योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-21, verse-24

न शक्यते तोलयितुमवश्यं भवितव्यता ।
यद्यथा तत्तथैतद्धि स्वभावस्यैव निश्चयः ॥ २४ ॥

na śakyate tolayitumavaśyaṃ bhavitavyatā ,
yadyathā tattathaitaddhi svabhāvasyaiva niścayaḥ 24

24. na śakyate tolayitum avaśyam bhavitavyatā yat
yathā tat tathā etat hi svabhāvasya eva niścayaḥ

24. na śakyate avaśyam bhavitavyatā tolayitum.
yat yathā tat tathā eva etat hi svabhāvasya niścayaḥ

24. It is impossible to gauge or alter what is inevitably destined (bhavitavyatā). For whatever exists in a particular manner, that very existence is, without doubt, the fixed determination of its intrinsic nature (svabhāva).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• शक्यते (śakyate) - is possible, can be, is able

• तोलयितुम् (tolayitum) - to gauge or alter (to weigh, to measure, to assess, to compare)

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - inevitably, certainly, necessarily

• भवितव्यता (bhavitavyatā) - inevitability, fate, destiny, what must be

• यत् (yat) - what, whatever, which

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• एतत् (etat) - this

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• स्वभावस्य (svabhāvasya) - of one's own nature, of one's intrinsic nature

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly (emphatic particle)

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - determination, certainty, ascertainment, firm conviction

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शक्यते (śakyate) - is possible, can be, is able

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

तोलयितुम् (tolayitum) - to gauge or alter (to weigh, to measure, to assess, to compare)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb tul (to weigh), specifically from the 10th class or causative stem.

Root: tul (class 10)

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - inevitably, certainly, necessarily

(indeclinable)

भवितव्यता (bhavitavyatā) - inevitability, fate, destiny, what must be

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhavitavyatā

bhavitavyatā - inevitability, fate, destiny, what must be, futurity

Derived from the gerundive bhavitavya (what is to be) with suffix -tā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - what, whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever (relative pronoun)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

स्वभावस्य (svabhāvasya) - of one's own nature, of one's intrinsic nature

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - one's own nature, intrinsic nature, essential quality, disposition

Compound of sva (own) and bhāva (being, state).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, one's self, inherent
  pronoun
• bhāva – being, state of being, nature, existence, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  kṛt affix
  Derived from root bhū (to be) with kṛt suffix -a.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - determination, certainty, ascertainment, firm conviction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - ascertainment, determination, certainty, firm conviction, resolution

kṛt affix

Derived from root ci (to gather) with prefix nis- and kṛt suffix -a.

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)