योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-19

क्रमात्सज्जनतामेत्य शास्त्रार्थभरभावितः ।
भाति भोगानधःकुर्वन्पञ्जरादिव निर्गतः ॥ १९ ॥

kramātsajjanatāmetya śāstrārthabharabhāvitaḥ ,
bhāti bhogānadhaḥkurvanpañjarādiva nirgataḥ 19

19. kramāt sajjanatām etya śāstrārthabharabhāvitaḥ
bhāti bhogān adhaḥ kurvan pañjarāt iva nirgataḥ

19. saḥ kramāt sajjanatām etya śāstrārthabharabhāvitaḥ
bhogān adhaḥ kurvan nirgataḥ iva bhāti

19. Gradually achieving virtue and deeply imbued with the meaning of scriptures, he shines, casting down enjoyments, as if having escaped from a cage.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in due course

• सज्जनताम् (sajjanatām) - goodness, virtue, rectitude

• एत्य (etya) - having attained, having reached

• शास्त्रार्थभरभावितः (śāstrārthabharabhāvitaḥ) - deeply filled with the profound meaning of sacred texts (imbued with the abundance of scriptural meaning)

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

• भोगान् (bhogān) - enjoyments, pleasures, experiences

• अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards, inferior

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making inferior, subduing (doing, making, performing)

• पञ्जरात् (pañjarāt) - from a cage

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• निर्गतः (nirgataḥ) - emerged, gone out, freed

Words meanings and morphology

क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in due course

(indeclinable)

From root √kram (to step, go).

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

सज्जनताम् (sajjanatām) - goodness, virtue, rectitude

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sajjanatā

sajjanatā - goodness, virtue, the state of being a good person

Derived from sajjana (good person) with the suffix -tā (femininizing abstract suffix).

Note: Object of the gerund 'etya'.

एत्य (etya) - having attained, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root √i (to go) with suffix -tvā/-(l)ya, prefixed with a-.

Prefix: a

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Indicates a preceding action.

शास्त्रार्थभरभावितः (śāstrārthabharabhāvitaḥ) - deeply filled with the profound meaning of sacred texts (imbued with the abundance of scriptural meaning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāstrārthabharabhāvita

śāstrārthabharabhāvita - imbued with the weight/fullness of scriptural meaning

Compound of śāstra (scripture), artha (meaning), bhara (abundance, fullness), and bhāvita (imbued, filled).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+artha+bhara+bhāvita)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text
  noun (neuter)
• artha – meaning, purpose, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)
• bhara – burden, load, abundance, fullness
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhṛ (to bear).
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• bhāvita – imbued, made, produced, cultivated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From causative of root √bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Attribute of the implied subject (the virtuous person).

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root verb from 2nd class.

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

भोगान् (bhogān) - enjoyments, pleasures, experiences

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, experience, possession

From root √bhuj (to enjoy).

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Object of the participle 'kurvan'.

अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards, inferior

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'kurvan' to mean 'making inferior' or 'subduing'.

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making inferior, subduing (doing, making, performing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

Present Active Participle

From root √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies the implied subject, acting as a secondary predicate.

पञ्जरात् (pañjarāt) - from a cage

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pañjara

pañjara - cage, enclosure

Note: Source from which something emerged.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

निर्गतः (nirgataḥ) - emerged, gone out, freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirgata

nirgata - gone out, emerged, departed, freed

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go) with prefix nir-.

Prefix: nir

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Attribute of the implied subject (the virtuous person).

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