योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-30

एतैर्यथा हुतं दत्तं गृहीतमुषितं स्मृतम् ।
तथा चेद्वर्तसे पुत्र मुक्त एवासि संकटात् ॥ ३० ॥

etairyathā hutaṃ dattaṃ gṛhītamuṣitaṃ smṛtam ,
tathā cedvartase putra mukta evāsi saṃkaṭāt 30

30. etaiḥ yathā hutam dattam gṛhītam uṣitam smṛtam
tathā cet vartase putra muktaḥ eva asi saṅkaṭāt

30. My son, if you conduct yourself just as these (ministers) performed their sacred rites, gave gifts, accepted what came to them, lived their lives, and abided by tradition (smṛti), then you will certainly be liberated (mokṣa) from all distress.

Words meanings summery:

• एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these (masculine plural)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• हुतम् (hutam) - offered (in a yajña), sacrificed

• दत्तम् (dattam) - given

• गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - accepted, received, taken

• उषितम् (uṣitam) - dwelt, lived

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - remembered, understood (as prescribed), abided by (tradition)

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

• चेत् (cet) - if

• वर्तसे (vartase) - you act, you live, you conduct yourself

• पुत्र (putra) - Addressed to Rama by Vasishtha in the Yoga Vasistha. (O son!)

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, freed

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• असि (asi) - you are

• सङ्कटात् (saṅkaṭāt) - from danger, from distress, from difficulty

Words meanings and morphology

एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agent in a passive construction with implied actions.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

हुतम् (hutam) - offered (in a yajña), sacrificed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of huta

huta - offered as sacrifice, sacrificed, poured (as libation)

Past Passive Participle

From root hu (to offer in fire).

Root: hu (class 3)

दत्तम् (dattam) - given

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of datta

datta - given, granted, donated

Past Passive Participle

From root dā (to give).

Root: dā (class 1)

गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - accepted, received, taken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - taken, seized, accepted, received

Past Passive Participle

From root grah (to seize, take).

Root: grah (class 9)

उषितम् (uṣitam) - dwelt, lived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uṣita

uṣita - dwelt, resided, lived, spent (time)

Past Passive Participle

From root vas (to dwell) - vas changes to uṣ in PPP.

Root: vas (class 1)

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - remembered, understood (as prescribed), abided by (tradition)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, thought of, mentioned in smṛti (traditional law)

Past Passive Participle

From root smṛ (to remember).

Root: smṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the consequence or parallel action.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Conditional particle.

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

वर्तसे (vartase) - you act, you live, you conduct yourself

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root vṛt conjugated.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Implies an action taken by the listener.

पुत्र (putra) - Addressed to Rama by Vasishtha in the Yoga Vasistha. (O son!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - liberated, freed, released, achieved final liberation (mokṣa)

Past Passive Participle

From root muc (to free, release).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'you'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root as conjugated.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the consequence clause.

सङ्कटात् (saṅkaṭāt) - from danger, from distress, from difficulty

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saṅkaṭa

saṅkaṭa - danger, distress, difficulty, predicament, crisis

From sam + kaṭ (to gather, distress).

Prefix: sam

Root: kaṭ (class 10)

Note: Indicates separation from or freedom from.