योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-125, verse-2

पूर्वोऽथ वर्षसप्तत्या पाश्चात्येनैत्य मोक्षितः ।
विद्यया क्रकचेनेव छित्त्वा वृक्षत्वमक्षतः ॥ २ ॥

pūrvo'tha varṣasaptatyā pāścātyenaitya mokṣitaḥ ,
vidyayā krakaceneva chittvā vṛkṣatvamakṣataḥ 2

2. pūrvaḥ atha varṣasaptatyā pāścātyena etya mokṣitaḥ
vidyayā krakacena iva chittvā vṛkṣatvaṃ akṣataḥ

2. atha varṣasaptatyā pāścātyena etya,
pūrvaḥ vidyayā mokṣitaḥ akṣataḥ krakacena iva vṛkṣatvaṃ chittvā

2. Then, after seventy years, the former one was liberated, unharmed (akṣataḥ), by the latter one who had arrived. This was achieved through knowledge (vidyā), just as one cuts down a tree (vṛkṣatva) with a saw.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वः (pūrvaḥ) - the former person (mentioned in the context) (the former, the earlier, the eastern)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• वर्षसप्तत्या (varṣasaptatyā) - after seventy years (by seventy years, after seventy years)

• पाश्चात्येन (pāścātyena) - by the latter person (by the westerner, by the latter one, by the younger one)

• एत्य (etya) - having come, having approached

• मोक्षितः (mokṣitaḥ) - was liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, released, set free)

• विद्यया (vidyayā) - by knowledge, by magic, by lore

• क्रकचेन (krakacena) - by a saw

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

• वृक्षत्वं (vṛkṣatvaṁ) - the tree-like existence or state (the state of a tree, tree-ness)

• अक्षतः (akṣataḥ) - unharmed, uninjured, intact

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वः (pūrvaḥ) - the former person (mentioned in the context) (the former, the earlier, the eastern)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, earlier, prior, eastern

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

वर्षसप्तत्या (varṣasaptatyā) - after seventy years (by seventy years, after seventy years)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of varṣasaptati

varṣasaptati - seventy years

Compound: varṣa (year) + saptati (seventy)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+saptati)

• varṣa – year
  noun (neuter)
• saptati – seventy
  numeral/noun (feminine)

Note: Used in the sense of 'after a period of time'.

पाश्चात्येन (pāścātyena) - by the latter person (by the westerner, by the latter one, by the younger one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāścātya

pāścātya - western, belonging to the west, later, younger

Derived from paścāt (after/behind/west)

एत्य (etya) - having come, having approached

(indeclinable participle)

मोक्षितः (mokṣitaḥ) - was liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, released, set free)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣita

muc - to free, to release

Past Passive Participle of causative 'mocayati'

Past passive participle from muc (to release), often used as 'liberated'

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to pūrvaḥ

विद्यया (vidyayā) - by knowledge, by magic, by lore

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, magic

क्रकचेन (krakacena) - by a saw

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krakaca

krakaca - saw

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

(indeclinable participle)

वृक्षत्वं (vṛkṣatvaṁ) - the tree-like existence or state (the state of a tree, tree-ness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛkṣatva

vṛkṣatva - tree-ness, the state or condition of being a tree

`tva` suffix forming abstract noun from `vṛkṣa`

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+tva)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix for forming abstract nouns, meaning '-ness', '-hood'
  suffix (neuter)

अक्षतः (akṣataḥ) - unharmed, uninjured, intact

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣata

akṣata - unbroken, unharmed, uninjured, intact

Past Passive Participle with negative prefix 'a-'

Negative prefix 'a-' + kṣata (broken, injured - from root kṣan/kṣi)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣata)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• kṣata – injured, broken, harmed
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṣan (to hurt) or kṣi (to destroy)
  Root: kṣan (class 8)

Note: Modifies pūrvaḥ