योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-3, verse-2

भव भावनया मुक्तो भावाभावविवर्जितः ।
चिदात्मन्संस्थिताः केव वद ते वासनादयः ॥ २ ॥

bhava bhāvanayā mukto bhāvābhāvavivarjitaḥ ,
cidātmansaṃsthitāḥ keva vada te vāsanādayaḥ 2

2. bhava bhāvanayā muktaḥ bhāva abhāva vivarjitaḥ
cit ātman saṃsthitāḥ ke iva vada te vāsanā ādayaḥ

2. ātman bhāvanayā muktaḥ bhāva abhāva vivarjitaḥ bhava.
vada,
te vāsanā ādayaḥ saṃsthitāḥ ke iva.

2. Become free from conceptualization, devoid of both existence and non-existence. O consciousness-self (cidātman), tell me, what are these latent impressions (vāsanā) and similar tendencies that reside within you?

Words meanings summery:

• भव (bhava) - become (an imperative instruction) (become, be, exist)

• भावनया (bhāvanayā) - by means of conceptualization (by means of conceptualization, by thought, by feeling)

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - free (from) (freed, liberated, released, delivered)

• भाव (bhāva) - existence (as a concept) (existence, state of being, nature, emotion, sentiment)

• अभाव (abhāva) - non-existence (as a concept) (non-existence, absence, negation)

• विवर्जितः (vivarjitaḥ) - devoid of (both existence and non-existence) (devoid of, free from, abandoned, excluded)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness (cidātman) (consciousness, spirit, thought, understanding)

• आत्मन् (ātman) - self (ātman) (addressing the consciousness-self) (self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman))

• संस्थिताः (saṁsthitāḥ) - residing (within you) (situated, established, residing, abiding)

• के (ke) - what (are these) (who, what, which)

• इव (iva) - (emphatic) indeed, as if (like, as, as if, similar to)

• वद (vada) - tell (me) (speak, say, tell)

• ते (te) - these (referring to vāsanās) (your, to you, by you, those (nom. pl.))

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, desire, perfume (vāsanā))

• आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and similar tendencies (beginning with, and others, etc.)

Words meanings and morphology

भव (bhava) - become (an imperative instruction) (become, be, exist)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root, Present Tense, Active Voice, Imperative Mood

From root 'bhū' (class 1), present tense, active voice, 2nd person singular, imperative mood. Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha (1.1).

Root: bhū (class 1)

भावनया (bhāvanayā) - by means of conceptualization (by means of conceptualization, by thought, by feeling)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conceptualization, notion, thought, imagination, feeling, meditation

From root 'bhū' (to be) + suffix '-ana' (agent/action) + feminine ending.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - free (from) (freed, liberated, released, delivered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - freed, liberated, released, delivered, let loose

Past Passive Participle

From root 'muc' (to release) + suffix '-kta' (past passive participle).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Adjective derived from a past passive participle.

भाव (bhāva) - existence (as a concept) (existence, state of being, nature, emotion, sentiment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - existence, state of being, nature, disposition, feeling, sentiment

From root 'bhū' (to be) + suffix '-a'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'bhāvābhāva', here representing 'existence'.

अभाव (abhāva) - non-existence (as a concept) (non-existence, absence, negation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, negation, annihilation

Prefix 'a-' (negation) + 'bhāva' (existence).

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• bhāva – existence, state of being, nature, disposition, feeling, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be) + suffix '-a'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound 'bhāvābhāva', here representing 'non-existence'.

विवर्जितः (vivarjitaḥ) - devoid of (both existence and non-existence) (devoid of, free from, abandoned, excluded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivarjita

vivarjita - devoid of, free from, abandoned, excluded, forsaken

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛj' (to avoid) with prefix 'vi-' + suffix '-kta'.

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Adjective derived from a past passive participle.

चित् (cit) - consciousness (cidātman) (consciousness, spirit, thought, understanding)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, spirit, thought, understanding, awareness

From root 'cit' (to perceive, know).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Part of the vocative compound 'cidātman'.

आत्मन् (ātman) - self (ātman) (addressing the consciousness-self) (self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, ego (ātman)

Note: Forms a compound 'cidātman' in vocative.

संस्थिताः (saṁsthitāḥ) - residing (within you) (situated, established, residing, abiding)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - situated, established, residing, abiding, composed, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'sam-' + suffix '-kta'.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Adjective derived from a past passive participle, agreeing with 'vāsanā ādayaḥ'.

के (ke) - what (are these) (who, what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Masculine/Feminine Nominative Plural of 'kim'. Here modifying 'vāsanā ādayaḥ'.

इव (iva) - (emphatic) indeed, as if (like, as, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison or emphasis.

वद (vada) - tell (me) (speak, say, tell)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root, Present Tense, Active Voice, Imperative Mood

From root 'vad' (class 1), present tense, active voice, 2nd person singular, imperative mood. Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha (1.1118).

Root: vad (class 1)

ते (te) - these (referring to vāsanās) (your, to you, by you, those (nom. pl.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Pronoun 'tad', nominative plural masculine/feminine, or dative/genitive singular of 'tvad' (you). Context suggests demonstrative pronoun here.

Note: Could also be dative/genitive singular of 'you', but fits better as demonstrative 'these' for 'vāsanā ādayaḥ'.

वासना (vāsanā) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, mental trace, desire, perfume (vāsanā))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, habit, desire, imagination, perfume (vāsanā)

From root 'vas' (to dwell, perfume) + suffix.

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Part of the compound group 'vāsanā ādayaḥ'.

आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and similar tendencies (beginning with, and others, etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, etc., and others

Note: Forms a group 'vāsanā ādayaḥ' meaning 'vāsanās and others'.