योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-4, verse-20

यो यो भाव उदेत्यन्तस्त्वयि स्पन्द इवानिले ।
नाहमस्मीति चिद्वृत्त्या तमनाधारतां नय ॥ २० ॥

yo yo bhāva udetyantastvayi spanda ivānile ,
nāhamasmīti cidvṛttyā tamanādhāratāṃ naya 20

20. yaḥ yaḥ bhāvaḥ udeti antaḥ tvayi spandaḥ iva anile
na aham asmi iti citvṛttyā tam anādhāratām naya

20. anile spandaḥ iva tvayi antaḥ yaḥ yaḥ bhāvaḥ udeti
tam na aham asmi iti citvṛttyā anādhāratām naya

20. Whatever thought or mental state arises within you, just like a vibration in the air, lead that (thought) to the state of being without basis by means of the conscious thought, "I am not this."

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, whatever, which

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, whatever, which

• भावः (bhāvaḥ) - state of being, emotion, thought, idea, mental state

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, rises up

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inside, within, internal

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you (the ātman) (in you)

• स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, tremor, movement, pulsation

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनिले (anile) - in the wind, in the air

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

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

• चित्वृत्त्या (citvṛttyā) - by means of the conscious thought, by the modification of consciousness

• तम् (tam) - That mental state (bhāvaḥ). (that (masculine accusative))

• अनाधारताम् (anādhāratām) - to the state of being without support, baselessness

• नय (naya) - lead, bring, guide

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, whatever

Note: Used repetitively for emphasis (whoever, whatever).

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, whatever

भावः (bhāvaḥ) - state of being, emotion, thought, idea, mental state

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - state of being, existence, feeling, emotion, thought, idea, disposition

From root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, rises up

(verb)

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

present active 3rd singular

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inside, within, internal

(indeclinable)

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you (the ātman) (in you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Refers to the true self, the (ātman).

स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, tremor, movement, pulsation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, movement, tremor, pulsation, throb

From root spand (to tremble, vibrate)

Root: spand (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनिले (anile) - in the wind, in the air

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the quotation "I am not this".

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Part of the quotation "I am not this".

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active 1st singular

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of the quotation "I am not this".

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

(indeclinable)

चित्वृत्त्या (citvṛttyā) - by means of the conscious thought, by the modification of consciousness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of citvṛtti

citvṛtti - conscious thought, mental modification of consciousness, activity of consciousness

Compound of 'cit' (consciousness) and 'vṛtti' (modification, activity)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+vṛtti)

• cit – consciousness, awareness, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• vṛtti – modification, activity, function, state of being, thought-wave
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root vṛt (to turn, to be, to exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

तम् (tam) - That mental state (bhāvaḥ). (that (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to `bhāvaḥ` (mental state).

अनाधारताम् (anādhāratām) - to the state of being without support, baselessness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anādhāratā

anādhāratā - baselessness, state of being without support, groundlessness

Compound of 'an' (negation) + 'ādhāra' (support) + '-tā' (state of being)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ādhāra+tā)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• ādhāra – support, basis, foundation
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to hold) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• tā – state, condition, -ness, -hood
  suffix (feminine)
  Feminine suffix forming abstract nouns

नय (naya) - lead, bring, guide

(verb)

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

imperative active 2nd singular

Root: nī (class 1)