योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-21, verse-15

वैराग्यात्पूर्णतामेति मनो नाशावशानुगम् ।
आशया रिक्ततामेति शरदेव सरोमलम् ॥ १५ ॥

vairāgyātpūrṇatāmeti mano nāśāvaśānugam ,
āśayā riktatāmeti śaradeva saromalam 15

15. vairāgyāt pūrṇatām eti manaḥ nāśa-vaśa-anugam
āśayā riktatām eti śarad iva saraḥ malam

15. manaḥ nāśa-vaśa-anugam (sat),
vairāgyāt pūrṇatām eti.
(Tadeva manas) āśayā riktatām eti,
yathā śarad iva saraḥ malam (prāpnoti).

15. The mind, by following the sway of renunciation (nāśa-vaśa), attains fullness through dispassion (vairāgya). Conversely, by desire (āśā), it attains emptiness, just as a lake becomes murky (with mud) in autumn.

Words meanings summery:

• वैराग्यात् (vairāgyāt) - through dispassion (vairāgya) (from dispassion, from detachment)

• पूर्णताम् (pūrṇatām) - state of fullness or contentment (fullness, completeness)

• एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it comes)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

• नाश-वश-अनुगम् (nāśa-vaśa-anugam) - following the principle of letting go (of attachments) (following the sway of destruction/loss, following the principle of letting go)

• आशया (āśayā) - by desire (āśā) (by desire, by hope)

• रिक्तताम् (riktatām) - state of emptiness (of peace/contentment) (emptiness, voidness)

• एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it comes)

• शरद् (śarad) - in autumn (autumn)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• सरः (saraḥ) - a lake (lake, pond)

• मलम् (malam) - mud, impurity (dirt, impurity, stain, mud)

Words meanings and morphology

वैराग्यात् (vairāgyāt) - through dispassion (vairāgya) (from dispassion, from detachment)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vairāgya

vairāgya - dispassion, detachment, indifference to worldly objects

Derived from virāga (absence of passion) + ya (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Indicates the cause or means.

पूर्णताम् (pūrṇatām) - state of fullness or contentment (fullness, completeness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūrṇatā

pūrṇatā - fullness, completeness, perfection

From pūrṇa + tā (abstract suffix)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it comes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Verb for 'manaḥ'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'eti'.

नाश-वश-अनुगम् (nāśa-vaśa-anugam) - following the principle of letting go (of attachments) (following the sway of destruction/loss, following the principle of letting go)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāśa-vaśa-anuga

nāśa-vaśa-anuga - following the sway of destruction/loss

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāśa+vaśa+anuga)

• nāśa – destruction, loss, disappearance, letting go
  noun (masculine)
  From root naś (to perish) + ghañ suffix
  Root: naś (class 4)
• vaśa – sway, control, power, will
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)
• anuga – following, attendant
  adjective (masculine)
  From root gam (to go) with upasarga anu + a suffix
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'.

आशया (āśayā) - by desire (āśā) (by desire, by hope)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, desire, expectation, direction

From root aś (to obtain, pervade) + ā suffix

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: Indicates the cause.

रिक्तताम् (riktatām) - state of emptiness (of peace/contentment) (emptiness, voidness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of riktatā

riktatā - emptiness, voidness, poverty

From rikta (empty) + tā (abstract suffix)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it comes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Verb for 'manaḥ' (implied).

शरद् (śarad) - in autumn (autumn)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, a year

Root: śṛ (class 9)

Note: Used in a simile, refers to the season.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

सरः (saraḥ) - a lake (lake, pond)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject in the simile.

मलम् (malam) - mud, impurity (dirt, impurity, stain, mud)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, stain, sin

Root: mal (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'saraḥ'.