योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-41

अथ पूर्वं कृतः शब्दो बालेनेव तदोमिति ।
ततः स एष ओंकार इति नीतः पुनः प्रथाम् ॥ ४१ ॥

atha pūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ śabdo bāleneva tadomiti ,
tataḥ sa eṣa oṃkāra iti nītaḥ punaḥ prathām 41

41. atha pūrvam kṛtaḥ śabdaḥ bālena iva tadā om iti
tataḥ saḥ eṣaḥ oṃkāraḥ iti nītaḥ punaḥ prathām

41. atha pūrvam om iti śabdaḥ bālena iva kṛtaḥ tadā
tataḥ saḥ eṣaḥ oṃkāraḥ iti punaḥ prathām nītaḥ

41. First, the sound 'Om' was made, just as a child would utter it spontaneously. Then, this very sound 'Om' (oṃkāra) was again brought to prominence.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - First, in the sense of beginning an explanation (then, now, moreover, and, for example, here)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, first (before, formerly, previously, in the east)

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - was made, uttered (made, done, performed)

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - the sound, specifically referring to 'Om' (sound, word, voice)

• बालेन (bālena) - by a child (by a child, by a young one)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• ओम् (om) - the sacred syllable Om

• इति (iti) - marking the quoted word 'Om' (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

• ततः (tataḥ) - Then, as a consequence (then, thence, from that, therefore)

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to 'Om') (he, that)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to 'Om') (this, this one)

• ॐकारः (oṁkāraḥ) - the very syllable Om (the syllable Om)

• इति (iti) - marking the quoted word 'Om' (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

• नीतः (nītaḥ) - was brought (led, brought, guided)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, anew, further, moreover)

• प्रथाम् (prathām) - to prominence (fame, renown, prominence, extension, breadth)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - First, in the sense of beginning an explanation (then, now, moreover, and, for example, here)

(indeclinable)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, first (before, formerly, previously, in the east)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - was made, uttered (made, done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ta.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with śabdaḥ.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - the sound, specifically referring to 'Om' (sound, word, voice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice, noise

बालेन (bālena) - by a child (by a child, by a young one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young boy, youthful, immature

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronoun tad.

Note: Adverb of time.

ओम् (om) - the sacred syllable Om

(noun)

singular of om

om - the sacred syllable, pranava

Note: Here used as a quote.

इति (iti) - marking the quoted word 'Om' (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to mark a quotation.

ततः (tataḥ) - Then, as a consequence (then, thence, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Ablative of tad used adverbially.

Note: Adverb of sequence/cause.

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to 'Om') (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to oṃkāraḥ.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to 'Om') (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to oṃkāraḥ.

ॐकारः (oṁkāraḥ) - the very syllable Om (the syllable Om)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of oṃkāra

oṁkāra - the syllable Om, the sacred mystic syllable

इति (iti) - marking the quoted word 'Om' (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to mark a quotation.

नीतः (nītaḥ) - was brought (led, brought, guided)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīta

nīta - led, carried, brought, guided, gained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nī (to lead, guide) with suffix -ta.

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with oṃkāraḥ.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, anew, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

प्रथाम् (prathām) - to prominence (fame, renown, prominence, extension, breadth)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prathā

prathā - fame, renown, celebrity, prominence, expansion, extent

Note: Object of nītaḥ.