योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-10

यदि यासि महीरन्ध्रं ब्रह्मलोकमथापि वा ।
तन्न निर्वाणमायासि विनोपशमनामृतम् ॥ १० ॥

yadi yāsi mahīrandhraṃ brahmalokamathāpi vā ,
tanna nirvāṇamāyāsi vinopaśamanāmṛtam 10

10. yadi yāsi mahīrandhram brahmalokam atha api
vā tat na nirvāṇam āyāsi vinā upaśamanāmṛtam

10. yadi tvaṃ mahīrandhram atha vā brahmalokam yāsi api,
tat upaśamanāmṛtam vinā nirvāṇam na āyāsi

10. Even if you go to the depths of the earth or to the realm of Brahmā, you will not attain final liberation (nirvāṇa) without the nectar of tranquility (upaśama).

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• यासि (yāsi) - you go, you proceed

• महीरन्ध्रम् (mahīrandhram) - to the depths of the earth, to the earth's fissure

• ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam) - to the world of Brahmā

• अथ (atha) - then, so, and, moreover

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• वा (vā) - or

• तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (then, that)

• न (na) - not, no

• निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - liberation, extinction, cessation of suffering

• आयासि (āyāsi) - you attain, you reach, you come to

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• उपशमनामृतम् (upaśamanāmṛtam) - the nectar of tranquility/cessation

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

यासि (yāsi) - you go, you proceed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of yā

present tense

Second person singular, present tense, active voice (parasmaipada) of the root yā.

Root: yā (class 2)

महीरन्ध्रम् (mahīrandhram) - to the depths of the earth, to the earth's fissure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahīrandhra

mahīrandhra - earth-fissure, cavern in the earth, depths of the earth

Compound noun: mahī (earth) + randhra (fissure, opening, depth).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+randhra)

• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• randhra – fissure, hole, opening, defect, depth
  noun (neuter)

ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam) - to the world of Brahmā

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahmaloka

brahmaloka - the world of Brahmā, the highest celestial realm

Compound noun: brahman (Brahmā) + loka (world).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+loka)

• brahman – the creator god Brahmā, the Absolute, ultimate reality
  proper noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, sphere, people
  noun (masculine)

अथ (atha) - then, so, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (then, that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - liberation, extinction, cessation of suffering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - extinction, cessation, final liberation, nirvāṇa

Root: vā (class 2)

आयासि (āyāsi) - you attain, you reach, you come to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of yā

present tense

Second person singular, present tense, active voice (parasmaipada) of the root yā with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition governing the accusative case.

उपशमनामृतम् (upaśamanāmṛtam) - the nectar of tranquility/cessation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upaśamanāmṛta

upaśamanāmṛta - the nectar of tranquility, the ambrosia of cessation/pacification

Compound noun: upaśamana (tranquilizing, cessation) + amṛta (nectar).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upaśamana+amṛta)

• upaśamana – tranquilizing, calming, cessation, pacification
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: śam (class 4)
• amṛta – nectar, ambrosia, immortality
  noun (neuter)