योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-92, verse-15

यथा यथासौ यतते मनोदेहो हि देहिनाम् ।
तथा तथासौ भवति स्वनिश्चयफलैकभाक् ॥ १५ ॥

yathā yathāsau yatate manodeho hi dehinām ,
tathā tathāsau bhavati svaniścayaphalaikabhāk 15

15. yathā yathā asau yatate manodehaḥ hi dehinām
tathā tathā asau bhavati svaniścayaphalaikabhāk

15. yathā yathā hi dehinām manodehaḥ asau yatate
tathā tathā asau svaniścayaphalaikabhāk bhavati

15. Indeed, just as the mind-body (manodeha) of an embodied being strives, so too does that being become the sole partaker of the fruit of their own resolve.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• असौ (asau) - that being (that (person), he, she, it)

• यतते (yatate) - strives (strives, endeavors, makes an effort)

• मनोदेहः (manodehaḥ) - the mind-body (mind-body, the composite of mind and body)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, for)

• देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings (of embodied beings, of creatures, of living beings)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, in that way, thus)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, in that way, thus)

• असौ (asau) - that being (that (person), he, she, it)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)

• स्वनिश्चयफलैकभाक् (svaniścayaphalaikabhāk) - the sole partaker of the fruit of their own resolve (partaker of the sole fruit of one's own determination)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a correlative clause, repeated for emphasis.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition emphasizes extent or manner.

असौ (asau) - that being (that (person), he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

Note: Subject in both parts of the correlative clause.

यतते (yatate) - strives (strives, endeavors, makes an effort)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yat

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Governed by the subject 'manodehaḥ asau'.

मनोदेहः (manodehaḥ) - the mind-body (mind-body, the composite of mind and body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manodeha

manodeha - mind-body, the composite of mind and body

Compound type : dvandva (manas+deha)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'yatate', referring to the embodied being's operational aspect.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings (of embodied beings, of creatures, of living beings)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - embodied, having a body, an embodied being, a living being

from deha + in (possessive suffix)

Note: Possessive, 'of embodied beings'.

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, in that way, thus)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yathā', repeated for emphasis.

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, in that way, thus)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition emphasizes extent or manner.

असौ (asau) - that being (that (person), he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वनिश्चयफलैकभाक् (svaniścayaphalaikabhāk) - the sole partaker of the fruit of their own resolve (partaker of the sole fruit of one's own determination)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svaniścayaphalaikabhāj

svaniścayaphalaikabhāj - partaker of the sole fruit of one's own determination

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+niścaya+phala+eka+bhāj)

• sva – own
  pronoun (masculine)
• niścaya – determination, resolution, certainty
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: ci (class 5)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• eka – one, sole, only
  numeral/adjective (masculine)
• bhāj – partaker, sharer, possessing
  adjective (masculine)
  from root bhaj, here as an agent noun/adjective
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'asau'. The final 'k' is a phonetic change from 'j' at the end of a word (paḍānta).