योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-111, verse-20

परं पौरुषमाश्रित्य नीत्वा चित्तमचित्तताम् ।
तां महापदवीमेहि यत्र नाशो न विद्यते ॥ २० ॥

paraṃ pauruṣamāśritya nītvā cittamacittatām ,
tāṃ mahāpadavīmehi yatra nāśo na vidyate 20

20. param pauruṣam āśritya nītvā cittam acittatām
tām mahāpadavīm ehi yatra nāśaḥ na vidyate

20. param pauruṣam āśritya,
cittam acittatām nītvā,
yatra nāśaḥ na vidyate,
tām mahāpadavīm ehi.

20. By resorting to supreme self-effort (puruṣa) and leading the mind to a state beyond thought, attain that great state where destruction does not exist.

Words meanings summery:

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - self-effort (puruṣa) (manliness, self-effort, human exertion, virility)

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - by resorting to (having resorted to, having taken refuge in, depending on)

• नीत्वा (nītvā) - having led (having led, having brought)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

• अचित्तताम् (acittatām) - state beyond thought (state of no-mind, absence of mind, thoughtlessness)

• ताम् (tām) - that (that (feminine))

• महापदवीम् (mahāpadavīm) - that great state (great path, great state, high position)

• एहि (ehi) - attain (come, approach, attain)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which, whenever)

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

Words meanings and morphology

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, different, subsequent, supreme, highest, beyond, next

Note: Agrees with 'pauruṣam'.

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - self-effort (puruṣa) (manliness, self-effort, human exertion, virility)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manliness, virility, strength, human effort, self-effort (puruṣa)

Derived from 'puruṣa' (male, human, cosmic person).

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - by resorting to (having resorted to, having taken refuge in, depending on)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root śri (class 1) with upasarga ā + lyap suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

नीत्वा (nītvā) - having led (having led, having brought)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root nī (class 1) + ktvā suffix.

Root: nī (class 1)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, thought, consciousness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness, heart

From root cit (class 1).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of 'nītvā'.

अचित्तताम् (acittatām) - state beyond thought (state of no-mind, absence of mind, thoughtlessness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of acittatā

acittatā - state of no-mind, absence of mind, thoughtlessness, unconsciousness

Compound 'a' (not) + 'citta' (mind) + 'tā' (suffix for state/quality).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+citta+tā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• citta – mind, thought, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• tā – state, quality, condition
  suffix (feminine)
  Feminine suffix forming abstract nouns.

Note: The goal or result of 'nītvā'.

ताम् (tām) - that (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with 'mahāpadavīm'.

महापदवीम् (mahāpadavīm) - that great state (great path, great state, high position)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāpadavī

mahāpadavī - great path, high position, elevated state, supreme state

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+padavī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• padavī – path, road, rank, position, state
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'ehi'.

एहि (ehi) - attain (come, approach, attain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of i

Imperative

Root verb (class 2), imperative, 2nd person singular, active.

Root: i (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which, whenever)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb from 'yad'.

Note: Introduces a relative clause.

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance, annihilation

From root naś (class 4).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'vidyate'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Present Indicative

Root verb (class 4), present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle (ātmanepada).

Root: vid (class 4)