योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-2, verse-17

येन युक्तिमता ब्रह्मन्ज्ञानेनेयं हि वासना ।
सांसारी नूनमायाति शमं श्यामेव भास्वता ॥ १७ ॥

yena yuktimatā brahmanjñāneneyaṃ hi vāsanā ,
sāṃsārī nūnamāyāti śamaṃ śyāmeva bhāsvatā 17

17. yena yuktimatā brahman jñānena iyam hi vāsanā
sāṃsārī nūnam āyāti śamam śyāmā iva bhāsvatā

17. brahman yena yuktimatā jñānena iyam sāṃsārī
vāsanā hi nūnam bhāsvatā śyāmā iva śamam āyāti

17. O Brahmā, through which rational knowledge (jñāna), this worldly latent tendency (vāsanā) indeed certainly comes to an end, just as night (śyāmā) recedes by the radiant sun.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• युक्तिमता (yuktimatā) - by the one endowed with reason, by the logical one, by the rational one

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā!

• ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by knowledge (jñāna), through wisdom

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because, for

• वासना (vāsanā) - mental impression, latent tendency, subtle desire

• सांसारी (sāṁsārī) - worldly, pertaining to transmigration (saṃsāra), mundane

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains, reaches

• शमम् (śamam) - peace, tranquility, cessation, quietude

• श्यामा (śyāmā) - night, a dark-complexioned woman, indigo plant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भास्वता (bhāsvatā) - by the radiant one (e.g., the sun), by the brilliant

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Agrees with 'jñānena'.

युक्तिमता (yuktimatā) - by the one endowed with reason, by the logical one, by the rational one

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yuktimat

yuktimat - logical, rational, reasonable, endowed with reason

Possessive suffix -mat applied to yukti.

Note: Agrees with 'jñānena'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity), the Absolute (brahman, neuter), priest (brāhmaṇa)

ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by knowledge (jñāna), through wisdom

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, perception

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'vāsanā'.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because, for

(indeclinable)

वासना (vāsanā) - mental impression, latent tendency, subtle desire

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - mental impression, latent tendency, subtle desire, imagination, perfume

सांसारी (sāṁsārī) - worldly, pertaining to transmigration (saṃsāra), mundane

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāṃsārin

sāṁsārin - worldly, mundane, pertaining to saṃsāra, a transmigratory being

Derived from 'saṃsāra'.

Note: Agrees with 'vāsanā'.

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

(indeclinable)

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

शमम् (śamam) - peace, tranquility, cessation, quietude

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - peace, tranquility, cessation, quietude, control of mind

श्यामा (śyāmā) - night, a dark-complexioned woman, indigo plant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śyāmā

śyāmā - night, a dark-complexioned woman, indigo plant, dark

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भास्वता (bhāsvatā) - by the radiant one (e.g., the sun), by the brilliant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhāsvat

bhāsvat - radiant, brilliant, luminous, the sun, fire