योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-94, verse-19

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अस्मदादिर्जनो नाम यथा संकल्पकल्पितान् ।
नासंकल्पितमाप्नोति सत्यकामवपुर्यतः ॥ १९ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
asmadādirjano nāma yathā saṃkalpakalpitān ,
nāsaṃkalpitamāpnoti satyakāmavapuryataḥ 19

19. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca asmadādiḥ janaḥ nāma yathā
saṃkalpakalpitān na asaṃkalpitam āpnoti satyakāmavapuḥ yataḥ

19. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yathā asmadādiḥ nāma janaḥ saṃkalpakalpitān
āpnoti na asaṃkalpitam āpnoti yataḥ satyakāmavapuḥ

19. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as an ordinary person like us only achieves what is conceived through their intention (saṃkalpa) and does not achieve what is not conceived, because the embodied self's (puruṣa) very nature is characterized by true desires.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अस्मदादिः (asmadādiḥ) - one like us, beginning with us

• जनः (janaḥ) - an ordinary person (person, man, creature)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, specifically, by name

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• संकल्पकल्पितान् (saṁkalpakalpitān) - those (objects) formed by their intention (saṃkalpa) (those created/formed by intention)

• न (na) - not, no

• असंकल्पितम् (asaṁkalpitam) - what is not conceived by their intention (saṃkalpa) (that which is not conceived/imagined/intended)

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

• सत्यकामवपुः (satyakāmavapuḥ) - the embodied self's (puruṣa) nature is characterized by true desires (whose body/nature is true desire, characterized by true desires (desires that come true))

• यतः (yataḥ) - because, since, from which

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the glorious Vasiṣṭha, revered sage Vasiṣṭha

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अस्मदादिः (asmadādiḥ) - one like us, beginning with us

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asmadādi

asmadādi - beginning with us, and so forth, a person like us

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asmad+ādi)

• asmad – I, we (first person pronoun stem)
  pronoun
• ādi – beginning, and so on, foremost
  noun (masculine)

जनः (janaḥ) - an ordinary person (person, man, creature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

नाम (nāma) - indeed, specifically, by name

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

संकल्पकल्पितान् (saṁkalpakalpitān) - those (objects) formed by their intention (saṃkalpa) (those created/formed by intention)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃkalpakalpita

saṁkalpakalpita - formed by intention/will, imagined, conceived

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃkalpa+kalpita)

• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, conceptualization, will, determination, mental faculty
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √kḷp with prefix saṃ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• kalpita – formed, created, imagined, arranged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kḷp (to form, to arrange)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

असंकल्पितम् (asaṁkalpitam) - what is not conceived by their intention (saṃkalpa) (that which is not conceived/imagined/intended)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asaṃkalpita

asaṁkalpita - unconceived, unintended, not imagined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kḷp with prefixes a-saṃ

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+saṃkalpita)

• a – not, non- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• saṃkalpita – conceived, intended, imagined
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kḷp with prefix saṃ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

(verb)

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

Root: āp (class 5)

सत्यकामवपुः (satyakāmavapuḥ) - the embodied self's (puruṣa) nature is characterized by true desires (whose body/nature is true desire, characterized by true desires (desires that come true))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyakāmavapus

satyakāmavapus - having true desires as one's nature/body, whose wishes are fulfilled, endowed with true will

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+kāma+vapus)

• satya – true, real, truth
  adjective (neuter)
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
• vapus – body, form, figure, nature, essence
  noun (neuter)

यतः (yataḥ) - because, since, from which

(indeclinable)

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