योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-50, verse-20

भूयो जन्मान्तरगतास्त एव चिरजागराः ।
कथ्यन्ते प्रौढिमायाताः कार्यकारणचारिणः ॥ २० ॥

bhūyo janmāntaragatāsta eva cirajāgarāḥ ,
kathyante prauḍhimāyātāḥ kāryakāraṇacāriṇaḥ 20

20. bhūyaḥ janmāntaragatāḥ te eva cirajāgarāḥ
kathyante prauḍhimāyātāḥ kāryakāraṇacāriṇaḥ

20. bhūyaḥ te eva janmāntaragatāḥ cirajāgarāḥ
kathyante prauḍhimāyātāḥ kāryakāraṇacāriṇaḥ

20. Furthermore, those very same (entities/states), having passed into other births, are then called 'long-awake.' They are considered to have attained maturity, operating within the realm of cause and effect.

20. כשהן עוברות לגלגולים נוספים, מגיעות לבגרות ונעות בתוך חוקי הסיבה והתוצאה, הן נקראות השרויות בערות ממושכת.

Words meanings summery:

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• जन्मान्तरगताः (janmāntaragatāḥ) - having gone to another birth, passed into other lives

• ते (te) - they, those

• एव (eva) - very same (emphasizing 'te') (even, only, just, indeed)

• चिरजागराः (cirajāgarāḥ) - long awake, having a long waking experience

• कथ्यन्ते (kathyante) - are called, are said, are recounted

• प्रौढिमायाताः (prauḍhimāyātāḥ) - having attained maturity/full development

• कार्यकारणचारिणः (kāryakāraṇacāriṇaḥ) - moving in cause and effect, engaged in cause and effect

Words meanings and morphology

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

जन्मान्तरगताः (janmāntaragatāḥ) - having gone to another birth, passed into other lives

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of janmāntaragata

janmāntaragata - passed into another birth, reborn

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janman+antara+gata)

• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
• antara – other, different, interior, interval
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, attained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go) + 'kta' suffix.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the entities/states of consciousness mentioned in the previous verse.

एव (eva) - very same (emphasizing 'te') (even, only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

चिरजागराः (cirajāgarāḥ) - long awake, having a long waking experience

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cirajāgara

cirajāgara - long awake, continuing awake for a long time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+jāgara)

• cira – long (time), lasting, ancient
  adjective (neuter)
• jāgara – waking, awake, watchful
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'jāgṛ' (to wake).
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

कथ्यन्ते (kathyante) - are called, are said, are recounted

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of kath

Root of class 10 (or denominative from 'kathā').

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

प्रौढिमायाताः (prauḍhimāyātāḥ) - having attained maturity/full development

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prauḍhimāyāta

prauḍhimāyāta - who has attained maturity/full development

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prauḍhi+āyāta)

• prauḍhi – maturity, full growth, fullness, perfection
  noun (feminine)
• āyāta – come, arrived, attained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'ā' (to, towards) + root 'yā' (to go) + 'kta' suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

कार्यकारणचारिणः (kāryakāraṇacāriṇaḥ) - moving in cause and effect, engaged in cause and effect

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāryakāraṇacārin

kāryakāraṇacārin - moving in cause and effect, engaged in operation of cause and effect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārya+kāraṇa+cārin)

• kārya – effect, action, duty, to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root 'kṛ' (to do) + 'ṇya' suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do) + 'ana' suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• cārin – moving, going, performing, engaged in
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root 'car' (to move, go) + 'ṇin' suffix.
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

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