योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-30

शुभाशुभाभ्यां मार्गाभ्यां वहन्ती वासनासरित् ।
पौरुषेण प्रयत्नेन योजनीया शुभे पथि ॥ ३० ॥

śubhāśubhābhyāṃ mārgābhyāṃ vahantī vāsanāsarit ,
pauruṣeṇa prayatnena yojanīyā śubhe pathi 30

30. śubhāśubhābhyām mārgābhyām vahantī vāsanāsarit
pauruṣeṇa prayatnena yojanīyā śubhe pathi

30. śubhāśubhābhyām mārgābhyām vahantī vāsanāsarit,
pauruṣeṇa prayatnena śubhe pathi yojanīyā

30. The river of latent tendencies (vāsanā) flows along both auspicious and inauspicious paths. It should be directed onto the auspicious path through one's own resolute effort (pauruṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• शुभाशुभाभ्याम् (śubhāśubhābhyām) - by the auspicious and inauspicious

• मार्गाभ्याम् (mārgābhyām) - by the paths

• वहन्ती (vahantī) - flowing, carrying

• वासनासरित् (vāsanāsarit) - river of latent tendencies

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

• प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - by effort, by exertion

• योजनीया (yojanīyā) - should be directed, ought to be joined

• शुभे (śubhe) - on the auspicious, in the good

• पथि (pathi) - on the path

Words meanings and morphology

शुभाशुभाभ्याम् (śubhāśubhābhyām) - by the auspicious and inauspicious

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - auspicious and inauspicious, good and bad

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful, fortunate
  adjective (masculine)
• aśubha – inauspicious, bad, evil, unfortunate
  adjective (masculine)

मार्गाभ्याम् (mārgābhyām) - by the paths

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course, track

Root: mṛg (class 1)

वहन्ती (vahantī) - flowing, carrying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vahant

vahant - flowing, carrying, bearing, moving

Present Active Participle

Feminine stem of present active participle from root *vah*.

Root: vah (class 1)

वासनासरित् (vāsanāsarit) - river of latent tendencies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanāsarit

vāsanāsarit - river of latent tendencies or impressions

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpurusha (vāsanā+sarit)

• vāsanā – latent tendency, impression, desire, (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• sarit – river, stream, current
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

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

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human, manly, relating to a person, personal effort, valor

Derived from *puruṣa* with suffix *-a* meaning 'relating to puruṣa'.

प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - by effort, by exertion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

योजनीया (yojanīyā) - should be directed, ought to be joined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yojanīya

yojanīya - to be joined, to be yoked, to be directed, to be applied

Gerundive

Feminine stem of the gerundive formed from root *yuj* with suffix *-anīya*.

Root: yuj (class 7)

शुभे (śubhe) - on the auspicious, in the good

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, fortunate

पथि (pathi) - on the path

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, way, road, course