योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-17, verse-15

अतीतः सर्वभावेभ्यो वालाग्रादप्यहं तनुः ।
इति द्वितीयो मोक्षाय निश्चयो जायते सताम् ॥ १५ ॥

atītaḥ sarvabhāvebhyo vālāgrādapyahaṃ tanuḥ ,
iti dvitīyo mokṣāya niścayo jāyate satām 15

15. atītaḥ sarvabhāvebhyaḥ vālāgrāt api aham tanuḥ
iti dvitīyaḥ mokṣāya niścayaḥ jāyate satām

15. aham sarvabhāvebhyaḥ vālāgrāt api tanuḥ atītaḥ
iti satām mokṣāya dvitīyaḥ niścayaḥ jāyate

15. I am beyond all states of being, more subtle than even the tip of a hair. This is the second conviction that arises in the wise for final liberation (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• अतीतः (atītaḥ) - transcending, having surpassed (gone beyond, passed, past)

• सर्वभावेभ्यः (sarvabhāvebhyaḥ) - from all states of being (from all states/entities)

• वालाग्रात् (vālāgrāt) - from even the smallest possible point (from a hair-tip)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• अहम् (aham) - the self, the 'I' (I)

• तनुः (tanuḥ) - subtle, finer (subtle, minute, body)

• इति (iti) - thus, this is (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

• द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second (conviction) (second)

• मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for final liberation (mokṣa) (for liberation, for freedom)

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - conviction, firm belief (certainty, conviction, determination)

• जायते (jāyate) - arises (is born, arises, happens)

• सताम् (satām) - of the wise, of the righteous (of the good, of the wise, of the existing)

Words meanings and morphology

अतीतः (atītaḥ) - transcending, having surpassed (gone beyond, passed, past)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atīta

atīta - gone beyond, passed, past, transcended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root 'i' with prefix 'ati'.

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

सर्वभावेभ्यः (sarvabhāvebhyaḥ) - from all states of being (from all states/entities)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of sarvabhāva

sarvabhāva - all states, all entities, all natures

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhāva)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāva – being, state, existence, nature, entity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Can also be dative plural. Context suggests ablative 'from'.

वालाग्रात् (vālāgrāt) - from even the smallest possible point (from a hair-tip)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vālāgra

vālāgra - hair-tip

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāla+agra)

• vāla – hair
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, front
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - the self, the 'I' (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तनुः (tanuḥ) - subtle, finer (subtle, minute, body)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, subtle, minute, slender

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Here it functions as an adjective modifying 'aham'.

इति (iti) - thus, this is (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second (conviction) (second)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, secondary

Ordinal number derived from 'dvi' (two).

Note: Refers to 'niścayaḥ'.

मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for final liberation (mokṣa) (for liberation, for freedom)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, freedom, salvation, release

Derived from root 'muc' (to release)

Root: muc (class 6)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - conviction, firm belief (certainty, conviction, determination)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, conviction, determination, ascertainment

Derived from root 'ci' (to collect, observe) with prefix 'nis'.

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

जायते (jāyate) - arises (is born, arises, happens)

(verb)

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

Present Middle Voice

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: jan (class 4)

सताम् (satām) - of the wise, of the righteous (of the good, of the wise, of the existing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, wise, righteous

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)