योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-24, verse-21

अयमहमिति निश्चयो वृथा यस्तमलमपास्य महामते स्वबुद्ध्या ।
यदितरदवलम्ब्य तत्पदं त्वं व्रज पिब भुङ्क्ष्व न बध्यसे मनस्कः ॥ २१ ॥

ayamahamiti niścayo vṛthā yastamalamapāsya mahāmate svabuddhyā ,
yaditaradavalambya tatpadaṃ tvaṃ vraja piba bhuṅkṣva na badhyase manaskaḥ 21

21. ayam aham iti niścayaḥ vṛthā yaḥ tam
alam apāsya mahāmate svabuddhyā | yat
itarat avalambya tat padam tvam vraja
piba bhuṅkṣva na badhyase manaskaḥ ||

21. mahāmate yaḥ ayam aham iti niścayaḥ vṛthā tam alam svabuddhyā apāsya tvam yat itarat avalambya tat padam vraja,
piba,
bhuṅkṣva,
(ca) manaskaḥ na badhyase

21. O great-minded one, that conviction "I am this" which is fruitless, completely abandon it with your own intellect. Instead, relying on that other (true) state, attain that ultimate state. Then, drink and enjoy; you will not be bound by mental attachments.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (body/mind) (this, this one)

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - conviction, certainty, decision

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, futile, fruitless

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

• तम् (tam) - that (conviction) (that, him, it)

• अलम् (alam) - completely (sufficiently, completely, enough, indeed)

• अपास्य (apāsya) - having abandoned, having discarded

• महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O wise one

• स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - by one's own intellect, by one's own understanding

• यत् (yat) - that (state) which is other (than the illusory) (that which, because, since (conjunction/pronoun))

• इतरत् (itarat) - the true (state), other (than the false identification) (the other, different)

• अवलम्ब्य (avalambya) - having relied upon, having taken support of

• तत् (tat) - that (ultimate) state (that, that ultimate (state))

• पदम् (padam) - ultimate state (state, position, foot, step)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• व्रज (vraja) - attain (that state) (go, attain, proceed)

• पिब (piba) - drink (of life's experiences) (drink)

• भुङ्क्ष्व (bhuṅkṣva) - enjoy (the experiences of life) (enjoy, eat, consume)

• न (na) - not, no

• बध्यसे (badhyase) - you are bound, you are fettered

• मनस्कः (manaskaḥ) - bound by mental attachments/concepts (having a mind, mental, relating to the mind, bound by mental concepts)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (body/mind) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech

(indeclinable)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - conviction, certainty, decision

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - conviction, certainty, ascertainment, decision

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, futile, fruitless

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

तम् (tam) - that (conviction) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अलम् (alam) - completely (sufficiently, completely, enough, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अपास्य (apāsya) - having abandoned, having discarded

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from the root √as (to throw, cast) with the prefix apa-.

Prefix: apa

Root: as (class 2)

महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O wise one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, intelligent, wise

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, wisdom
  noun (feminine)

स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - by one's own intellect, by one's own understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svabuddhi

svabuddhi - one's own intellect, one's own understanding

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+buddhi)

• sva – self, own
  pronoun
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that (state) which is other (than the illusory) (that which, because, since (conjunction/pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun), because, if

इतरत् (itarat) - the true (state), other (than the false identification) (the other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different, the rest

अवलम्ब्य (avalambya) - having relied upon, having taken support of

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from the root √lamb (to hang, cling) with the prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: lamb (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (ultimate) state (that, that ultimate (state))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

पदम् (padam) - ultimate state (state, position, foot, step)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, position, state, word

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

व्रज (vraja) - attain (that state) (go, attain, proceed)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

पिब (piba) - drink (of life's experiences) (drink)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 1)

भुङ्क्ष्व (bhuṅkṣva) - enjoy (the experiences of life) (enjoy, eat, consume)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बध्यसे (badhyase) - you are bound, you are fettered

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

मनस्कः (manaskaḥ) - bound by mental attachments/concepts (having a mind, mental, relating to the mind, bound by mental concepts)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manaska

manaska - having a mind, endowed with mind, mental, relating to the mind

Derived from 'manas' (mind) with the suffix -ka.