योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-2, verse-16

निवृत्तयानया कः स्याद्गुणो दोषोऽथ वा भवेत् ।
कथमात्मनि चैवायं तते संकोच आगतः ॥ १६ ॥

nivṛttayānayā kaḥ syādguṇo doṣo'tha vā bhavet ,
kathamātmani caivāyaṃ tate saṃkoca āgataḥ 16

16. nivṛttayā anayā kaḥ syāt guṇaḥ doṣaḥ atha vā bhavet
katham ātmani ca eva ayam tate saṃkocaḥ āgataḥ

16. anayā nivṛttayā kaḥ guṇaḥ syāt atha vā kaḥ doṣaḥ
bhavet ca eva ayam saṃkocaḥ tate ātmani katham āgataḥ

16. If this (māyā) is withdrawn, what merit or fault would there be? How did this contraction appear in the all-pervading Self (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• निवृत्तया (nivṛttayā) - by the ceased, by the withdrawn (feminine)

• अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what (masculine)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be

• गुणः (guṇaḥ) - quality, merit, virtue

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, vice

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman), in oneself

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, truly

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• तते (tate) - in the pervading, in the expanded

• संकोचः (saṁkocaḥ) - contraction, shrinking, withdrawal

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - come, arrived, appeared (masculine)

Words meanings and morphology

निवृत्तया (nivṛttayā) - by the ceased, by the withdrawn (feminine)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - ceased, stopped, withdrawn, returned

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'anayā' and refers to 'māyā'

अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

(demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'māyā' from the previous verse

कः (kaḥ) - who, what (masculine)

(interrogative pronoun)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

गुणः (guṇaḥ) - quality, merit, virtue

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, merit, virtue, rope, strand

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, vice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, vice

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman), in oneself

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul (ātman)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, truly

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(demonstrative pronoun)

तते (tate) - in the pervading, in the expanded

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tata

tata - stretched, extended, pervading, spread

Past Passive Participle

from root √tan

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmani'

संकोचः (saṁkocaḥ) - contraction, shrinking, withdrawal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkoca

saṁkoca - contraction, shrinking, gathering, modesty

आगतः (āgataḥ) - come, arrived, appeared (masculine)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, appeared, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from ā + √gam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃkocaḥ'