योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-13

संकल्पनाशयत्नेन न भयान्यनुगच्छति ।
भावनाभावमात्रेण संकल्पः क्षीयते स्वयम् ॥ १३ ॥

saṃkalpanāśayatnena na bhayānyanugacchati ,
bhāvanābhāvamātreṇa saṃkalpaḥ kṣīyate svayam 13

13. saṃkalpa-nāśa-yatnena na bhayāni anugacchati
bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa saṃkalpaḥ kṣīyate svayam

13. saṃkalpaḥ saṃkalpa-nāśa-yatnena bhayāni na
anugacchati bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa svayam kṣīyate

13. One does not encounter fears through the effort to destroy a resolve (saṃkalpa). Rather, resolve (saṃkalpa) itself is spontaneously diminished merely by the absence of mental constructs (bhāvanā).

Words meanings summery:

• संकल्प-नाश-यत्नेन (saṁkalpa-nāśa-yatnena) - by the effort of destroying resolve

• न (na) - not, no

• भयानि (bhayāni) - fears, dangers

• अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - experiences (fears) (follows, approaches, experiences)

• भावना-अभाव-मात्रेण (bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa) - merely by the absence of mental construction/ideation

• संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is diminished, is destroyed, decays

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by oneself, automatically

Words meanings and morphology

संकल्प-नाश-यत्नेन (saṁkalpa-nāśa-yatnena) - by the effort of destroying resolve

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa-nāśa-yatna

saṁkalpa-nāśa-yatna - effort to destroy resolve

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃkalpa+nāśa+yatna)

• saṃkalpa – resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-kḷp
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  From root √naś
  Root: naś (class 4)
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  From root √yat
  Root: yat (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भयानि (bhayāni) - fears, dangers

(noun)

neuter, plural of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

From root √bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Here, accusative plural, as fears are the object of "do not follow".

अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - experiences (fears) (follows, approaches, experiences)

(verb)

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

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is "one" (person).

भावना-अभाव-मात्रेण (bhāvanā-abhāva-mātreṇa) - merely by the absence of mental construction/ideation

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhāvanā-abhāva-mātra

bhāvanā-abhāva-mātra - merely the absence of ideation

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāvanā+abhāva+mātra)

• bhāvanā – mental construction, ideation, imagination, cultivation
  noun (feminine)
  From root √bhū, causative
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, non-being
  noun (masculine)
  From a- + √bhū
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, just
  adjective/noun (neuter)

संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - resolve, intention, mental construct (saṃkalpa)

From sam-kḷp

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Subject of kṣīyate.

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is diminished, is destroyed, decays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṣī

Middle voice, passive-like formation.

Root: kṣī (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by oneself, automatically

(indeclinable)