योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-60

या यथा कलना रूढा तावत्साद्यापि संस्थिता ।
न परावर्तिता यावद्यत्नात्कल्पनयान्यया ॥ ६० ॥

yā yathā kalanā rūḍhā tāvatsādyāpi saṃsthitā ,
na parāvartitā yāvadyatnātkalpanayānyayā 60

60. yā yathā kalanā rūḍhā tāvat sā adya api saṃsthitā
na parāvartitā yāvat yatnāt kalpanayā anyayā

60. yā yathā kalanā rūḍhā tāvat sā adya api saṃsthitā
yāvat anyayā kalpanayā yatnāt na parāvartitā

60. Whichever conception (kalanā) becomes deeply rooted, it remains established until it is intentionally reversed by another imagination (kalpanā) through effort.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which, whichever

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• कलना (kalanā) - conception, imagination, apprehension, calculation

• रूढा (rūḍhā) - established, fixed, rooted, customary

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, to that extent, so much

• सा (sā) - that, she

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

• संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - established, existing, remaining

• न (na) - not, no

• परावर्तिता (parāvartitā) - reversed, turned back, changed

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

• यत्नात् (yatnāt) - by effort, with effort, carefully

• कल्पनया (kalpanayā) - by imagination, by conception, by arrangement

• अन्यया (anyayā) - by another, by a different

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which, whichever

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

कलना (kalanā) - conception, imagination, apprehension, calculation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalanā

kalanā - calculating, reckoning, imagining, conception

Root: kal (class 10)

रूढा (rūḍhā) - established, fixed, rooted, customary

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūḍha

rūḍha - grown, ascended, mounted, established, fixed, well-known

Past Passive Participle

From root √ruh

Root: ruh (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, to that extent, so much

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - established, existing, remaining

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - standing together, placed, situated, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā with prefix saṃ

Prefix: saṃ

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

परावर्तिता (parāvartitā) - reversed, turned back, changed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parāvartita

parāvartita - turned back, reversed, converted, changed

Past Passive Participle

From causative of root √vṛt with prefix parā

Prefix: parā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

(indeclinable)

यत्नात् (yatnāt) - by effort, with effort, carefully

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavour, care

Root: yat (class 1)

कल्पनया (kalpanayā) - by imagination, by conception, by arrangement

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - forming, fashioning, inventing, imagination, conception

Root: kḷp (class 10)

अन्यया (anyayā) - by another, by a different

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different