन्ति (jñāsyanti) - they will know, they will understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of jñā

Future Active Indicative

3rd person plural, derived from root 'jñā' (class 9)

Root: jñā (class 9)

ये (ye) - which, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which, what

Note: Agrees with variṣṭhāḥ.

तत्त्वविदाम् (tattvavidām) - of the knowers of truth

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tattvavid

tattvavid - knower of truth/reality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+vid)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle
  noun (neuter)
• vid – knower, understanding
  adjective
  Agent Noun (suffix -vi)
  from root 'vid'
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Among the knowers of truth.

वरिष्ठाः (variṣṭhāḥ) - foremost, excellent, best

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - most excellent, best, foremost (superlative of uru/vṛddha)

Superlative degree from a root like 'vṛ' (to choose) or 'uru' (great)

Note: Agrees with ye.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

समेष्यन्ति (sameṣyanti) - they will approach, they will enter

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of sam-iṣ

Future Active Indicative

3rd person plural, derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

संसृतिम् (saṁsṛtim) - transmigration, cycle of rebirth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, wandering through existences, cycle of rebirth

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of sameṣyanti.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the knowers of truth.

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, use

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, object, wealth

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Part of 'what is the use'.

सुत (suta) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Direct address.

अन्येन (anyena) - by other, by another

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another

Note: By other (speech).

बहूदितेन (bahūditena) - by much spoken, by having spoken much

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bahūdita

bahūdita - much spoken, much said

Past Passive Participle

Compound: 'bahu' (much) + 'udita' (spoken). 'udita' from root 'vad' with prefix 'ud'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bahu+udita)

• bahu – much, many
  adjective
• udita – spoken, said
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from 'ud' (prefix) + root 'vad' (to speak)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied vacanena or śāstreṇa.