योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-85, verse-120

अनेनैव क्रमेणैतौ बन्धमोक्षौ व्यवस्थितौ ।
भावनातानवं मोक्षो बन्धो हि दृढभावना ॥ १२० ॥

anenaiva krameṇaitau bandhamokṣau vyavasthitau ,
bhāvanātānavaṃ mokṣo bandho hi dṛḍhabhāvanā 120

120. anena eva krameṇa etau bandhamokṣau vyavasthitau
bhāvanātānavaṃ mokṣaḥ bandhaḥ hi dṛḍhabhāvanā

120. hi anena eva krameṇa etau bandhamokṣau vyavasthitau.
bhāvanātānavaṃ mokṣaḥ,
dṛḍhabhāvanā bandhaḥ.

120. By this very process, both bondage and liberation (mokṣa) are established. Indeed, liberation (mokṣa) is the subtlety or diminished state of mental impression (bhāvanā), whereas bondage is a firm mental impression (bhāvanā).

Words meanings summery:

• अनेन (anena) - by this process (by this, with this)

• एव (eva) - very (this very process) (only, just, indeed, certainly, very)

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by this process or method (by sequence, by order, by method, by process)

• एतौ (etau) - these two (bondage and liberation) (these two)

• बन्धमोक्षौ (bandhamokṣau) - bondage and liberation

• व्यवस्थितौ (vyavasthitau) - established, determined, arranged, settled

• भावनातानवं (bhāvanātānavaṁ) - the diminished state of mental impressions (faintness of mental impression, subtlety of mental conception)

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, salvation

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, fetter, tie

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for, because)

• दृढभावना (dṛḍhabhāvanā) - a firm mental impression (firm mental impression, strong conception)

Words meanings and morphology

अनेन (anena) - by this process (by this, with this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Refers to krameṇa.

एव (eva) - very (this very process) (only, just, indeed, certainly, very)

(indeclinable)

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by this process or method (by sequence, by order, by method, by process)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, sequence, order, process, method

From root kram (to step, go).

Root: kram (class 1)

एतौ (etau) - these two (bondage and liberation) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to bandhamokṣau.

बन्धमोक्षौ (bandhamokṣau) - bondage and liberation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bandhamokṣa

bandhamokṣa - bondage and liberation

Dvandva compound of bandha and mokṣa.

Compound type : dvandva (bandha+mokṣa)

• bandha – bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment
  noun (masculine)
  From root bandh (to bind) with suffix -a.
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• mokṣa – liberation, release, emancipation, salvation
  noun (masculine)
  From root muc (to release) with suffix -sa.
  Root: muc (class 6)

व्यवस्थितौ (vyavasthitau) - established, determined, arranged, settled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - established, settled, arranged, determined, fixed

Past Passive Participle

From vi-ava-sthā (to stand, to be fixed).

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

भावनातानवं (bhāvanātānavaṁ) - the diminished state of mental impressions (faintness of mental impression, subtlety of mental conception)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvanātānava

bhāvanātānava - subtlety of mental impression, faintness of conception

Tatpurusha compound: bhāvanāyāḥ tānavaṃ.

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāvanā+tānava)

• bhāvanā – mental impression, contemplation, conception, imagination, developing
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be) in causative form (bhāvay-) with suffix -anā.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• tānava – subtlety, thinness, faintness, diminution, weakness
  noun (neuter)
  From tanu (thin, subtle) with suffix -a.

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, release, salvation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, salvation

From root muc (to release) with suffix -sa.

Root: muc (class 6)

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, fetter, tie

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment

From root bandh (to bind) with suffix -a.

Root: bandh (class 9)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

दृढभावना (dṛḍhabhāvanā) - a firm mental impression (firm mental impression, strong conception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛḍhabhāvanā

dṛḍhabhāvanā - firm mental impression, strong conception, deep contemplation

Karmadhāraya compound: dṛḍhā ca sā bhāvanā ca.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛḍha+bhāvanā)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, hard, steady, solid
  adjective (feminine)
  From root dṛh (to be firm).
  Root: dṛh (class 1)
• bhāvanā – mental impression, contemplation, conception, imagination, developing
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be) in causative form (bhāvay-) with suffix -anā.
  Root: bhū (class 1)