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

दैवं पुरुषकारेण यो निवर्तितुमिच्छति ।
इह वामुत्र जगति स संपूर्णाभिवाञ्छितः ॥ २ ॥

daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa yo nivartitumicchati ,
iha vāmutra jagati sa saṃpūrṇābhivāñchitaḥ 2

2. daivam puruṣakāreṇa yaḥ nivartitum icchati
iha vā amutra jagati saḥ sampūrṇābhivāñchitaḥ

2. yaḥ puruṣakāreṇa daivam nivartitum icchati,
saḥ iha vā amutra jagati sampūrṇābhivāñchitaḥ

2. Whoever wishes to avert destiny (daivam) through human effort (puruṣakāra), he attains the complete fulfillment of his desires in this world or in the next.

Words meanings summery:

• दैवम् (daivam) - fate or predestined events (destiny, fate, divine will)

• पुरुषकारेण (puruṣakāreṇa) - through one's own conscious and diligent actions (by human effort, by personal exertion, by manly action)

• यः (yaḥ) - any person who (who, whoever)

• निवर्तितुम् (nivartitum) - to counteract or change (destiny) (to avert, to turn back, to prevent, to cease)

• इच्छति (icchati) - has the intention to (desires, wishes, wants)

• इह (iha) - in this earthly existence (here, in this world)

• वा (vā) - introduces an alternative (or, either)

• अमुत्र (amutra) - in the afterlife or future existence (hereafter, in the other world, there)

• जगति (jagati) - in any realm of existence (this or next) (in the world, in existence)

• सः (saḥ) - that individual (he, that (person))

• सम्पूर्णाभिवाञ्छितः (sampūrṇābhivāñchitaḥ) - one who achieves the full extent of their wishes (one whose desires are completely fulfilled)

Words meanings and morphology

दैवम् (daivam) - fate or predestined events (destiny, fate, divine will)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, relating to the gods, fate, destiny

Derived from 'deva' (god).

Note: Object of 'nivartitum icchati'.

पुरुषकारेण (puruṣakāreṇa) - through one's own conscious and diligent actions (by human effort, by personal exertion, by manly action)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of puruṣakāra

puruṣakāra - human exertion, personal effort, self-exertion

Compound of 'puruṣa' (person, man) and 'kāra' (doing, action).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+kāra)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person; the cosmic person (puruṣa), spirit
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – making, doing, performing, action
  noun (masculine)
  From root √kṛ ('to do').
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Indicates the means by which fate is averted.

यः (yaḥ) - any person who (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun, anticipating 'saḥ'.

निवर्तितुम् (nivartitum) - to counteract or change (destiny) (to avert, to turn back, to prevent, to cease)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From root √vṛt ('to turn') with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

इच्छति (icchati) - has the intention to (desires, wishes, wants)

(verb)

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

present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root √iṣ (6th conjugation, Parasmaipada).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

इह (iha) - in this earthly existence (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place.

वा (vā) - introduces an alternative (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अमुत्र (amutra) - in the afterlife or future existence (hereafter, in the other world, there)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place/time. From 'adas' (that).

जगति (jagati) - in any realm of existence (this or next) (in the world, in existence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves, living beings

Present participle of √gam ('to go'), used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the sphere of existence.

सः (saḥ) - that individual (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

सम्पूर्णाभिवाञ्छितः (sampūrṇābhivāñchitaḥ) - one who achieves the full extent of their wishes (one whose desires are completely fulfilled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sampūrṇābhivāñchita

sampūrṇābhivāñchita - completely desired, having fulfilled all desires

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'sampūrṇa' (completely fulfilled) + 'abhivāñchita' (desired). 'He for whom desires are completely fulfilled'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sampūrṇa+abhivāñchita)

• sampūrṇa – complete, full, perfect, entire
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √pūr ('to fill') with 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pūr (class 10)
• abhivāñchita – desired, wished for, longed for
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vāñch ('to desire') with 'abhi'.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: vāñch (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'saḥ'.