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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-7, verse-10

भावाभावसहस्रेषु दशासु विविधासु च ।
स्वपौरुषवशादेव निवृत्ता भूतजातयः ॥ १० ॥
bhāvābhāvasahasreṣu daśāsu vividhāsu ca ,
svapauruṣavaśādeva nivṛttā bhūtajātayaḥ 10
10. bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu daśāsu vividhāsu ca
sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt eva nivṛttāḥ bhūta-jātayaḥ
10. bhūta-jātayaḥ bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu vividhāsu
daśāsu ca sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt eva nivṛttāḥ
10. In thousands of states of being and non-being, and in various other conditions, the classes of created beings are determined solely by the power of their own human endeavor (pauruṣa).

Words meanings summery:

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  • भाव-अभाव-सहस्रेषु (bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu) - in thousands of existences and non-existences (states of being and non-being)
  • दशासु (daśāsu) - in states, in conditions, in circumstances
  • विविधासु (vividhāsu) - in various, in diverse
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • स्व-पौरुष-वशात् (sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt) - solely by the power of their own human actions (pauruṣa) (by the power of one's own human effort)
  • एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, certainly)
  • निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - are determined, are shaped (turned back, ceased, departed, occurred, determined, shaped)
  • भूत-जातयः (bhūta-jātayaḥ) - the classes of created beings (classes of beings, species of creatures, created beings)

Words meanings and morphology

भाव-अभाव-सहस्रेषु (bhāva-abhāva-sahasreṣu) - in thousands of existences and non-existences (states of being and non-being)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of bhāvābhāvasahasra
bhāvābhāvasahasra - thousands of existences and non-existences
Dvandva compound (bhāva-abhāva) followed by Tatpuruṣa (bhāvābhāvayoḥ sahasram).
Compound type : Dvandva + Tatpuruṣa (bhāva+abhāva+sahasra)
  • bhāva – existence, being, state, disposition, feeling
    noun (masculine)
    From root bhū (to be, become) + a suffix.
    Root: bhū (class 1)
  • abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
    noun (masculine)
    Negation of bhāva with a- prefix.
    Prefix: a
    Root: bhū (class 1)
  • sahasra – thousand
    noun (neuter)
दशासु (daśāsu) - in states, in conditions, in circumstances
(noun)
Locative, feminine, plural of daśā
daśā - state, condition, situation, period of life, fate
From root daś (to bite, to see, to point out) or diś (to show).
विविधासु (vividhāsu) - in various, in diverse
(adjective)
Locative, feminine, plural of vividha
vividha - various, manifold, diverse, of many kinds
From vi-vidh (to arrange, dispose) + a suffix.
Prefix: vi
Root: vidh (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'daśāsu'.
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
स्व-पौरुष-वशात् (sva-pauruṣa-vaśāt) - solely by the power of their own human actions (pauruṣa) (by the power of one's own human effort)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of svapauruṣavaśa
svapauruṣavaśa - the power or sway of one's own human effort/action
Tatpuruṣa compound (svasya pauruṣasya vaśāt).
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+pauruṣa+vaśa)
  • sva – one's own, self, own property
    pronoun/adjective (masculine)
  • pauruṣa – human effort, manliness, valor, action (often implying self-exertion or responsibility for one's actions)
    noun (neuter)
    Derived from puruṣa (person, human being) with the suffix aṇ.
  • vaśa – will, power, control, sway, submission
    noun (masculine)
    From root vaś (to wish, desire).
    Root: vaś (class 1)
एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, certainly)
(indeclinable)
निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - are determined, are shaped (turned back, ceased, departed, occurred, determined, shaped)
(participle)
Nominative, feminine, plural of nivṛtta
nivṛtta - turned back, ceased, stopped, returned, retired, disappeared, manifested, determined
Past Passive Participle
PPP of root vṛt with ni prefix.
Prefix: ni
Root: vṛt (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'bhūtajātayaḥ'.
भूत-जातयः (bhūta-jātayaḥ) - the classes of created beings (classes of beings, species of creatures, created beings)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūtajāti
bhūtajāti - class of beings, species of creatures
Tatpuruṣa compound (bhūtānāṃ jātiḥ).
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhūta+jāti)
  • bhūta – being, creature, element, past, happened
    participle (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    PPP of root bhū (to be, become).
    Root: bhū (class 1)
  • jāti – birth, class, species, kind, lineage
    noun (feminine)
    From root jan (to be born) + ti suffix.
    Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Subject of the sentence.