योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-20, verse-2

दृढनिश्चयवच्चेतो यद्भावयति भूरिशः ।
तत्तां यात्यनलाश्लेषादयःपिण्डोऽग्नितामिव ॥ २ ॥

dṛḍhaniścayavacceto yadbhāvayati bhūriśaḥ ,
tattāṃ yātyanalāśleṣādayaḥpiṇḍo'gnitāmiva 2

2. dṛḍhaniścayavat cetaḥ yat bhāvayati bhūriśaḥ
tat tām yāti analāśleṣāt ayaḥpiṇḍaḥ agnitām iva

2. iva analāśleṣāt ayaḥpiṇḍaḥ agnitām yāti dṛḍhaniścayavat
cetaḥ yat bhūriśaḥ bhāvayati tat tām yāti

2. Just as a lump of iron, through its embrace by fire, attains the nature of fire, so too does the mind (cetas), with firm resolve, intensely become that which it contemplates.

Words meanings summery:

• दृढनिश्चयवत् (dṛḍhaniścayavat) - having firm resolve, with firm determination, firmly resolute

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness, intellect

• यत् (yat) - that (object or state) which (what, which, that which)

• भावयति (bhāvayati) - it intensely contemplates and internalizes (it conceives, contemplates, makes to be, brings into existence)

• भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - frequently, abundantly, intensely, much

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore

• ताम् (tām) - that (state of being) (that (feminine accusative singular))

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, becomes

• अनलाश्लेषात् (analāśleṣāt) - from the embrace of fire

• अयःपिण्डः (ayaḥpiṇḍaḥ) - lump of iron, iron ball

• अग्निताम् (agnitām) - the state of being fire, fieriness

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, just as

Words meanings and morphology

दृढनिश्चयवत् (dṛḍhaniścayavat) - having firm resolve, with firm determination, firmly resolute

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛḍhaniścayavat

dṛḍhaniścayavat - having firm resolve, with firm determination

Derived from 'dṛḍhaniścaya' + possessive suffix 'vat'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dṛḍha+niścaya+vat)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, steadfast
  adjective (masculine)
  Past passive participle from 'dṛh' (to be firm)
  Root: dṛh (class 1)
• niścaya – resolve, determination, certainty, conviction
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ci' (to gather) with prefix 'nis' (out, completely), causative form
  Prefix: nis
  Root: ci (class 5)
• vat – like, as, possessing
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adjectives (possessive) or adverbs (similarity)

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect, heart

From root 'cit' (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhāvayati' and 'yāti'.

यत् (yat) - that (object or state) which (what, which, that which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, because

Note: Object of 'bhāvayati'.

भावयति (bhāvayati) - it intensely contemplates and internalizes (it conceives, contemplates, makes to be, brings into existence)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhāvay

Causative form of root 'bhū'

Root 'bhū' (to be) in causative (10th class equivalent)

Root: bhū (class 10)

Note: Verb for 'cetaḥ'.

भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - frequently, abundantly, intensely, much

(indeclinable)

From 'bhūri' (much, abundant) + suffix 'śas'

तत् (tat) - that, therefore

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Corresponds to 'yat'. Subject of 'yāti'.

ताम् (tām) - that (state of being) (that (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'agnitāṃ' (state of fire) in the simile, or generally "that state".

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, becomes

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

अनलाश्लेषात् (analāśleṣāt) - from the embrace of fire

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of analāśleṣa

analāśleṣa - embrace of fire, contact with fire

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (anala+āśleṣa)

• anala – fire, Agni (god of fire)
  noun (masculine)
  From 'a' (not) + 'nala' (reed, a measure of length, implying something contained or limited, so 'not limited' or 'unrestrained')
• āśleṣa – embrace, adhesion, contact
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'śliṣ' (to cling, embrace) with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śliṣ (class 1)

Note: Denotes cause or source.

अयःपिण्डः (ayaḥpiṇḍaḥ) - lump of iron, iron ball

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ayaḥpiṇḍa

ayaḥpiṇḍa - lump of iron, iron ball

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ayas+piṇḍa)

• ayas – iron, metal
  noun (neuter)
• piṇḍa – lump, ball, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject in the simile.

अग्निताम् (agnitām) - the state of being fire, fieriness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of agnitā

agnitā - the state or quality of being fire, fieriness

Derived from 'agni' (fire) + suffix 'tā' (abstract noun)

Note: Object of 'yāti'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, just as

(indeclinable)