योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-19

एष एव मनोजन्तुर्यद्यत्प्रयतते हितम् ।
कृतं तत्तदवाप्नोति स्वत एव हि दैवतः ॥ १९ ॥

eṣa eva manojanturyadyatprayatate hitam ,
kṛtaṃ tattadavāpnoti svata eva hi daivataḥ 19

19. eṣaḥ eva manojantuḥ yat yat prayatate hitam
kṛtam tat tat avāpnoti svataḥ eva hi daivataḥ

19. eṣaḥ eva manojantuḥ yat yat hitam kṛtam prayatate,
tat tat svataḥ eva hi daivataḥ avāpnoti

19. Whatever beneficial (hita) action this very mind-born creature (manojantu) strives for and performs, it obtains that very thing solely by its own intrinsic nature, for that indeed is its destiny (daivataḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, even

• मनोजन्तुः (manojantuḥ) - mind-born creature (manojantu) (mind-born creature, living being whose essence is mind)

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which (repetition for emphasis 'whatever... whatever')

• प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives, endeavors, attempts

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (hita) (beneficial, good, advantageous, suitable)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तत् (tat) - that, it (repetition for emphasis)

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, achieves, reaches

• स्वतः (svataḥ) - by oneself, from oneself, spontaneously, naturally

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, even

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• दैवतः (daivataḥ) - as its own destiny (daiva) (from fate, by destiny, by divine will, as if by fate/destiny)

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, even

(indeclinable)

मनोजन्तुः (manojantuḥ) - mind-born creature (manojantu) (mind-born creature, living being whose essence is mind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manojantu

manojantu - mind-born creature, living being whose essence is mind

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpurusha (manas+jantu)

• manas – mind, intellect, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• jantu – creature, living being, person
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root jan 'to be born'.
  Root: jan (class 4)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yat

yat - what, which, whatever

यत् (yat) - whatever, which (repetition for emphasis 'whatever... whatever')

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yat

yat - what, which, whatever

प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives, endeavors, attempts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-yat

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (hita) (beneficial, good, advantageous, suitable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, placed, done

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root dhā, 'to place' or 'to do'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Here used adverbially or as an adjective modifying 'hitam', meaning 'what is performed'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

तत् (tat) - that, it (repetition for emphasis)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, achieves, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ava-āp

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

स्वतः (svataḥ) - by oneself, from oneself, spontaneously, naturally

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas added to sva (self).

एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, even

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

दैवतः (daivataḥ) - as its own destiny (daiva) (from fate, by destiny, by divine will, as if by fate/destiny)

(indeclinable)

Derived from daiva (divine, fate) with the suffix -tas, indicating source or manner, here used adverbially to mean 'by destiny'.