योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-2, verse-4

भोगभावनया याति बन्धो दार्ढ्यमवस्तुजः ।
तयोपशान्तया याति बन्धो जगति तानवम् ॥ ४ ॥

bhogabhāvanayā yāti bandho dārḍhyamavastujaḥ ,
tayopaśāntayā yāti bandho jagati tānavam 4

4. bhogabhāvanayā yāti bandhaḥ dārḍhyam avastujaḥ
tayā upaśāntayā yāti bandhaḥ jagati tānavam

4. avastujaḥ bandhaḥ bhogabhāvanayā dārḍhyam yāti
tayā upaśāntayā bandhaḥ jagati tānavam yāti

4. Through the contemplation of sense objects, bondage (bandha), which is born of unreality, gains strength. When that contemplation subsides, the same bondage (bandha) in the world becomes attenuated.

Words meanings summery:

• भोगभावनया (bhogabhāvanayā) - by the contemplation of enjoyment, by the thought of sense objects

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, leads to, becomes

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, tie, fetter

• दार्ढ्यम् (dārḍhyam) - firmness, strength, solidity

• अवस्तुजः (avastujaḥ) - arising from unreality, unreal, not from a real thing

• तया (tayā) - by that

• उपशान्तया (upaśāntayā) - by the subsided, by the ceased (one)

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, leads to, becomes

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, tie, fetter

• जगति (jagati) - in the world

• तानवम् (tānavam) - thinness, attenuation, weakness, slenderness

Words meanings and morphology

भोगभावनया (bhogabhāvanayā) - by the contemplation of enjoyment, by the thought of sense objects

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhogabhāvanā

bhogabhāvanā - contemplation of enjoyment, thought of sense objects

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhoga+bhāvanā)

• bhoga – enjoyment, experience, sense object
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhuj (to enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• bhāvanā – contemplation, thought, imagination, notion
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be) with suffix ana
  Root: bhū (class 1)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, leads to, becomes

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, tie, fetter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, tying, fetter, attachment

Derived from root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

दार्ढ्यम् (dārḍhyam) - firmness, strength, solidity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dārḍhya

dārḍhya - firmness, strength, solidity

Derived from dṛḍha (firm)

अवस्तुजः (avastujaḥ) - arising from unreality, unreal, not from a real thing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avastuja

avastuja - arising from unreality, unreal, not from a real thing

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+vastu+ja)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from, arising from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with bandhaḥ

तया (tayā) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to bhogabhāvanayā.

उपशान्तया (upaśāntayā) - by the subsided, by the ceased (one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of upaśānta

upaśānta - subsided, ceased, calmed, quieted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śam (to be calm) with upasarga upa

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Agrees with tayā (referring to bhāvanā).

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, leads to, becomes

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, tie, fetter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, tying, fetter, attachment

Derived from root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

जगति (jagati) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

तानवम् (tānavam) - thinness, attenuation, weakness, slenderness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tānava

tānava - thinness, attenuation, slenderness, weakness

Derived from tanu (thin, slender)