योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-20

संकल्पो हि मनो जीवश्चित्तं बुद्धिः सवासना ।
नाम्नैवान्यत्वमेतेषां नार्थेनार्थविदां वर ॥ २० ॥

saṃkalpo hi mano jīvaścittaṃ buddhiḥ savāsanā ,
nāmnaivānyatvameteṣāṃ nārthenārthavidāṃ vara 20

20. saṅkalpaḥ hi manas jīvaḥ cittam buddhiḥ savāsanā
nāmnā eva anyatvam eteṣām na arthena arthavidām vara

20. hi arthavidām vara saṅkalpaḥ manas jīvaḥ cittam
buddhiḥ savāsanā eteṣām anyatvam nāmnā eva arthena na

20. Indeed, mental volition (saṅkalpa), mind (manas), the individual soul (jīva), consciousness (citta), and intellect (buddhi) with its latent impressions (vāsanā) – these are different only by name, O best among the wise, not by their fundamental meaning or essence.

Words meanings summery:

• सङ्कल्पः (saṅkalpaḥ) - resolution, intention, volition

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, thought

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

• चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness, mind, thought, intellect

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

• सवासना (savāsanā) - with latent impressions, with innate tendencies

• नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• अन्यत्वम् (anyatvam) - difference, distinctness

• एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these

• न (na) - not, no

• अर्थेन (arthena) - by their essential meaning (by meaning, by purpose, by essence)

• अर्थविदाम् (arthavidām) - of those who know meaning, of the wise

• वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

Words meanings and morphology

सङ्कल्पः (saṅkalpaḥ) - resolution, intention, volition

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - resolution, intention, will, mental resolve, volition

From sam-kḷp (to arrange, resolve) + ghañ suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

Root: man (class 4)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; individual soul, living being, life

From root jīv (to live) + a suffix.

Root: jīv (class 1)

चित्तम् (cittam) - consciousness, mind, thought, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - thought, mind, consciousness, heart

From root cit (to perceive, observe) + kta suffix (past passive participle used as noun).

Root: cit (class 1)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, discernment, wisdom

From root budh (to awaken, know) + kti suffix.

Root: budh (class 1)

सवासना (savāsanā) - with latent impressions, with innate tendencies

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of savāsanā

savāsanā - endowed with vāsanā, with latent impressions, with innate tendencies

Compound of sa (with) and vāsanā (latent impression).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vāsanā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• vāsanā – latent impression, mental trace, innate tendency
  noun (feminine)
  From root vas (to dwell, perfume) + ani + ṭāp (feminine suffix).
  Root: vas (class 1)

नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अन्यत्वम् (anyatvam) - difference, distinctness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anyatva

anyatva - difference, distinctness, otherness

From anya (other) + tva (suffix for abstract noun).

एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to the list of saṅkalpa, manas, jīva, citta, buddhi.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अर्थेन (arthena) - by their essential meaning (by meaning, by purpose, by essence)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, sense, object, purpose, wealth, essence

Root: ṛ (class 1)

अर्थविदाम् (arthavidām) - of those who know meaning, of the wise

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of arthavid

arthavid - knowing the meaning, skilled in interpretation, wise

Compound of artha (meaning) and vid (knower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+vid)

• artha – meaning, sense, object, purpose
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• vid – knowing, understanding, knower
  adjective (masculine)
  From root vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choicest; boon, husband

From root vṛ (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 5)