योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-17, verse-4

मनोनिर्मलसत्त्वात्म यद्भावयति यादृशम् ।
तत्तथाशु भवत्येव यथावर्तो भवेत्पयः ॥ ४ ॥

manonirmalasattvātma yadbhāvayati yādṛśam ,
tattathāśu bhavatyeva yathāvarto bhavetpayaḥ 4

4. manaḥ nirmalasattvātma yat bhāvayati yādṛśam tat
tat tathā āśu bhavati eva yathā āvartaḥ bhavet payaḥ

4. nirmalasattvātma manaḥ yat yādṛśam bhāvayati tat
tat tathā āśu bhavati eva yathā payaḥ āvartaḥ bhavet

4. Whatever the mind, whose essential nature (ātman) is pure goodness (sattva), contemplates or imagines, that very thing quickly manifests in that way, just as water itself can become a whirlpool.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• निर्मलसत्त्वात्म (nirmalasattvātma) - whose essential nature (ātman) is pure goodness (sattva) (whose essential nature is pure goodness, having a pure sattvic self)

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which (neuter)

• भावयति (bhāvayati) - contemplates, imagines, brings into being

• यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तथा (tathā) - in that manner, so, thus

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, exists

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - a whirlpool, a turn, a twist

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should become

• पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

Root: man (class 4)

निर्मलसत्त्वात्म (nirmalasattvātma) - whose essential nature (ātman) is pure goodness (sattva) (whose essential nature is pure goodness, having a pure sattvic self)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of nirmalasattvātman

nirmalasattvātman - one whose self is pure sattva, having a pure essence

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nirmala+sattva+ātman)

• nirmala – pure, clean, stainless, free from impurity
  adjective
  Prefix: nir
• sattva – goodness, purity, essence, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

भावयति (bhāvayati) - contemplates, imagines, brings into being

(verb)

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

Causative

Causative form of the root bhū, with suffix -aya

Root: bhū (class 1)

यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, what sort of, such as

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, such

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, such

तथा (tathā) - in that manner, so, thus

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, exists

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - a whirlpool, a turn, a twist

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvarta

āvarta - whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolution, circuit

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid, vital energy