योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-42

विधयः प्रतिषेधाश्च यदेकत्र स्थितिं गताः ।
ईदृशी ब्रह्मसत्तैषा यदेवात्मानमात्मना ॥ ४२ ॥

vidhayaḥ pratiṣedhāśca yadekatra sthitiṃ gatāḥ ,
īdṛśī brahmasattaiṣā yadevātmānamātmanā 42

42. vidhayaḥ pratiṣedhāḥ ca yadā ekatra sthitim gatāḥ
īdṛśī brahmasattā eṣā yat eva ātmānam ātmanā

42. yadā vidhayaḥ ca pratiṣedhāḥ ekatra sthitim gatāḥ
eṣā īdṛśī brahmasattā yat eva ātmānam ātmanā

42. When both injunctions and prohibitions attain a single state of being, such is this very reality of Brahman (brahman), which manifests the self (ātman) by the self (ātman) alone.

Words meanings summery:

• विधयः (vidhayaḥ) - injunctions, rules, prescriptions

• प्रतिषेधाः (pratiṣedhāḥ) - prohibitions, restrictions, negations

• च (ca) - and, also

• यदा (yadā) - when

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together, unified

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, position

• गताः (gatāḥ) - having gone, attained, reached

• ईदृशी (īdṛśī) - such, of this kind

• ब्रह्मसत्ता (brahmasattā) - the existence/reality of Brahman (brahman)

• एषा (eṣā) - This (Brahman's reality) (this, she)

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

विधयः (vidhayaḥ) - injunctions, rules, prescriptions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidhi

vidhi - rule, ordinance, injunction, method

From vi-dhā (to place, arrange)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

प्रतिषेधाः (pratiṣedhāḥ) - prohibitions, restrictions, negations

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratiṣedha

pratiṣedha - prohibition, denial, hindrance

From prati-sidh (to ward off, prohibit)

Prefix: prati

Root: sidh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Formed from relative pronoun yad + suffix dā

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together, unified

(indeclinable)

From eka (one) + suffix tra

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, position

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, state, condition, position

From root sthā (to stand) + suffix ti

Root: sthā (class 1)

गताः (gatāḥ) - having gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, reached, past

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

ईदृशी (īdṛśī) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īdṛś

īdṛś - such, of this kind, like this

From idam (this) + dṛś (to see)

Note: Agrees with brahmasattā.

ब्रह्मसत्ता (brahmasattā) - the existence/reality of Brahman (brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brahmasattā

brahmasattā - the existence of Brahman, the reality of Brahman (brahman)

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+sattā)

• brahman – the Absolute, ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  From root as (to be) + suffix tā
  Root: as (class 2)

एषा (eṣā) - This (Brahman's reality) (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to brahmasattā.

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative singular

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)

Note: Object of an implied verb like 'manifests' or 'knows'.

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self (ātman)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)

Note: Agent of an implied verb.