योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-47

स्वपक्षोद्भावनपरा अहंतात्मैकवर्धनम् ।
मोक्षार्थमप्युद्यमिनो नयन्ति शतशाखताम् ॥ ४७ ॥

svapakṣodbhāvanaparā ahaṃtātmaikavardhanam ,
mokṣārthamapyudyamino nayanti śataśākhatām 47

47. svapakṣa udbhāvana parāḥ ahaṃtātmaikavardhanam
mokṣārtham api udyāminaḥ nayanti śataśākhatām

47. svapakṣa udbhāvana parāḥ udyāminaḥ api mokṣārtham
ahaṃtātmaikavardhanam śataśākhatām nayanti

47. Those diligent individuals, dedicated to establishing their own specific doctrines, even when striving for final liberation (mokṣa), cause the singular growth of the ego (ahaṃtā) and (ātman) Self to proliferate into countless complexities.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वपक्ष (svapakṣa) - One's own particular doctrine or philosophical stance. (One's own side, one's own doctrine.)

• उद्भावन (udbhāvana) - Establishing. (Manifesting, bringing forth, establishing.)

• पराः (parāḥ) - Devoted to, intent on. (Devoted, intent on, supreme.)

• अहंतात्मैकवर्धनम् (ahaṁtātmaikavardhanam) - The singular growth/furtherance of the ego (ahaṃtā) and (ātman) Self. (The sole increase/growth of the ego and self.)

• मोक्षार्थम् (mokṣārtham) - For the purpose of achieving final liberation (mokṣa). (For the sake of liberation.)

• अपि (api) - Even. (Also, even, too.)

• उद्यामिनः (udyāminaḥ) - Diligent individuals. (Diligent ones, those who strive, enterprising people.)

• नयन्ति (nayanti) - They cause (to become). (They lead, they guide, they bring, they cause.)

• शतशाखताम् (śataśākhatām) - A state of countless complexities or ramifications. (The state of having a hundred branches, manifoldness, complexity.)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वपक्ष (svapakṣa) - One's own particular doctrine or philosophical stance. (One's own side, one's own doctrine.)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svapakṣa

svapakṣa - One's own side/party/doctrine.

Compound of sva (own) and pakṣa (side/doctrine).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pakṣa)

• sva – own, one's self
  pronoun (masculine)
• pakṣa – side, party, doctrine, wing
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of a compound where it functions as a genitive.

उद्भावन (udbhāvana) - Establishing. (Manifesting, bringing forth, establishing.)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of udbhāvana

udbhāvana - Manifesting, bringing forth, establishing, illuminating.

From root bhū with ud, causative form.

Prefix: ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as the action of "establishing" in the compound.

पराः (parāḥ) - Devoted to, intent on. (Devoted, intent on, supreme.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - Other, supreme, highest, devoted to.

Note: Qualifies udyāminaḥ. svapakṣodbhāvanaparāḥ is a Bahuvrīhi compound: 'those for whom establishing their own doctrines is supreme/the goal.'

अहंतात्मैकवर्धनम् (ahaṁtātmaikavardhanam) - The singular growth/furtherance of the ego (ahaṃtā) and (ātman) Self. (The sole increase/growth of the ego and self.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ahaṃtātmaikavardhana

ahaṁtātmaikavardhana - The sole increase of the ego and self.

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṃtā+ātman+eka+vardhana)

• ahaṃtā – ego, I-ness, egotism
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from aham (I).
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
• eka – one, single, sole, unique
  adjective (neuter)
• vardhana – increasing, growing, furthering, nourishing
  noun (neuter)
  From root vṛdh (to grow).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Object of nayanti.

मोक्षार्थम् (mokṣārtham) - For the purpose of achieving final liberation (mokṣa). (For the sake of liberation.)

(indeclinable)

Compound mokṣa (liberation) + artha (purpose, sake).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+artha)

• mokṣa – liberation, freedom, release
  noun (masculine)
  From root muc (to release).
  Root: muc (class 6)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular neuter of mokṣārtha used adverbially.

अपि (api) - Even. (Also, even, too.)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

उद्यामिनः (udyāminaḥ) - Diligent individuals. (Diligent ones, those who strive, enterprising people.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udyāmin

udyāmin - Striving, diligent, energetic.

From ud + yam (to exert).

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Subject of nayanti.

नयन्ति (nayanti) - They cause (to become). (They lead, they guide, they bring, they cause.)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of nī

Present Active Indicative

Third person plural present active indicative of root nī.

Root: nī (class 1)

शतशाखताम् (śataśākhatām) - A state of countless complexities or ramifications. (The state of having a hundred branches, manifoldness, complexity.)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śataśākhatā

śataśākhatā - The state of having a hundred branches.

Compound śata (hundred) + śākhā (branch) + tā (suffix for state of being).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+śākhā+tā)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• śākhā – branch, division, ramification
  noun (feminine)
• tā – state, condition, quality
  suffix (feminine)
  Abstract noun suffix.

Note: Resultative object.

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