योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-1, verse-20

अविद्या संसृतिर्बन्धो माया मोहो महत्तमः ।
कल्पितानीति नामानि यस्याः सकलवेदिभिः ॥ २० ॥

avidyā saṃsṛtirbandho māyā moho mahattamaḥ ,
kalpitānīti nāmāni yasyāḥ sakalavedibhiḥ 20

20. avidyā saṃsṛtiḥ bandhaḥ māyā mohaḥ mahattamaḥ
kalpitāni iti nāmāni yasyāḥ sakalavedibhiḥ

20. sakalavedibhiḥ yasyāḥ avidyā saṃsṛtiḥ bandhaḥ
māyā mohaḥ mahattamaḥ iti kalpitāni nāmāni

20. Ignorance (avidyā), transmigration (saṃsāra), bondage, illusion (māyā), delusion, and the greatest darkness—these are the names assigned to it by all-knowing sages.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्या (avidyā) - spiritual ignorance (avidyā), a root cause of suffering (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

• संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - transmigration (saṃsāra), the cycle of existence (transmigration, cycle of birth and death, saṃsāra)

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, spiritual entanglement (bondage, fetter, tie, connection)

• माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā), the cosmic creative power that causes apparent reality (illusion, magical power, artifice, creative power)

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, mental confusion stemming from illusion (delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance)

• महत्तमः (mahattamaḥ) - the greatest (implied: darkness or ignorance, a superlative degree of the previous concepts) (greatest, largest, highest)

• कल्पितानि (kalpitāni) - assigned (as names) (imagined, fabricated, created, assigned)

• इति (iti) - these are (thus, in this manner, so, these are (introducing a quote or list))

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - whose (referring to the underlying reality that is given these names, implied from previous verse, e.g., māyā or avidyā) (whose, of which (feminine))

• सकलवेदिभिः (sakalavedibhiḥ) - by all-knowing sages/philosophers (by all knowers, by those who know everything)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्या (avidyā) - spiritual ignorance (avidyā), a root cause of suffering (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - transmigration (saṃsāra), the cycle of existence (transmigration, cycle of birth and death, saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, course of worldly existence, saṃsāra

Derived from root 'sṛ' (to flow) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, spiritual entanglement (bondage, fetter, tie, connection)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - binding, bondage, fetter, imprisonment, connection

Derived from root 'bandh' (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā), the cosmic creative power that causes apparent reality (illusion, magical power, artifice, creative power)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, supernatural power, artifice, creative power

Root: mā

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, mental confusion stemming from illusion (delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, bewilderment, infatuation, error, ignorance

Derived from root 'muh' (to be bewildered, confused).

Root: muh (class 4)

महत्तमः (mahattamaḥ) - the greatest (implied: darkness or ignorance, a superlative degree of the previous concepts) (greatest, largest, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahattama

mahattama - greatest, largest, highest, most important

Superlative form of 'mahat' (great).

कल्पितानि (kalpitāni) - assigned (as names) (imagined, fabricated, created, assigned)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fabricated, arranged, prepared, assumed, assigned

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'kḷp' (to be in order, to arrange, to imagine).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

इति (iti) - these are (thus, in this manner, so, these are (introducing a quote or list))

(indeclinable)

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - whose (referring to the underlying reality that is given these names, implied from previous verse, e.g., māyā or avidyā) (whose, of which (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

सकलवेदिभिः (sakalavedibhiḥ) - by all-knowing sages/philosophers (by all knowers, by those who know everything)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sakalavedin

sakalavedin - all-knowing, knowing everything

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sakala+vedin)

• sakala – all, entire, complete, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• vedin – knower, one who knows, familiar with
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'vid' (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)