योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-59, verse-54

या यत्सत्त्वं समन्वेति सा तदेवाशु जायते ।
जाता संसर्गवशतस्तस्मिन्नेव च जन्मनि ।
बध्यते मुच्यते वासौ स्वयमन्वारभेदतः ॥ ५४ ॥

yā yatsattvaṃ samanveti sā tadevāśu jāyate ,
jātā saṃsargavaśatastasminneva ca janmani ,
badhyate mucyate vāsau svayamanvārabhedataḥ 54

54. yā yat sattvam samanveti sā tat eva
āśu jāyate jātā saṃsargavaśataḥ
tasmin eva ca janmani badhyate
mucyate vā asau svayam anvārabhedataḥ

54. yā yat sattvam samanveti,
sā tat eva āśu jāyate.
jātā [sā] ca tasmin eva janmani saṃsargavaśataḥ badhyate vā mucyate asau svayam anvārabhedataḥ.

54. Whatever nature (sattva) an entity follows or takes on, that very entity quickly becomes it. Having thus taken birth, due to the power of association in that very existence, that entity is either bound or liberated by its own discrimination (anvārābheda).

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - whatever entity (whoever, which)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (nature) (which, what, whatever)

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - nature, quality, essence (existence, being, essence, nature, goodness)

• समन्वेति (samanveti) - follows, takes on (follows, joins, enters into, becomes imbued with)

• सा (sā) - that (entity) (she, that)

• तत् (tat) - that (very nature/state) (that, it)

• एव (eva) - very (thing) (indeed, only, very)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

• जायते (jāyate) - becomes (is born, comes into being, becomes)

• जाता (jātā) - having become, having taken birth (born, produced, become)

• संसर्गवशतः (saṁsargavaśataḥ) - due to the power of association (due to contact, by the power of association)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that very (in that)

• एव (eva) - very (indeed, only, very)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जन्मनि (janmani) - in that very existence (in birth, in existence, in life)

• बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - is liberated (is liberated, is released)

• वा (vā) - or

• असौ (asau) - that entity (that one, she)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by its own (discrimination) (by oneself, spontaneously, personally)

• अन्वारभेदतः (anvārabhedataḥ) - by its own discrimination (anvārābheda) (by distinction in adhering, by self-discrimination)

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - whatever entity (whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever, whatever

यत् (yat) - whatever (nature) (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever, whatever

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - nature, quality, essence (existence, being, essence, nature, goodness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - existence, being, essence, nature, reality; also goodness, purity (in Sāṃkhya philosophy)

समन्वेति (samanveti) - follows, takes on (follows, joins, enters into, becomes imbued with)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sam-anu-i

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: i (class 2)

सा (sā) - that (entity) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत् (tat) - that (very nature/state) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - very (thing) (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here

जायते (jāyate) - becomes (is born, comes into being, becomes)

(verb)

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

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used in passive/middle voice

जाता (jātā) - having become, having taken birth (born, produced, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jan

jan - to be born, to come into existence, to arise

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Past Passive Participle of √jan

संसर्गवशतः (saṁsargavaśataḥ) - due to the power of association (due to contact, by the power of association)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsarga+vaśa)

• saṃsarga – contact, association, connection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• vaśa – will, power, control, influence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Ablative form -taḥ (from saṃsargavaśas + taḥ)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that very (in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - very (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

जन्मनि (janmani) - in that very existence (in birth, in existence, in life)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, existence, life, origin

बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

मुच्यते (mucyate) - is liberated (is liberated, is released)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of muc

Root: muc (class 6)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that entity (that one, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adas

adas - that (remote), yonder, he, she, it

स्वयम् (svayam) - by its own (discrimination) (by oneself, spontaneously, personally)

(indeclinable)

अन्वारभेदतः (anvārabhedataḥ) - by its own discrimination (anvārābheda) (by distinction in adhering, by self-discrimination)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anvāra+bheda)

• anvāra – following, adherence, clinging
  noun (masculine)
  verbal derivative
  Derived from anu-ā-√rabh
  Prefixes: anu+ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)
• bheda – division, distinction, difference, discrimination
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Ablative form -taḥ (from anvārabhedas + taḥ)