योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-16, verse-20

चत्वार एते विमला उपाया भवभेदने ।
यैरभ्यस्तास्त उत्तीर्णा मोहवारिभवार्णवात् ॥ २० ॥

catvāra ete vimalā upāyā bhavabhedane ,
yairabhyastāsta uttīrṇā mohavāribhavārṇavāt 20

20. catvāraḥ ete vimalāḥ upāyāḥ bhavabhedane yaiḥ
abhyastāḥ te uttīrṇāḥ mohavāribhavārṇavāt

20. ete catvāraḥ vimalāḥ upāyāḥ bhavabhedane yaiḥ
te abhyastāḥ te mohavāribhavārṇavāt uttīrṇāḥ

20. These four pure methods are for severing the ties of mundane existence (saṃsāra). Those who have practiced them have crossed over the ocean of saṃsāra, whose waters are delusion (moha).

Words meanings summery:

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

• एते (ete) - these

• विमलाः (vimalāḥ) - pure, spotless, clear, stainless

• उपायाः (upāyāḥ) - means, methods, ways, remedies

• भवभेदने (bhavabhedane) - for breaking/severing existence (saṃsāra)

• यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom

• अभ्यस्ताः (abhyastāḥ) - practiced, mastered, diligently cultivated

• ते (te) - they, those

• उत्तीर्णाः (uttīrṇāḥ) - have crossed over, transcended, overcome

• मोहवारिभवार्णवात् (mohavāribhavārṇavāt) - from the ocean of existence, whose waters are delusion

Words meanings and morphology

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

(numeral)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, these

विमलाः (vimalāḥ) - pure, spotless, clear, stainless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimala

vimala - pure, spotless, clear, stainless, immaculate

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (vi+mala)

• vi – apart, away, without (prefix indicating separation or absence)
  indeclinable
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain, defect
  noun (masculine)

उपायाः (upāyāḥ) - means, methods, ways, remedies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, method, way, expedient, stratagem, remedy

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

भवभेदने (bhavabhedane) - for breaking/severing existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhavabhedana

bhavabhedana - the act of breaking/severing/piercing mundane existence (saṃsāra)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhava+bhedana)

• bhava – existence, being, origin, the world, mundane existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhedana – breaking, splitting, piercing, severing
  noun (neuter)
  noun of action
  from root bhid 'to break' + LyuṬ suffix (ana)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yat

yat - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अभ्यस्ताः (abhyastāḥ) - practiced, mastered, diligently cultivated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhyasta

abhyasta - practiced, mastered, studied, diligently cultivated

Past Passive Participle

from root as 'to throw/send' + prefix abhi + suffix kta (ta)

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

उत्तीर्णाः (uttīrṇāḥ) - have crossed over, transcended, overcome

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uttīrṇa

uttīrṇa - crossed over, passed, surmounted, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

from root tṛ 'to cross' + prefix ud + suffix kta (ta)

Prefix: ud

Root: tṛ (class 1)

मोहवारिभवार्णवात् (mohavāribhavārṇavāt) - from the ocean of existence, whose waters are delusion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mohavāribhavārṇava

mohavāribhavārṇava - the ocean of existence (saṃsāra) which consists of the waters of delusion (moha)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (moha+vāri+bhava+arṇava)

• moha – delusion (moha), illusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  from root muh 'to be bewildered'
  Root: muh (class 4)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• bhava – existence, being, origin, the world, mundane existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhū 'to be, to become'
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)