योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-9, verse-5

तिष्ठत्येतास्ववस्थासु भेदतः कल्प्यते त्रिधा ।
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति एषैव प्रकृतिः स्मृता ॥ ५ ॥

tiṣṭhatyetāsvavasthāsu bhedataḥ kalpyate tridhā ,
sattvaṃ rajastama iti eṣaiva prakṛtiḥ smṛtā 5

5. tiṣṭhati etāsu avasthāsu bhedataḥ kalpyate tridhā
sattvam rajaḥ tamaḥ iti eṣā eva prakṛtiḥ smṛtā

5. etāsu avasthāsu tiṣṭhati bhedataḥ tridhā kalpyate
sattvam rajaḥ tamaḥ iti eṣā eva prakṛtiḥ smṛtā

5. Existing in these states, it is conceived in three ways due to its distinctions: namely, sattva, rajas, and tamas. Indeed, this very entity is traditionally known as primordial nature (prakṛti).

Words meanings summery:

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - exists (stands, remains, exists, stays)

• एतासु (etāsu) - in these (in these, among these)

• अवस्थासु (avasthāsu) - in these states or conditions (in states, in conditions, in circumstances)

• भेदतः (bhedataḥ) - due to its distinctions (by distinction, by difference, on account of separation)

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is conceived (is imagined, is created, is conceived, is assumed)

• त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways (in three ways, threefold)

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - sattva (one of the three constituent qualities of primordial nature) (goodness, purity, reality, sattva (one of the three gunas))

• रजः (rajaḥ) - rajas (one of the three constituent qualities of primordial nature) (passion, activity, dust, rajas (one of the three gunas))

• तमः (tamaḥ) - tamas (one of the three constituent qualities of primordial nature) (darkness, ignorance, tamas (one of the three gunas))

• इति (iti) - namely, thus (marking the enumeration) (thus, in this manner, so, indicating a quote or enumeration)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine, referring to the collection of gunas or underlying principle) (this)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (indeed, certainly, only, very)

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - primordial nature (prakṛti) (original nature, primordial nature, constitution (prakṛti))

• स्मृता (smṛtā) - traditionally known as (remembered, considered, traditional)

Words meanings and morphology

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - exists (stands, remains, exists, stays)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of sthā

Present active indicative

Root sthā (to stand), 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada, present stem tiṣṭha.

Root: sthā (class 1)

एतासु (etāsu) - in these (in these, among these)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etas

etas - this

अवस्थासु (avasthāsu) - in these states or conditions (in states, in conditions, in circumstances)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of avasthā

avasthā - state, condition, situation, status

From ava + sthā.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā

भेदतः (bhedataḥ) - due to its distinctions (by distinction, by difference, on account of separation)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas from bheda.

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is conceived (is imagined, is created, is conceived, is assumed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (lat) of kḷp

Present passive indicative

Root kḷp (to arrange/form), 10th conjugation or passive formation of 1st conj. Here, passive present stem kalpyá.

Root: kḷp (class 10)

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways (in three ways, threefold)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -dhā meaning 'fold' or 'ways'.

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - sattva (one of the three constituent qualities of primordial nature) (goodness, purity, reality, sattva (one of the three gunas))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - being, existence, essence, reality, goodness, purity, courage; one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti

रजः (rajaḥ) - rajas (one of the three constituent qualities of primordial nature) (passion, activity, dust, rajas (one of the three gunas))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, dirt, mist, obscurity, passion, activity, energy; one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti

तमः (tamaḥ) - tamas (one of the three constituent qualities of primordial nature) (darkness, ignorance, tamas (one of the three gunas))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, inertia; one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti

इति (iti) - namely, thus (marking the enumeration) (thus, in this manner, so, indicating a quote or enumeration)

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine, referring to the collection of gunas or underlying principle) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this

एव (eva) - indeed, very (indeed, certainly, only, very)

(indeclinable)

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - primordial nature (prakṛti) (original nature, primordial nature, constitution (prakṛti))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - original nature, primordial nature, constitution, cause, origin, material cause, the totality of nature (prakṛti) in Sāṃkhya philosophy

From pra + kṛ.

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ

स्मृता (smṛtā) - traditionally known as (remembered, considered, traditional)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, known, traditional, enjoined by sacred tradition

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root smṛ (to remember).

Root: smṛ