योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-24

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अत एव हि राम त्वं श्रेयः प्राप्नोषि शाश्वतम् ।
स्वप्रयत्नोपनीतेन पौरुषेणैव नान्यथा ॥ २४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ata eva hi rāma tvaṃ śreyaḥ prāpnoṣi śāśvatam ,
svaprayatnopanītena pauruṣeṇaiva nānyathā 24

24. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ata eva hi rāma tvaṃ śreyaḥ prāpnoṣi
śāśvatam svaprayatnopnītena pauruṣeṇa eva na anyathā

24. rāma tvaṃ ata eva hi svaprayatnopnītena
pauruṣeṇa eva śāśvatam śreyaḥ prāpnoṣi na anyathā

24. Shri Vasishtha said: For this very reason, O Rama, you achieve lasting ultimate welfare (śreyaḥ) only through self-exertion (pauruṣa) that arises from your own effort, and not in any other way.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Shri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत (ata) - from this, therefore, hence

• एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• राम (rāma) - Addressing Rama, son of Dasharatha (O Rama)

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - ultimate welfare, highest good (welfare, good, prosperity, ultimate good)

• प्राप्नोषि (prāpnoṣi) - you obtain, you achieve, you reach

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, lasting, perpetual

• स्वप्रयत्नोप्नीतेन (svaprayatnopnītena) - brought about by one's own effort

• पौरुषेण (pauruṣeṇa) - by personal exertion, by valor, by human effort

• एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Shri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Shri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active, 3rd person singular

From root √vac (to speak). Irregular formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

अत (ata) - from this, therefore, hence

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb formed from idam (this) + suffix -tas

एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

राम (rāma) - Addressing Rama, son of Dasharatha (O Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama, pleasing, charming

Root: ram (class 1)

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - ultimate welfare, highest good (welfare, good, prosperity, ultimate good)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, superior, good, welfare, ultimate good

Comparative form of śrī (masc/neut) or praśasya (adj), here used as a noun.

प्राप्नोषि (prāpnoṣi) - you obtain, you achieve, you reach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prāp

Present Active, 2nd person singular

From root √āp (to obtain) with prefix pra-. Class 5 verb.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, lasting, perpetual

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, lasting, perpetual

Note: Qualifies śreyaḥ

स्वप्रयत्नोप्नीतेन (svaprayatnopnītena) - brought about by one's own effort

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svaprayatnopnīta

svaprayatnopnīta - brought about by one's own effort

Compound of sva-prayatna (own effort) and upanīta (brought near, produced, obtained).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+prayatna+upanīta)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• prayatna – effort, exertion, attempt
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-√yat (to strive)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yat (class 1)
• upanīta – brought near, produced, obtained, given
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From upa-√nī (to lead, bring)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Qualifies pauruṣeṇa. Sandhi svaprayatna + upanītena.

पौरुषेण (pauruṣeṇa) - by personal exertion, by valor, by human effort

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human exertion, manliness, valor, energy

Derived from puruṣa (supreme cosmic person)

Note: The meaning "human effort" or "personal exertion" is relevant here, especially in the context of Yoga-Vasishtha. The word is pauruṣa.

एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb formed from anya (other) + suffix -thā