योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-112, verse-21

मनसैव मनश्छित्त्वा पाशं परमबन्धनम् ।
उन्मोचितो न येनात्मा नासावन्येन मोक्ष्यते ॥ २१ ॥

manasaiva manaśchittvā pāśaṃ paramabandhanam ,
unmocito na yenātmā nāsāvanyena mokṣyate 21

21. manasā eva manaḥ chittvā pāśam paramabandhanam
unmocitaḥ na yena ātmā na asau anyena mokṣyate

21. yena ātmā manasā eva paramabandhanam pāśam manaḥ chittvā na unmocitaḥ,
asau anyena na mokṣyate

21. If one's individual self (ātman) has not been liberated by oneself, by cutting through the mind's attachments—which are indeed the ultimate bondage—then that self will not be liberated by any other means.

Words meanings summery:

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind's own effort, through mental discipline (by the mind, with the mind)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes 'by the mind alone' (only, alone, indeed, very)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mental attachments or tendencies (mind, intellect, thought)

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut through or severed the ties of the mind (having cut, having severed, having broken)

• पाशम् (pāśam) - bond, fetter, noose, trap

• परमबन्धनम् (paramabandhanam) - refers to the mind's attachments as the ultimate source of bondage (the greatest bondage)

• उन्मोचितः (unmocitaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

• न (na) - not, no

• येन (yena) - introduces a relative clause referring to 'ātman' (by whom, by which)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual self)

• न (na) - not, no

• असौ (asau) - refers to 'that self' which was not liberated by oneself (that one, he)

• अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by someone else

• मोक्ष्यते (mokṣyate) - will be liberated, will be released

Words meanings and morphology

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind's own effort, through mental discipline (by the mind, with the mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, heart, conscience

Root: man (class 4)

एव (eva) - emphasizes 'by the mind alone' (only, alone, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - the mental attachments or tendencies (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, heart, conscience

Root: man (class 4)

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut through or severed the ties of the mind (having cut, having severed, having broken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root chid + suffix -tvā

Root: chid (class 7)

पाशम् (pāśam) - bond, fetter, noose, trap

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāśa

pāśa - rope, noose, fetter, bond, trap

परमबन्धनम् (paramabandhanam) - refers to the mind's attachments as the ultimate source of bondage (the greatest bondage)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paramabandhana

paramabandhana - the highest/supreme bondage, the ultimate fetter

Compound type : tatpurusha (parama+bandhana)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest
  adjective
  Superlative form of 'para'
• bandhana – binding, bond, fetter, rope, imprisonment, cause of bondage
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'bandh' (to bind) with suffix '-ana'
  Root: bandh (class 9)

उन्मोचितः (unmocitaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of unmocita

unmocita - liberated, released, freed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'muc' (to release) with prefix 'ud' (up, out)

Prefix: ud

Root: muc (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

येन (yena) - introduces a relative clause referring to 'ātman' (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what, that

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, consciousness

Root: an (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - refers to 'that self' which was not liberated by oneself (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative pronoun)

अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by someone else

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

मोक्ष्यते (mokṣyate) - will be liberated, will be released

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, future (lṛṭ) of mokṣyate

Future Passive / Middle

3rd person singular, Future Tense, passive voice or middle voice

Root: muc (class 6)