योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-98, verse-2

संयोजितं परे चित्तं शुद्धं निर्वासनं भवेत् ।
ततस्तु कल्पनाशून्यमात्मतां याति राघव ॥ २ ॥

saṃyojitaṃ pare cittaṃ śuddhaṃ nirvāsanaṃ bhavet ,
tatastu kalpanāśūnyamātmatāṃ yāti rāghava 2

2. saṃyojitam pare cittam śuddham nirvāsanam bhavet
tataḥ tu kalpanā-śūnyam ātmatām yāti rāghava

2. he rāghava,
pare cittam saṃyojitam (sat) śuddham nirvāsanam bhavet.
tataḥ tu (tat cittam) kalpanā-śūnyam ātmatām yāti.

2. O Rāghava, when the mind (citta) is truly directed towards the Supreme (brahman), it becomes pure and free from latent tendencies (vāsana). Then, devoid of all imagination (kalpanā-śūnya), it attains the nature of the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• संयोजितम् (saṁyojitam) - (when the mind is) truly directed (well-directed, connected, joined, applied)

• परे (pare) - towards the Supreme (brahman) (in the highest, in the supreme, in the ultimate)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

• शुद्धम् (śuddham) - becomes pure (pure, clean, undefiled, clear)

• निर्वासनम् (nirvāsanam) - free from latent tendencies (vāsana) (free from latent impressions, without vāsana, devoid of desires)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it becomes (it may be, it should be, it becomes)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (thence, therefore, then, after that)

• तु (tu) - then (as a continuation) (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

• कल्पना-शून्यम् (kalpanā-śūnyam) - devoid of all imagination (devoid of imagination, empty of constructs, free from mental fabrication)

• आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - the nature of the Self (ātman) (the nature of the Self, selfhood)

• याति (yāti) - it attains (goes, attains, reaches)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rāma) (descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

Words meanings and morphology

संयोजितम् (saṁyojitam) - (when the mind is) truly directed (well-directed, connected, joined, applied)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃyojita

saṁyojita - joined, connected, united, applied, directed

Past Passive Participle

From saṃ-yuj (causal stem yoji).

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'cittam'. Implied conditional: 'When it is directed...'

परे (pare) - towards the Supreme (brahman) (in the highest, in the supreme, in the ultimate)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, beyond, other

Note: Implies 'in the supreme [reality]'.

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, heart, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

शुद्धम् (śuddham) - becomes pure (pure, clean, undefiled, clear)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, spotless, undefiled, corrected

Past Passive Participle

From √śudh

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'cittam'.

निर्वासनम् (nirvāsanam) - free from latent tendencies (vāsana) (free from latent impressions, without vāsana, devoid of desires)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāsana

nirvāsana - without latent impressions, free from desires/vāsana

nis (without) + vāsana.

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (nis+vāsana)

• nis – out, without, free from
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence.
• vāsana – latent impression, tendency, habit, desire
  noun (feminine)
  From √vas (to dwell, to perfume)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'cittam'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it becomes (it may be, it should be, it becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

optative active (vidhi-liṅ)

Root: bhū (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (thence, therefore, then, after that)

(indeclinable)

tasi suffix from tad.

Note: Adverb of time/sequence.

तु (tu) - then (as a continuation) (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Particle often used for emphasis or transition.

कल्पना-शून्यम् (kalpanā-śūnyam) - devoid of all imagination (devoid of imagination, empty of constructs, free from mental fabrication)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpanā-śūnya

kalpanā-śūnya - devoid of imagination, free from mental constructs/fancies

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kalpanā+śūnya)

• kalpanā – imagination, mental creation, fabrication, conception
  noun (feminine)
  From √kḷp.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• śūnya – empty, void, devoid, non-existent, zero
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'cittam'.

आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - the nature of the Self (ātman) (the nature of the Self, selfhood)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ātmatā

ātmatā - selfhood, essential nature of the self (ātman), identity with the Self

From ātman + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Object of 'yāti'.

याति (yāti) - it attains (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

present active (laṭ)

Root: yā (class 2)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rāma) (descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (epithet of Rāma)

Note: Addressed to Rāma.