योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-9

तद्वशाद्वासना तनुतां गता यदा तदैवासावसंसक्त
इत्युच्यते कर्मफलेन न बध्यत इति ॥ ९ ॥

tadvaśādvāsanā tanutāṃ gatā yadā tadaivāsāvasaṃsakta
ityucyate karmaphalena na badhyata iti 9

9. tadvashāt vāsanā tanutām gatā yadā tadā eva asau
asaṃsaktaḥ iti ucyate karmaphalena na badhyate iti

9. yadā tadvashāt vāsanā tanutām gatā tadā eva asau
asaṃsaktaḥ iti ucyate karmaphalena na badhyate iti

9. When, due to that [state], the subtle impressions (vāsanā) have become attenuated, then that person is immediately called 'unattached' (asaṃsakta) and is said not to be bound by the fruits of action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• तद्वस्हात् (tadvashāt) - due to that previously mentioned state or process (by its power, owing to that, due to that)

• वासना (vāsanā) - deeply ingrained mental impressions or desires (vāsanā) that drive actions (subtle impression, latent tendency, desire)

• तनुताम् (tanutām) - a state of being attenuated or thinned out (subtlety, thinness, attenuation, slenderness)

• गता (gatā) - become attenuated, reached a state of subtlety (gone, attained, reached, become)

• यदा (yadā) - at the time when (when, whenever)

• तदा (tadā) - then, as a result (then, at that time)

• एव (eva) - emphasizing immediacy or certainty (only, indeed, just, very)

• असौ (asau) - referring to the yogi (that one, he, she, it)

• असंसक्तः (asaṁsaktaḥ) - spiritually detached from worldly objects and actions (unattached, unconcerned, not clinging)

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a quotation or a statement (thus, so, in this way)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - that person is referred to or known as (is said, is called, is spoken)

• कर्मफलेन (karmaphalena) - by the consequences or reactions of one's past or present actions (karma) (by the fruit of action (karma), by the result of deeds)

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• बध्यते (badhyate) - is not bound by the karmic (karma) effects (is bound, is tied, is fettered)

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a quotation or a statement, ending the verse's statement (thus, so, in this way)

Words meanings and morphology

तद्वस्हात् (tadvashāt) - due to that previously mentioned state or process (by its power, owing to that, due to that)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tadvaśa

tadvaśa - power of that, control of that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+vaśa)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• vaśa – power, control, will
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 10)

Note: Ablative used to denote cause or reason.

वासना (vāsanā) - deeply ingrained mental impressions or desires (vāsanā) that drive actions (subtle impression, latent tendency, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - subtle impression, latent tendency, desire, perfume, mental residue

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'gatā'.

तनुताम् (tanutām) - a state of being attenuated or thinned out (subtlety, thinness, attenuation, slenderness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanutā

tanutā - subtlety, thinness, slenderness, attenuation

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Object of gatā (to go to a state).

गता (gatā) - become attenuated, reached a state of subtlety (gone, attained, reached, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, become, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

From √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound predicate with tanutām.

यदा (yadā) - at the time when (when, whenever)

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, as a result (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizing immediacy or certainty (only, indeed, just, very)

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - referring to the yogi (that one, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (remote), he, she, it

Note: Subject of ucyate.

असंसक्तः (asaṁsaktaḥ) - spiritually detached from worldly objects and actions (unattached, unconcerned, not clinging)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṃsakta

asaṁsakta - unattached, unconcerned, not clinging

Past Passive Participle (negated)

From a-saṃ-√sañj

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃsakta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃsakta – attached, connected, clinging
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From saṃ-√sañj
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective, describing asau.

इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a quotation or a statement (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - that person is referred to or known as (is said, is called, is spoken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

present passive

Root vac becomes uc in passive forms.

Root: vac (class 2)

कर्मफलेन (karmaphalena) - by the consequences or reactions of one's past or present actions (karma) (by the fruit of action (karma), by the result of deeds)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karmaphala

karmaphala - fruit of action, result of karma (karma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+phala)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual action, fate, consequence (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
  Root: phal (class 1)

Note: Agent/means of being bound.

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बध्यते (badhyate) - is not bound by the karmic (karma) effects (is bound, is tied, is fettered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bandh

present passive

Root bandh, passive badhyate.

Root: bandh (class 9)

इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a quotation or a statement, ending the verse's statement (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)