योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-50

घना न वासना यस्य पुनर्जननकारिणी ।
बीजाङ्कुरवदेते हि संस्थिते तिलतैलवत् ॥ ५० ॥

ghanā na vāsanā yasya punarjananakāriṇī ,
bījāṅkuravadete hi saṃsthite tilatailavat 50

50. ghanā na vāsanā yasya punarjananakāriṇī
bījāṅkuravat ete hi saṃsthite tilatailavat

50. yasya vāsanā punarjananakāriṇī na ghanā,
hi ete bījāṅkuravat tilatailavat saṃsthite.

50. For one whose latent desire (vāsanā)—the cause of rebirth (punarjanana)—is not dense, there is no rebirth. Indeed, these two [desire and rebirth] are inherently established like a seed and its sprout, or like sesame and its oil.

Words meanings summery:

• घना (ghanā) - dense, thick, solid, compact

• न (na) - not, no

• वासना (vāsanā) - a deep-rooted tendency or impression from past actions that influences present and future actions (desire, latent impression, mental trace, perfume)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

• पुनर्जननकारिणी (punarjananakāriṇī) - causing rebirth, bringing about reincarnation

• बीजाङ्कुरवत् (bījāṅkuravat) - like a seed and a sprout, similar to a seed and its sprout

• एते (ete) - these two [desire and rebirth] (these two)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• संस्थिते (saṁsthite) - are inherently established (established, situated, existing)

• तिलतैलवत् (tilatailavat) - like sesame and oil, similar to sesame and its oil

Words meanings and morphology

घना (ghanā) - dense, thick, solid, compact

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghana

ghana - dense, thick, solid; a cloud; a cube

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वासना (vāsanā) - a deep-rooted tendency or impression from past actions that influences present and future actions (desire, latent impression, mental trace, perfume)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, desire, mental trace, perfume

Root: vas (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

पुनर्जननकारिणी (punarjananakāriṇī) - causing rebirth, bringing about reincarnation

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of punarjananakāriṇī

punarjananakāriṇī - causing rebirth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (punarjanana+kāriṇī)

• punarjanana – rebirth, reincarnation (punarjanana)
  noun (neuter)
• kāriṇī – causing, making, doing (feminine agent noun)
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of kārin, agent noun from root kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

बीजाङ्कुरवत् (bījāṅkuravat) - like a seed and a sprout, similar to a seed and its sprout

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat added to the compound bījāṅkura.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bīja+aṅkura+vat)

• bīja – seed
  noun (neuter)
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, similar to (suffix forming adverbs of comparison)
  indeclinable

एते (ete) - these two [desire and rebirth] (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to the two entities being compared or discussed, likely vāsanā and punarjanana.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

संस्थिते (saṁsthite) - are inherently established (established, situated, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - established, situated, fixed, composed, stopped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand, to be, to remain) with prefix sam- (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

तिलतैलवत् (tilatailavat) - like sesame and oil, similar to sesame and its oil

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat added to the compound tilataila.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tila+taila+vat)

• tila – sesame
  noun (masculine)
• taila – oil (especially sesame oil)
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, similar to (suffix forming adverbs of comparison)
  indeclinable