योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-26

एवं तामसतामस्या जात्यासि जनितो यदा ।
तदा दुर्लभमोक्षस्त्वं संसारकुहरादिति ॥ २६ ॥

evaṃ tāmasatāmasyā jātyāsi janito yadā ,
tadā durlabhamokṣastvaṃ saṃsārakuharāditi 26

26. evam tāmasatāmasyā jātyā asi janitaḥ yadā
tadā durlabhamokṣaḥ tvam saṃsārakuharāt iti

26. yadā evam tāmasatāmasyā jātyā janitaḥ asi
tadā tvam saṃsārakuharāt durlabhamokṣaḥ iti

26. Thus, since you are born with an extremely ignorant (tāmasa) nature, then for you, liberation (mokṣa) from the cavern of transmigration (saṃsāra) is difficult.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• तामसतामस्या (tāmasatāmasyā) - by a very dark/ignorant (tāmasa) (nature)

• जात्या (jātyā) - by (your intrinsic) nature (by birth, by nature, by caste)

• असि (asi) - you are

• जनितः (janitaḥ) - (you) are born (born, produced)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• दुर्लभमोक्षः (durlabhamokṣaḥ) - one for whom liberation (mokṣa) is difficult to obtain

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• संसारकुहरात् (saṁsārakuharāt) - from the cavern/pit of transmigration (saṃsāra)

• इति (iti) - (marks end of a statement/idea) (thus, so, in this way)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

तामसतामस्या (tāmasatāmasyā) - by a very dark/ignorant (tāmasa) (nature)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tāmasatāmasī

tāmasatāmasī - extremely ignorant, very dark, very dull

Compound of tāmasa and tāmasī (feminine of tāmasa), implying intensity or superlative degree.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tāmasa+tāmasī)

• tāmasa – relating to tamas, dark, ignorant, dull, lethargic
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from tamas (darkness, ignorance)
• tāmasī – feminine form of tāmasa, dark, ignorant, dull
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine of tāmasa

Note: Agrees with jātyā.

जात्या (jātyā) - by (your intrinsic) nature (by birth, by nature, by caste)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, origin, species, class, nature, kind

From root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

जनितः (janitaḥ) - (you) are born (born, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janita

janita - born, produced, created

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with त्वम् (tvam).

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Derived from relative pronoun yat

Note: Correlates with tadā.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from demonstrative pronoun tad

Note: Correlates with yadā.

दुर्लभमोक्षः (durlabhamokṣaḥ) - one for whom liberation (mokṣa) is difficult to obtain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durlabhamokṣa

durlabhamokṣa - one for whom liberation is difficult to obtain

Compound of durlabha (difficult to obtain) and mokṣa (liberation). Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'one for whom mokṣa is durlabha'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (durlabha+mokṣa)

• durlabha – difficult to obtain, rare
  adjective (masculine)
  From dur (difficult) + labh (to obtain)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: labh (class 1)
• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, release
  noun (masculine)
  From root muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with त्वम् (tvam).

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

संसारकुहरात् (saṁsārakuharāt) - from the cavern/pit of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saṃsārakuhara

saṁsārakuhara - the cavern or pit of transmigration

Tatpuruṣa compound: saṃsāra (transmigration) + kuhara (cavern, pit)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+kuhara)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + sṛ (to flow together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• kuhara – cavern, cave, pit, hollow
  noun (neuter)

इति (iti) - (marks end of a statement/idea) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)