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7,3

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-3, verse-18

कर्मबीजकलात्यागे त्वेतस्मादितरात्मनि ।
अविद्यमाने जीवस्य तज्ज्ञैर्विदितवस्तुभिः ॥ १८ ॥
karmabījakalātyāge tvetasmāditarātmani ,
avidyamāne jīvasya tajjñairviditavastubhiḥ 18
18. karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge tu etasmāt itara-ātmani
avidyamāne jīvasya tat-jñaiḥ vidita-vastubhiḥ
18. tu jīvasya karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge etasmāt
itara-ātmani avidyamāne tat-jñaiḥ vidita-vastubhiḥ
18. Indeed, for the individual soul (jīva), when the abandonment of the seeds and potencies of (karma) occurs, and this other self (the egoic principle) is non-existent, this truth is known by those who understand reality.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कर्म-बीज-कला-त्यागे (karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge) - in the abandonment of the seeds and manifestations of (karma) (in the abandonment of the seeds and potencies of action)
  • तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)
  • एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - this (referring to the 'other self') (from this, than this)
  • इतर-आत्मनि (itara-ātmani) - in the individual or egoic self (ātman) (in the other self, in the distinct self)
  • अविद्यमाने (avidyamāne) - when the (egoic) self is absent (when not existing, being absent, in the absence of)
  • जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul (jīva) (of the living being, of the soul, of the individual)
  • तत्-ज्ञैः (tat-jñaiḥ) - by those who know the true nature of reality (by those who know that, by the knowers of truth)
  • विदित-वस्तुभिः (vidita-vastubhiḥ) - by those who have understood the true nature of existence (by those for whom things are known, by those who have known reality)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्म-बीज-कला-त्यागे (karma-bīja-kalā-tyāge) - in the abandonment of the seeds and manifestations of (karma) (in the abandonment of the seeds and potencies of action)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of karma-bīja-kalā-tyāga
karma-bīja-kalā-tyāga - abandonment of the seeds and potencies of action
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma-bīja-kalā+tyāga)
  • karma – action, deed, ritual, fate
    noun (neuter)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • bīja – seed, germ, origin, cause
    noun (neuter)
  • kalā – part, portion, digit, art, potency, manifestation
    noun (feminine)
  • tyāga – abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation, sacrifice
    noun (masculine)
    From root tyaj- with suffix -a
    Root: tyaj (class 1)
तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)
(indeclinable)
एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - this (referring to the 'other self') (from this, than this)
(pronoun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this
Note: While ablative, it is interpreted adverbially or adjectivally in this context to introduce 'itarātmani'.
इतर-आत्मनि (itara-ātmani) - in the individual or egoic self (ātman) (in the other self, in the distinct self)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of itara-ātman
itara-ātman - the other self, a different self
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (itara+ātman)
  • itara – other, different, distinct
    adjective (masculine)
  • ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
    noun (masculine)
    Root: an (class 2)
अविद्यमाने (avidyamāne) - when the (egoic) self is absent (when not existing, being absent, in the absence of)
(participle)
Locative, masculine, singular of avidyamāna
avidyamāna - not existing, being absent, non-existent
Present Passive Participle
Formed from 'a-' (negation) + 'vidyamāna' (present passive participle of root 'vid' - to be, to exist).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyamāna)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
    Negating prefix
  • vidyamāna – existing, being present
    participle (masculine)
    Present Passive Participle
    From root 'vid' (to be, exist) with suffix -māna
    Root: vid (class 2)
जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul (jīva) (of the living being, of the soul, of the individual)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva
jīva - living being, soul, individual, life
From root 'jīv' (to live)
Root: jīv (class 1)
तत्-ज्ञैः (tat-jñaiḥ) - by those who know the true nature of reality (by those who know that, by the knowers of truth)
(adjective/noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+jña)
  • tad – that, it
    pronoun (neuter)
  • jña – knowing, knower, wise
    adjective/noun (masculine)
    From root jñā (to know) with kṛt suffix -a
    Root: jñā (class 9)
विदित-वस्तुभिः (vidita-vastubhiḥ) - by those who have understood the true nature of existence (by those for whom things are known, by those who have known reality)
(adjective/noun)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidita+vastu)
  • vidita – known, understood, perceived
    participle (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root vid (to know, perceive)
    Root: vid (class 2)
  • vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
    noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'tat-jñaiḥ'.