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

अविद्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि गुणत्रितयधर्मिणीम् ।
एषैव संसृतिर्जन्तोरस्याः पारं परं पदम् ॥ ६ ॥

avidyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi guṇatritayadharmiṇīm ,
eṣaiva saṃsṛtirjantorasyāḥ pāraṃ paraṃ padam 6

6. avidyām prakṛtim viddhi guṇatritayadharmiṇīm
eṣā eva saṃsṛtiḥ jantoḥ asyāḥ pāram param padam

6. guṇatritayadharmiṇīm avidyām prakṛtim viddhi
eṣā eva jantoḥ saṃsṛtiḥ asyāḥ pāram param padam

6. Understand ignorance (avidyā) to be primordial nature (prakṛti), characterized by the three qualities (guṇas). Indeed, this very (ignorance) is the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) for a living being. Beyond this (cycle) is the supreme state.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्याम् (avidyām) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - primordial nature (prakṛti) (primordial nature, original nature, material cause (prakṛti))

• विद्धि (viddhi) - understand (know, understand, recognize)

• गुणत्रितयधर्मिणीम् (guṇatritayadharmiṇīm) - characterized by the three qualities (guṇas) (possessing the characteristics of the three qualities)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to avidyā) (this)

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

• संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence (saṃsāra))

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - for a living being (of a creature, of a living being)

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (avidyā/saṃsāra) (of this, from this)

• पारम् (pāram) - beyond (this cycle) (the other shore, beyond, the end, supreme goal)

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent)

• पदम् (padam) - state, goal (state, abode, goal, place, step, position)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्याम् (avidyām) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance, error, illusion

a- (privative prefix) + vidyā (knowledge).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid

प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - primordial nature (prakṛti) (primordial nature, original nature, material cause (prakṛti))

(noun)

Accusative, 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

विद्धि (viddhi) - understand (know, understand, recognize)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vid

Imperative active

Root vid (to know), 2nd conjugation, Parasmaipada, irregular imperative form.

Root: vid (class 2)

गुणत्रितयधर्मिणीम् (guṇatritayadharmiṇīm) - characterized by the three qualities (guṇas) (possessing the characteristics of the three qualities)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of guṇatritayadharmiṇī

guṇatritayadharmiṇī - possessing the characteristics of the three qualities (sattva, rajas, tamas)

Compound: guṇa (quality) + tritaya (trio) + dharmin (possessing qualities).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (guṇa+tritaya+dharmin)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent (guna)
  noun (masculine)
• tritaya – a trio, a group of three
  noun (neuter)
• dharmin – possessing properties, having characteristics, substratum of qualities
  noun (masculine)

Note: Feminine form of guṇatritayadharmin.

एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to avidyā) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this

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

(indeclinable)

संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence (saṃsāra))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - moving or flowing together, transmigration, course, process, worldly existence, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

From saṃ + sṛ.

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - for a living being (of a creature, of a living being)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person, man

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan

Note: Also used in the dative sense 'for'.

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (avidyā/saṃsāra) (of this, from this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this

Note: Also functions as ablative 'from this'.

पारम् (pāram) - beyond (this cycle) (the other shore, beyond, the end, supreme goal)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāra

pāra - the further bank, the opposite shore, end, limit, conclusion, supreme

Note: Could be nominative or accusative, but nominative makes sense here as a subject of an implied 'is'.

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, distant, superior, supreme, ultimate

पदम् (padam) - state, goal (state, abode, goal, place, step, position)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, position, state, abode, goal, word