योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-69, verse-23

वासनां चित्तमेवाहुः कारणं तद्धि संसृतेः ।
तदकारणतामेति विलीयोभयकर्मसु ॥ २३ ॥

vāsanāṃ cittamevāhuḥ kāraṇaṃ taddhi saṃsṛteḥ ,
tadakāraṇatāmeti vilīyobhayakarmasu 23

23. vāsanām cittam eva āhuḥ kāraṇam tat hi saṃsṛteḥ
tat akāraṇatām eti vilīya ubhaya karmasu

23. āhuḥ vāsanām cittam eva hi tat saṃsṛteḥ kāraṇam
tat ubhaya karmasu vilīya akāraṇatām eti

23. They declare latent desires (vāsanā) to be the mind (citta) itself, for that indeed is the cause of transmigration (saṃsāra). When it (the mind with its desires) dissolves through both types of actions (merit and demerit), it attains a state of causelessness.

Words meanings summery:

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impression, desire, tendency

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the efficient cause (cause, reason, instrument)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• संसृतेः (saṁsṛteḥ) - of transmigration, of the cycle of rebirth

• तत् (tat) - (the mind, identified with) vāsanā (that, it)

• अकारणताम् (akāraṇatām) - causelessness, state of being without cause

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

• विलीय (vilīya) - having dissolved, having melted away

• उभय (ubhaya) - both good and bad (merit and demerit) (both, of both kinds)

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in the actions (of merit and demerit) (in actions, in deeds)

Words meanings and morphology

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impression, desire, tendency

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, ingrained tendency, desire, habit (vāsanā)

from vas 'to dwell, to perfume'

Root: vas (class 1)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect, heart

Past Passive Participle (from cit 'to perceive')

Formed from root cit- with -ta suffix, then nominalized.

Root: cit (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lit) of āh

perfect active indicative

Irregular form from root brū or vac, functioning as present.

Root: vac (class 2)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the efficient cause (cause, reason, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument, means

from kṛ 'to do, to make'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

संसृतेः (saṁsṛteḥ) - of transmigration, of the cycle of rebirth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence (saṃsāra)

from saṃ-sṛ 'to flow together, to wander through'

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - (the mind, identified with) vāsanā (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

अकारणताम् (akāraṇatām) - causelessness, state of being without cause

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of akāraṇatā

akāraṇatā - causelessness, the state of being without a cause or reason

Derived from a-kāraṇa (uncaused) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kāraṇa+tā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  from kṛ 'to do, to make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns (e.g., -ness, -hood)
  suffix (feminine)

एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

present active indicative

Root i (class 2)

Root: i (class 2)

विलीय (vilīya) - having dissolved, having melted away

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root lī (to dissolve) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

उभय (ubhaya) - both good and bad (merit and demerit) (both, of both kinds)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of ubhaya

ubhaya - both, of both kinds

Note: Used as an adjective agreeing with 'karmasu'.

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in the actions (of merit and demerit) (in actions, in deeds)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of actions (karma)

from kṛ 'to do, to make'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to both good and bad actions which bind one to saṃsāra, but when dissolved in them, leads to liberation.