योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-139, verse-7

यस्यायमहमित्यस्ति तस्य तन्नोपशाम्यति ।
वर्जयित्वात्मविज्ञानं केनचिन्नाम हेतुना ॥ ७ ॥

yasyāyamahamityasti tasya tannopaśāmyati ,
varjayitvātmavijñānaṃ kenacinnāma hetunā 7

7. yasya ayam aham iti asti tasya tat na upaśāmyati
varjayitvā ātmavijñānam kenacit nāma hetunā

7. yasya ayam aham iti asti,
tasya tat (notion) na upaśāmyati.
ātmavijñānam varjayitvā,
kenacit nāma hetunā (tat) na (upaśāmyati).

7. For one who possesses the notion 'this is I' (ayam aham), that (notion) does not subside for him. It does not subside by any cause whatsoever, except through knowledge of the self (ātma-vijñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, of whom, for whom)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this, this one, he)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the ego-sense) (I, ego)

• इति (iti) - indicating 'that is' (thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, of him, for him)

• तत् (tat) - that (notion of 'this is I') (that, it)

• न (na) - not, no

• उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - does not subside (subsides, ceases, is pacified)

• वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - except through (having excluded, except for, without)

• आत्मविज्ञानम् (ātmavijñānam) - knowledge of the self (ātma-vijñāna) (knowledge of the self, self-realization)

• केनचित् (kenacit) - by any (by someone, by something, by any)

• नाम (nāma) - whatsoever (for emphasis) (indeed, by name, as it were)

• हेतुना (hetunā) - by any cause (by reason, by cause, by means)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, of whom, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Can also be neuter genitive singular.

अयम् (ayam) - this (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अहम् (aham) - I (the ego-sense) (I, ego)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used here as a substantive referring to the ego-sense.

इति (iti) - indicating 'that is' (thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, P class 2 (adādi).

Root: as (class 2)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, of him, for him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be neuter genitive singular.

तत् (tat) - that (notion of 'this is I') (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'ayam aham iti' notion.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - does not subside (subsides, ceases, is pacified)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upaśam

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, P class 4 (divādi).

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - except through (having excluded, except for, without)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the causative of root 'vṛj' (to avoid, abandon) with the suffix 'tvā'.

Root: vṛj (class 1)

आत्मविज्ञानम् (ātmavijñānam) - knowledge of the self (ātma-vijñāna) (knowledge of the self, self-realization)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmavijñāna

ātmavijñāna - knowledge of the self, self-realization, spiritual knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+vijñāna)

• ātman – self, soul, supreme spirit, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
• vijñāna – knowledge, understanding, discernment, special knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  From vi + jñā (to know)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

केनचित् (kenacit) - by any (by someone, by something, by any)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, any, certain

From 'kim' (what) + 'cid' (an indefinite particle).

Note: Can also be neuter instrumental singular.

नाम (nāma) - whatsoever (for emphasis) (indeed, by name, as it were)

(indeclinable)

हेतुना (hetunā) - by any cause (by reason, by cause, by means)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, means, instrument