योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-81, verse-7

सर्वयत्नमधो याति यदि यत्नान्न धार्यते ।
तत्पुमान्मृतिमायाति तया निर्गतया बलात् ॥ ७ ॥

sarvayatnamadho yāti yadi yatnānna dhāryate ,
tatpumānmṛtimāyāti tayā nirgatayā balāt 7

7. sarvayātnam adhaḥ yāti yadi yatnāt na dhāryate
tat pumān mṛtim āyāti tayā nirgatayā balāt

7. yadi yatnāt na dhāryate sarvayātnam adhaḥ yāti
tat tayā balāt nirgatayā pumān mṛtim āyāti

7. If it is not restrained by effort, it flows entirely downwards. Then that individual (puruṣa) attains death when it (the life-force) has forcefully departed.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वयात्नम् (sarvayātnam) - entirely, with all its force (all effort, with all one's might, entirely)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards (downwards, below)

• याति (yāti) - flows (downwards) (goes, moves, reaches)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

• यत्नात् (yatnāt) - by effort (by effort, with exertion)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• धार्यते (dhāryate) - is restrained (is held, is supported, is retained, is restrained)

• तत् (tat) - then (that, then, therefore)

• पुमान् (pumān) - the individual (puruṣa) (a man, a male, an individual (puruṣa))

• मृतिम् (mṛtim) - death (death, dying)

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains, meets (comes, approaches, obtains, incurs)

• तया (tayā) - by that (life-force) (by that, by her)

• निर्गतया (nirgatayā) - when it has departed (by having gone out, by having departed)

• बलात् (balāt) - forcefully (by force, forcefully, powerfully)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वयात्नम् (sarvayātnam) - entirely, with all its force (all effort, with all one's might, entirely)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarvayātna

sarvayātna - all effort, with all one's might

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+yātna)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• yātna – effort, exertion, care
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here.

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards (downwards, below)

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - flows (downwards) (goes, moves, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

(indeclinable)

यत्नात् (yatnāt) - by effort (by effort, with exertion)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, striving, care

Root: yat (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

धार्यते (dhāryate) - is restrained (is held, is supported, is retained, is restrained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - then (that, then, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here to mean 'then'.

पुमान् (pumān) - the individual (puruṣa) (a man, a male, an individual (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, the cosmic person, the self (puruṣa)

मृतिम् (mṛtim) - death (death, dying)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying, decease

Root: mṛ (class 1)

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, meets (comes, approaches, obtains, incurs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āyā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

तया (tayā) - by that (life-force) (by that, by her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निर्गतया (nirgatayā) - when it has departed (by having gone out, by having departed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nirgata

nirgata - gone out, departed, issued forth

Past Passive Participle

From upasarga nis + root gam (to go)

Prefix: nis

Root: gam (class 1)

बलात् (balāt) - forcefully (by force, forcefully, powerfully)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force