योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-71

वासनाभिरुपेतोऽपि समस्ताभिरवासनः ।
भवत्यसावसत्सर्वमिदमित्येव यस्य धीः ॥ ७१ ॥

vāsanābhirupeto'pi samastābhiravāsanaḥ ,
bhavatyasāvasatsarvamidamityeva yasya dhīḥ 71

71. vāsanābhiḥ upetaḥ api samastābhiḥ avāsanaḥ
bhavati asau asat sarvam idam iti eva yasya dhīḥ

71. yasya dhīḥ idam sarvam asat iti eva asau
samastābhiḥ vāsanābhiḥ upetaḥ api avāsanaḥ bhavati

71. Even if one is endowed with all latent impressions (vāsanā), they become free from such impressions if their intellect (dhīḥ) firmly holds the conviction, "All this (world) is unreal."

Words meanings summery:

• वासनाभिः (vāsanābhiḥ) - by desires, by latent impressions, by subconscious tendencies

• उपेतः (upetaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, furnished with

• अपि (api) - even, also, though

• समस्ताभिः (samastābhiḥ) - by all, with all

• अवासनः (avāsanaḥ) - free from desires/latent impressions, desireless

• भवति (bhavati) - he becomes, it is, exists

• असौ (asau) - that one, he

• असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, untrue

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

• इदम् (idam) - this, this world, this phenomenon

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, understanding, thought, wisdom

Words meanings and morphology

वासनाभिः (vāsanābhiḥ) - by desires, by latent impressions, by subconscious tendencies

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, imagination

उपेतः (upetaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, furnished with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upeta

upeta - endowed with, furnished with, possessed of, arrived at

Past Passive Participle

From verb root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'upa-'

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, though

(indeclinable)

समस्ताभिः (samastābhiḥ) - by all, with all

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of samasta

samasta - all, entire, whole, complete

अवासनः (avāsanaḥ) - free from desires/latent impressions, desireless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avāsana

avāsana - without latent impressions (vāsanā), free from desires, desireless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+vāsanā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vāsanā – latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire
  noun (feminine)

भवति (bhavati) - he becomes, it is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

असौ (asau) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, he/she/it

असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, untrue

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, untrue, bad, false

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+sat)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sat – existing, real, true, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From verb root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

इदम् (idam) - this, this world, this phenomenon

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this (world), this phenomenon

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, understanding, thought, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought, wisdom, mind

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