योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-30

स एष वासनात्मानं जन्तुं बोधयति क्रमात् ।
संसारसागरादस्मात्तारयत्यविवेकिनम् ॥ ३० ॥

sa eṣa vāsanātmānaṃ jantuṃ bodhayati kramāt ,
saṃsārasāgarādasmāttārayatyavivekinam 30

30. saḥ eṣaḥ vāsanātmānam jantum bodhayati kramāt
saṁsārasāgarāt asmāt tārayati avivekinam

30. saḥ eṣaḥ kramāt vāsanātmānam jantum bodhayati
asmāt saṁsārasāgarāt avivekinam tārayati

30. This very one gradually enlightens the living being whose nature is bound by latent impressions. He liberates the indiscriminating one from this ocean of transmigratory existence (saṁsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• वासनात्मानम् (vāsanātmānam) - whose nature is bound by latent impressions (whose self is latent impressions, embodied by latent impressions)

• जन्तुम् (jantum) - a living being, creature

• बोधयति (bodhayati) - enlightens, teaches, causes to know

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in due course, in succession

• संसारसागरात् (saṁsārasāgarāt) - from the ocean of transmigratory existence (saṁsāra) (from the ocean of transmigratory existence)

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

• तारयति (tārayati) - liberates, causes to cross over, saves

• अविवेकिनम् (avivekinam) - the indiscriminating one, the one lacking discernment

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

वासनात्मानम् (vāsanātmānam) - whose nature is bound by latent impressions (whose self is latent impressions, embodied by latent impressions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsanātman

vāsanātman - one whose self is composed of latent impressions, having a nature of vāsanā

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāsanā+ātman)

• vāsanā – latent impression, habit, desire, mental predisposition
  noun (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

जन्तुम् (jantum) - a living being, creature

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man, animal

बोधयति (bodhayati) - enlightens, teaches, causes to know

(verb)

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

Causative Present Active

Causative form (णिच्) of root budh

Root: budh (class 1)

क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in due course, in succession

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, method, progression

संसारसागरात् (saṁsārasāgarāt) - from the ocean of transmigratory existence (saṁsāra) (from the ocean of transmigratory existence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṁsārasāgara

saṁsārasāgara - the ocean of transmigratory existence, the ocean of saṁsāra

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṁsāra+sāgara)

• saṁsāra – transmigratory existence, cycle of birth and death, world
  noun (masculine)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तारयति (tārayati) - liberates, causes to cross over, saves

(verb)

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

Causative Present Active

Causative form (णिच्) of root tṛ

Root: tṛ (class 1)

अविवेकिनम् (avivekinam) - the indiscriminating one, the one lacking discernment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avivekin

avivekin - undiscriminating, indiscreet, ignorant, lacking discernment

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vivekin)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• vivekin – discriminating, discerning, wise
  adjective (masculine)

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