योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-2

पूर्वं विवेककणिका यदा स्वहृदि जायते ।
संसारनिर्वेदमयी कारणाद्वाप्यकारणात् ॥ २ ॥

pūrvaṃ vivekakaṇikā yadā svahṛdi jāyate ,
saṃsāranirvedamayī kāraṇādvāpyakāraṇāt 2

2. pūrvaṃ vivekakaṇikā yadā svahṛdi jāyate
saṃsāranirvedamayī kāraṇāt vā api akāraṇāt

2. pūrvaṃ yadā saṃsāranirvedamayī vivekakaṇikā
svahṛdi kāraṇāt vā api akāraṇāt jāyate

2. First, when a tiny spark of discernment (viveka), imbued with detachment from worldly existence (saṃsāra), arises in one's own heart, whether with a specific cause or without any apparent reason.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before, previously

• विवेककणिका (vivekakaṇikā) - a tiny particle of discernment, a spark of discrimination

• यदा (yadā) - when

• स्वहृदि (svahṛdi) - in one's own heart

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

• संसारनिर्वेदमयी (saṁsāranirvedamayī) - consisting of detachment from worldly existence, full of indifference to transmigration

• कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - from a cause, due to a reason

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अकारणात् (akāraṇāt) - without a cause, from no reason

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, before, previously

(indeclinable)

विवेककणिका (vivekakaṇikā) - a tiny particle of discernment, a spark of discrimination

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vivekakaṇikā

vivekakaṇikā - a small particle or spark of discernment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viveka+kaṇikā)

• viveka – discernment, discrimination, distinguishing, judgment
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vic with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• kaṇikā – a small particle, a drop, a spark
  noun (feminine)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

स्वहृदि (svahṛdi) - in one's own heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svahṛd

svahṛd - one's own heart

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+hṛd)

• sva – own, self, personal
  adjective (neuter)
• hṛd – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

संसारनिर्वेदमयी (saṁsāranirvedamayī) - consisting of detachment from worldly existence, full of indifference to transmigration

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsāranirvedamayī

saṁsāranirvedamayī - composed of or characterized by detachment from worldly existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+nirveda+mayī)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, worldly existence, cycle of birth and death
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• nirveda – detachment, indifference, disgust, despondency
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vid with prefix nir
  Prefix: nis
  Root: vid (class 6)
• mayī – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix (feminine)
  Feminine form of the suffix -maya

कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - from a cause, due to a reason

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अकारणात् (akāraṇāt) - without a cause, from no reason

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without a cause, motiveless, causeless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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