योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
रामापर्यवसानेयं माया संसृतिनामिका ।
आत्मचित्तजयेनैव क्षयमायाति नान्यथा ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
rāmāparyavasāneyaṃ māyā saṃsṛtināmikā ,
ātmacittajayenaiva kṣayamāyāti nānyathā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāma aparyavasānā iyam māyā
saṃsṛti-nāmikā ātma-citta-jayena eva kṣayam āyāti na anyathā

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāma iyam saṃsṛti-nāmikā māyā
aparyavasānā ātma-citta-jayena eva kṣayam āyāti anyathā na

1. Shri Vasishtha said: O Rāma, this illusion (māyā), known as the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), is unending. It comes to cessation only through the conquest of one's mind, and not otherwise.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma, Rāma

• अपर्यवसाना (aparyavasānā) - unending, without cessation, without conclusion

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• माया (māyā) - The cosmic illusion (māyā) that makes the phenomenal world appear real. (illusion, cosmic illusion, magic)

• संसृति-नामिका (saṁsṛti-nāmikā) - Refers to the illusion (māyā) known as the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (saṃsāra). (named saṃsāra, called saṃsāra)

• आत्म-चित्त-जयेन (ātma-citta-jayena) - Specifically, by gaining control over one's own mental faculties and ego. (by the conquest of the mind (of the self/individual))

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes that conquest of mind is the *only* way. (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - Towards cessation, to an end. Used as an object here for the verb 'āyāti' to mean 'reaches an end/cessation'. (destruction, cessation, decay, end)

• आयाति (āyāti) - Comes to an end, reaches cessation. (comes, reaches, attains)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another manner

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable sage Vasishtha; a proper name

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, wealth, prosperity, beauty, revered
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, best; a proper name of a revered sage
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active indicative

Perfect stem 'ūc', 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma, Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - pleasing, charming; name of a celebrated prince

Root: ram (class 1)

अपर्यवसाना (aparyavasānā) - unending, without cessation, without conclusion

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aparyavasāna

aparyavasāna - without end, endless, interminable

Negation 'a-' + 'paryavasāna' (conclusion, end)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+paryavasāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• paryavasāna – end, conclusion, cessation
  noun (neuter)
  from pari + ava + √sā
  Prefixes: pari+ava
  Root: sā (class 4)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

माया (māyā) - The cosmic illusion (māyā) that makes the phenomenal world appear real. (illusion, cosmic illusion, magic)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, art, magic, supernatural power, fraud, deceit

Root: mā (class 3)

संसृति-नामिका (saṁsṛti-nāmikā) - Refers to the illusion (māyā) known as the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (saṃsāra). (named saṃsāra, called saṃsāra)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti-nāmika

saṁsṛti-nāmika - named or called saṃsāra

Compound formed from 'saṃsṛti' (transmigration) and 'nāmika' (named, called).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃsṛti+nāmika)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (feminine)
  from saṃ-√sṛ (to flow together, run together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• nāmika – named, called, bearing the name of
  adjective (masculine)
  from nāman (name) + -ika (suffix indicating 'having the nature of' or 'relating to')

आत्म-चित्त-जयेन (ātma-citta-jayena) - Specifically, by gaining control over one's own mental faculties and ego. (by the conquest of the mind (of the self/individual))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātma-citta-jaya

ātma-citta-jaya - conquest of the mind of the self

Compound of 'ātman' (self), 'citta' (mind), and 'jaya' (conquest).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+citta+jaya)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman), supreme soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• citta – mind, thought, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √cit (to perceive, understand), substantivized.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• jaya – victory, triumph, conquest
  noun (masculine)
  From √ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

एव (eva) - Emphasizes that conquest of mind is the *only* way. (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - Towards cessation, to an end. Used as an object here for the verb 'āyāti' to mean 'reaches an end/cessation'. (destruction, cessation, decay, end)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, loss, end, cessation, decay, decrease

From √kṣi (to destroy, perish)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

आयाति (āyāti) - Comes to an end, reaches cessation. (comes, reaches, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ā-yā

present active indicative

From prefix 'ā-' (towards) and root 'yā' (to go).

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another manner

(indeclinable)

From 'anya' (other) + '-thā' (adverbial suffix)