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.

2. תחילה, כאשר ניצוץ קטן של הבחנה (וִיוֵיקַה) המלווה במאיסה בסַמְסָארָה עולה בלבו, בין אם מסיבה כלשהי ובין אם ללא סיבה...

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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