योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-4

अपुनर्जन्मने यः स्याद्बोधः स ज्ञानशब्दभाक् ।
वसनाशनदा शेषा व्यवस्था शिल्पजीविका ॥ ४ ॥

apunarjanmane yaḥ syādbodhaḥ sa jñānaśabdabhāk ,
vasanāśanadā śeṣā vyavasthā śilpajīvikā 4

4. apunarjanmane yaḥ syāt bodhaḥ saḥ jñānaśabdabhāk
vasanāśanadā śeṣā vyavasthā śilpajīvikā

4. yaḥ bodhaḥ apunarjanmane syāt,
saḥ jñānaśabdabhāk.
vasanāśanadā śilpajīvikā śeṣā vyavasthā.

4. That understanding (bodha) which leads to freedom from rebirth (apunarjanman) is truly deserving of the term 'knowledge' (jñāna). All remaining activities, such as providing clothing and food (vasanāśanadā) or earning a living through a craft (śilpa), are merely mundane arrangements (vyavasthā).

Words meanings summery:

• अपुनर्जन्मने (apunarjanmane) - for not being reborn, for freedom from rebirth

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• बोधः (bodhaḥ) - awakening, understanding, knowledge, perception

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• ज्ञानशब्दभाक् (jñānaśabdabhāk) - deserving the name 'knowledge' (jñāna), bearing the term 'knowledge'

• वसनाशनदा (vasanāśanadā) - giving clothes and food, providing clothing and sustenance

• शेषा (śeṣā) - the rest, remaining, other

• व्यवस्था (vyavasthā) - worldly arrangements (arrangement, order, system, activity, profession, worldly affair)

• शिल्पजीविका (śilpajīvikā) - livelihood from craft/skill, earning a living through a craft

Words meanings and morphology

अपुनर्जन्मने (apunarjanmane) - for not being reborn, for freedom from rebirth

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of apunarjanman

apunarjanman - non-rebirth, freedom from rebirth

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+punarjanman)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• punarjanman – rebirth, reincarnation
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: punar
  Root: jan (class 4)

यः (yaḥ) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

बोधः (bodhaḥ) - awakening, understanding, knowledge, perception

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - awakening, understanding, knowledge, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ज्ञानशब्दभाक् (jñānaśabdabhāk) - deserving the name 'knowledge' (jñāna), bearing the term 'knowledge'

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñānaśabdabhāj

jñānaśabdabhāj - deserving the name 'knowledge' (jñāna), bearing the term 'knowledge'

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (jñānaśabda+bhāj)

• jñānaśabda – the word 'knowledge'
  noun (masculine)
• bhāj – possessing, sharing, deserving
  adjective
  From root bhaj with suffix -in, forming an agent noun/adjective.
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

वसनाशनदा (vasanāśanadā) - giving clothes and food, providing clothing and sustenance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasanāśanadā

vasanāśanadā - giving clothes and food, providing clothing and sustenance

Compound type : dvandva (vasana+aśana+dā)

• vasana – clothing, garment
  noun (neuter)
• aśana – food, eating
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)
• dā – giver, giving
  noun (feminine)
  Suffix -ā from verb root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

शेषा (śeṣā) - the rest, remaining, other

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, rest, other

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

व्यवस्था (vyavasthā) - worldly arrangements (arrangement, order, system, activity, profession, worldly affair)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyavasthā

vyavasthā - arrangement, order, system, state, condition, rule, profession, worldly affair

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

शिल्पजीविका (śilpajīvikā) - livelihood from craft/skill, earning a living through a craft

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śilpajīvikā

śilpajīvikā - livelihood from craft/skill, earning a living through a craft

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilpa+jīvikā)

• śilpa – craft, art, skill, workmanship
  noun (neuter)
• jīvikā – livelihood, means of subsistence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

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