योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-216, verse-7

न श्रुतं पूर्वमेवैतज्प्तानसारं श्रुतं मया ।
तेनैव मुदितश्चान्तः पीतामृत इवाधुना ॥ ७ ॥

na śrutaṃ pūrvamevaitajptānasāraṃ śrutaṃ mayā ,
tenaiva muditaścāntaḥ pītāmṛta ivādhunā 7

7. na śrutam pūrvam eva etat jñānasāram śrutam mayā |
tena eva muditaḥ ca antaḥ pītāmṛtaḥ iva adhunā ||

7. mayā pūrvam eva etat jñānasāram na śrutam adhunā
śrutam tena eva antaḥ muditaḥ ca iva pītāmṛtaḥ

7. This essence of knowledge (jñānasāra) was indeed never heard by me before. Having heard it now, my inner being is delighted, as if I have just drunk nectar.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly (before, formerly, previously)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just, even, exactly)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• ज्ञानसारम् (jñānasāram) - essence of knowledge (jñānasāra) (essence of knowledge, wisdom's core)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तेन (tena) - by that (hearing) (by that, by him, therefore)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just, even, exactly)

• मुदितः (muditaḥ) - delighted (delighted, glad, joyful)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner self, inner being (inside, inner self, heart, within)

• पीतामृतः (pītāmṛtaḥ) - (one who is) as if having drunk nectar (one who has drunk nectar, having drunk nectar)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• अधुना (adhunā) - now (now, at present)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed, knowledge, tradition

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -ta

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: It's a participle, functioning as an adjective agreeing with "etat jñānasāram". Here, it acts predicatively.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just, even, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'jñānasāram'.

ज्ञानसारम् (jñānasāram) - essence of knowledge (jñānasāra) (essence of knowledge, wisdom's core)

(noun)

neuter, singular of jñānasāra

jñānasāra - essence of knowledge, core of wisdom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+sāra)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• sāra – essence, core, pith, strength
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Object of "śrutam".

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed, knowledge, tradition

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -ta

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: It's a participle, functioning as an adjective agreeing with "jñānasāram". Here, it forms a passive construction with 'mayā'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

Note: Agent in passive construction.

तेन (tena) - by that (hearing) (by that, by him, therefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the act of hearing (śrutam).

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just, even, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मुदितः (muditaḥ) - delighted (delighted, glad, joyful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mudita

mudita - delighted, glad, joyful, happy

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mud (to rejoice, be glad) with suffix -ita

Root: mud (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'antaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses or ideas.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner self, inner being (inside, inner self, heart, within)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antas

antas - interior, inside, inner self, heart, mind, within

Note: The subject of 'muditaḥ'.

पीतामृतः (pītāmṛtaḥ) - (one who is) as if having drunk nectar (one who has drunk nectar, having drunk nectar)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pītāmṛta

pītāmṛta - one who has drunk nectar

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pīta+amṛta)

• pīta – drunk, imbibed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pā (to drink) with suffix -ta
  Root: pā (class 1)
• amṛta – nectar, immortality
  noun (neuter)
  Negation of mṛta (dead)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'antaḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अधुना (adhunā) - now (now, at present)

(indeclinable)

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