योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-32, verse-12

अत्यन्ततनुतां याता वासनैवैति मुक्तताम् ।
पराणुपरिणामेन खतां खेऽभ्रादिका यथा ॥ १२ ॥

atyantatanutāṃ yātā vāsanaivaiti muktatām ,
parāṇupariṇāmena khatāṃ khe'bhrādikā yathā 12

12. atyantatanutām yātā vāsanā eva eti muktatām
paramāṇupariṇāmena khatām khe abhrādikā yathā

12. atyantatanutām yātā vāsanā eva muktatām eti.
yathā abhrādikā paramāṇupariṇāmena khe khatām (eti)

12. A latent impression (vāsanā), having achieved extreme subtlety, itself attains liberation (mokṣa). This is just like how clouds and similar phenomena, through transformation into their atomic state, merge into the spaciousness of the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्यन्ततनुताम् (atyantatanutām) - extreme subtlety, excessive thinness, great weakness

• याता (yātā) - having gone, having attained, reached

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression, tendency, predisposition, karmic residue

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

• एति (eti) - attains, reaches, goes

• मुक्तताम् (muktatām) - liberation, freedom, release (mokṣa)

• परमाणुपरिणामेन (paramāṇupariṇāmena) - by the transformation into the subtlest atom, by atomic transformation

• खताम् (khatām) - state of space/ether, emptiness, sky-like nature

• खे (khe) - in space, in the sky, in the ether

• अभ्रादिका (abhrādikā) - clouds and so on, clouds etc.

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

अत्यन्ततनुताम् (atyantatanutām) - extreme subtlety, excessive thinness, great weakness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atyantatanutā

atyantatanutā - extreme subtlety, excessive thinness, great weakness

Compound of 'atyanta' (extreme) and 'tanutā' (subtlety, noun form of 'tanu').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (atyanta+tanutā)

• atyanta – extreme, excessive, very much
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ati
  Root: anta
• tanutā – subtlety, thinness, slenderness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'tanu' (thin, subtle) with suffix '-tā' (fem. noun suffix).

Note: Object of 'yātā'.

याता (yātā) - having gone, having attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yā' (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'vāsanā'.

वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression, tendency, predisposition, karmic residue

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, tendency, predisposition, karmic residue

Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell, to perfume).

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, alone

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'vāsanā'.

एति (eti) - attains, reaches, goes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

Root 'i' (to go). Conjugated in Parasmaipada.

Root: i (class 2)

मुक्तताम् (muktatām) - liberation, freedom, release (mokṣa)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of muktatā

muktatā - liberation, freedom, release

Derived from 'mukta' (liberated) with suffix '-tā' (fem. noun suffix).

Note: Object of 'eti'. Refers to final liberation (mokṣa).

परमाणुपरिणामेन (paramāṇupariṇāmena) - by the transformation into the subtlest atom, by atomic transformation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paramāṇupariṇāma

paramāṇupariṇāma - transformation into the subtlest atom, atomic transformation

Compound of 'paramāṇu' (subtlest atom) and 'pariṇāma' (transformation).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paramāṇu+pariṇāma)

• paramāṇu – subtlest atom, ultimate particle
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'parama' (supreme, subtlest) and 'aṇu' (atom, subtle particle).
• pariṇāma – transformation, change, evolution, consequence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'ṇam' with prefix 'pari'.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: ṇam (class 1)

Note: Instrumental of means.

खताम् (khatām) - state of space/ether, emptiness, sky-like nature

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of khatā

khatā - state of space/ether, emptiness, sky-like nature

Derived from 'kha' (space, ether, sky) with suffix '-tā' (fem. noun suffix).

Note: Object of implied 'attains'.

खे (khe) - in space, in the sky, in the ether

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, sky, ether, zero

Note: Locative of place.

अभ्रादिका (abhrādikā) - clouds and so on, clouds etc.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhrādika

abhrādika - clouds and so on, clouds etc.

Compound of 'abhra' (cloud) and 'ādika' (beginning with, and so on).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhra+ādika)

• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, etc.
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'ādi' (beginning).

Note: Subject of the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.