योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-25

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
जातौ जातौ कतिपये व्यपदेश्या भवन्ति ते ।
येषां यान्ति प्रकाशेन दिवसा भास्वतामिव ॥ २५ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
jātau jātau katipaye vyapadeśyā bhavanti te ,
yeṣāṃ yānti prakāśena divasā bhāsvatāmiva 25

25. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | jātau jātau katipaye vyapadeśyāḥ
bhavanti te | yeṣām yānti prakāśena divasāḥ bhāsvatām iva ||

25. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
jātau jātau katipaye te vyapadeśyāḥ bhavanti,
yeṣām divasāḥ bhāsvatām iva prakāśena yānti.

25. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "In every birth (jāti), only a few become noteworthy and celebrated, whose days pass with a radiance like that of the luminaries."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sage Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• जातौ (jātau) - in every birth (jāti) (in birth, in species, in caste)

• जातौ (jātau) - in every birth (jāti) (in birth, in species, in caste)

• कतिपये (katipaye) - a few, some

• व्यपदेश्याः (vyapadeśyāḥ) - noteworthy and celebrated (mentionable, worthy of being named, celebrated, renowned)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

• ते (te) - they, those

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they pass

• प्रकाशेन (prakāśena) - by light, with brilliance, by manifestation

• दिवसाः (divasāḥ) - days

• भास्वताम् (bhāsvatām) - like those of the luminaries (of the shining ones, of the brilliant ones (e.g., suns))

• इव (iva) - like, as

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sage Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sage Vasiṣṭha, a revered Vedic sage

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Root: √vac (class 2)

जातौ (jātau) - in every birth (jāti) (in birth, in species, in caste)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, species, lineage, caste, condition

Root: √jan (class 4)

Note: Repetition 'jātau jātau' means 'in every birth'.

जातौ (jātau) - in every birth (jāti) (in birth, in species, in caste)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, species, lineage, caste, condition

Root: √jan (class 4)

Note: Repetition 'jātau jātau' means 'in every birth'.

कतिपये (katipaye) - a few, some

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of katipaya

katipaya - a few, some, certain (number)

व्यपदेश्याः (vyapadeśyāḥ) - noteworthy and celebrated (mentionable, worthy of being named, celebrated, renowned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyapadeśya

vyapadeśya - mentionable, worthy of being named, celebrated, renowned, explicable

Gerundive

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya) from root √diś (to point out, to show) with prefixes vy-apa.

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: √diś (class 6)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers back to 'te' (those few).

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they pass

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of yā

Root: √yā (class 2)

प्रकाशेन (prakāśena) - by light, with brilliance, by manifestation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prakāśa

prakāśa - light, brilliance, splendor, manifestation, appearance

Prefix: pra

Root: √kāś (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means by which the days pass.

दिवसाः (divasāḥ) - days

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of divasa

divasa - day

भास्वताम् (bhāsvatām) - like those of the luminaries (of the shining ones, of the brilliant ones (e.g., suns))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhāsvat

bhāsvat - shining, brilliant, resplendent, a luminary, the sun

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of √bhās (to shine), used as a noun.

Root: √bhās (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)