योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-25

अथवा वासनोत्साद एवासङ्ग इति स्मृतः ।
यया कयाचिद्युक्त्यान्तः संपादय तमेव हि ॥ २५ ॥

athavā vāsanotsāda evāsaṅga iti smṛtaḥ ,
yayā kayācidyuktyāntaḥ saṃpādaya tameva hi 25

25. athavā vāsanotsādaḥ eva asaṅgaḥ iti smṛtaḥ
yayā kayācit yuktyā antaḥ saṃpādaya tam eva hi

25. athavā vāsanotsādaḥ eva asaṅgaḥ iti smṛtaḥ.
yayā kayācit yuktyā eva tam antaḥ hi saṃpādaya.

25. Alternatively, the eradication of latent impressions (vāsanā) is indeed considered to be non-attachment (asaṅga). Therefore, by whatever means (yukti) available, cultivate that (non-attachment) within yourself.

Words meanings summery:

• अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively, or else

• वासनोत्सादः (vāsanotsādaḥ) - the eradication of latent impressions (vāsanā), the destruction of desires

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

• असङ्गः (asaṅgaḥ) - non-attachment (asaṅga), detachment

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, known, considered, stated

• यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

• कयाचित् (kayācit) - by some, by any (feminine)

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means, by method, by strategy, by reasoning

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, internally

• संपादय (saṁpādaya) - achieve, accomplish, bring about, cultivate

• तम् (tam) - that (non-attachment)

• एव (eva) - just, indeed

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

Words meanings and morphology

अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively, or else

(indeclinable)

वासनोत्सादः (vāsanotsādaḥ) - the eradication of latent impressions (vāsanā), the destruction of desires

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsanotsāda

vāsanotsāda - destruction of latent impressions/desires, eradication of vāsanā

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsanā+utsāda)

• vāsanā – latent impression (vāsanā), subconscious tendency, desire
  noun (feminine)
• utsāda – destruction, eradication, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sad (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

असङ्गः (asaṅgaḥ) - non-attachment (asaṅga), detachment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṅga

asaṅga - non-attachment (asaṅga), detachment, unattached

negation of `saṅga` (attachment)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

(indeclinable)

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, known, considered, stated

(verbal derivative)

यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

कयाचित् (kayācit) - by some, by any (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kimcit

kimcit - some, any, a certain

formed from the interrogative pronoun `kim` with the enclitic `cit` to form an indefinite pronoun.

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means, by method, by strategy, by reasoning

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - method, means, device, reason, logic (yukti)

Root: yuj (class 7)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, internally

(indeclinable)

संपादय (saṁpādaya) - achieve, accomplish, bring about, cultivate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of saṃpād

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

तम् (tam) - that (non-attachment)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - just, indeed

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)