योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-16, verse-28

परं पौरुषमाश्रित्य जित्वा चित्तमतङ्गजम् ।
यावदेको गुणो नान्तस्तावन्नास्त्युत्तमा गतिः ॥ २८ ॥

paraṃ pauruṣamāśritya jitvā cittamataṅgajam ,
yāvadeko guṇo nāntastāvannāstyuttamā gatiḥ 28

28. param pauruṣam āśritya jitvā cittamatāṅgajam yāvat
ekaḥ guṇaḥ na antaḥ tāvat na asti uttamā gatiḥ

28. param pauruṣam āśritya cittamatāṅgajam jitvā yāvat
ekaḥ guṇaḥ antaḥ na tāvat uttamā gatiḥ na asti

28. Having resorted to supreme personal effort (pauruṣa) and conquered the mind (citta) which is like a wild elephant, as long as even one quality (guṇa) has not reached its end, there is no supreme state (gati) of liberation (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - personal effort (pauruṣa), manliness, self-exertion

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied upon

• जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having overcome

• चित्तमताङ्गजम् (cittamatāṅgajam) - the mind-elephant, the elephant of the mind

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• गुणः (guṇaḥ) - an (unwanted) attribute or attachment that binds (a quality, an attribute, an attachment)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, cessation, boundary

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, until then, to that extent

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, highest, excellent

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - supreme liberation (mokṣa) (state, path, destination, liberation (mokṣa))

Words meanings and morphology

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, other, higher

Note: Modifies 'pauruṣam'.

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - personal effort (pauruṣa), manliness, self-exertion

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human effort, manliness, personal resolve

Derived from 'puruṣa'.

Note: Object of the gerund 'āśritya'.

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied upon

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with prefix 'ā' and suffix -tya.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Gerund.

जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having overcome

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with the suffix -tvā.

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Gerund.

चित्तमताङ्गजम् (cittamatāṅgajam) - the mind-elephant, the elephant of the mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cittamatāṅgaja

cittamatāṅgaja - the mind-elephant (mind compared to a wild elephant)

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citta+mataṅgaja)

• citta – mind, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mataṅgaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the gerund 'jitvā'.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal conjunction.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

गुणः (guṇaḥ) - an (unwanted) attribute or attachment that binds (a quality, an attribute, an attachment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent, strand, rope

Note: Subject of the subordinate clause.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'antaḥ'.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, cessation, boundary

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, conclusion, death

Root: at (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, until then, to that extent

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal conjunction.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the existence of 'uttamā gatiḥ'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, supreme, ultimate

Superlative form of 'ud' (up).

Note: Modifies 'gatiḥ'.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - supreme liberation (mokṣa) (state, path, destination, liberation (mokṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, state, destiny, liberation

From root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the main clause with 'na asti'.