योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-49, verse-39

नो चेत्तत्प्रतिवाक्यार्थात्तद्ग्रन्थिर्विनिवर्तते ।
भूतोत्सादनसूत्रस्य प्रतिपत्तृपदं यथा ॥ ३९ ॥

no cettatprativākyārthāttadgranthirvinivartate ,
bhūtotsādanasūtrasya pratipattṛpadaṃ yathā 39

39. no cet tat-prativākya-arthāt tat-granthiḥ vinivartate
bhūta-utsādana-sūtrasya pratipattṛ-padam yathā

39. no cet,
tat-prativākya-arthāt tat-granthiḥ vinivartate,
yathā bhūta-utsādana-sūtrasya pratipattṛ-padam

39. Otherwise, the knot (granthi) of misconception is dispelled by the meaning of a counter-statement (prativākya), just as the understanding of a formula (sūtra) for the expulsion of spirits (bhūta) removes them.

Words meanings summery:

• नो (no) - not, no

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत्-प्रतिवाक्य-अर्थात् (tat-prativākya-arthāt) - from the meaning of that counter-statement, by the force of that refutation

• तत्-ग्रन्थिः (tat-granthiḥ) - the knot of ignorance or misconception related to the previous topic (that knot, the knot of that)

• विनिवर्तते (vinivartate) - turns away, ceases, is dispelled, is removed

• भूत-उत्सादन-सूत्रस्य (bhūta-utsādana-sūtrasya) - of a specific magical formula (sūtra) used to expel ghosts or spirits (bhūta) (of the aphorism for dispelling spirits, of the formula for the removal of beings)

• प्रतिपत्तृ-पदम् (pratipattṛ-padam) - the effectiveness or result achieved by the one who understands/applies the formula (the state of understanding, the object of comprehension, the understanding for the recipient)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that, like

Words meanings and morphology

नो (no) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत्-प्रतिवाक्य-अर्थात् (tat-prativākya-arthāt) - from the meaning of that counter-statement, by the force of that refutation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tat-prativākya-artha

tat-prativākya-artha - meaning of that counter-statement, import of that reply

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tat+prativākya+artha)

• tat – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• prativākya – counter-statement, reply, refutation
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'prati' (against) and 'vākya' (statement)
  Prefix: prati
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

तत्-ग्रन्थिः (tat-granthiḥ) - the knot of ignorance or misconception related to the previous topic (that knot, the knot of that)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tat-granthi

tat-granthi - that knot, the knot of that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tat+granthi)

• tat – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• granthi – knot, tie, bond, difficulty, doubt, obstacle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'granth' (to tie, to string)
  Root: granth (class 1)

विनिवर्तते (vinivartate) - turns away, ceases, is dispelled, is removed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vinivart

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भूत-उत्सादन-सूत्रस्य (bhūta-utsādana-sūtrasya) - of a specific magical formula (sūtra) used to expel ghosts or spirits (bhūta) (of the aphorism for dispelling spirits, of the formula for the removal of beings)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhūta-utsādana-sūtra

bhūta-utsādana-sūtra - aphorism for the expulsion of spirits, formula for removing beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+utsādana+sūtra)

• bhūta – being, creature, ghost, spirit, element
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• utsādana – expulsion, removal, destruction, eradication
  noun (neuter)
  causative noun
  Derived from root 'sad' (to sit, perish) with prefix 'ut'
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sad (class 1)
• sūtra – thread, aphorism, rule, formula, short treatise (sūtra)
  noun (neuter)

प्रतिपत्तृ-पदम् (pratipattṛ-padam) - the effectiveness or result achieved by the one who understands/applies the formula (the state of understanding, the object of comprehension, the understanding for the recipient)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratipattṛ-pada

pratipattṛ-pada - the state of understanding, the comprehension of the recipient, the effect for the one who understands

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratipattṛ+pada)

• pratipattṛ – one who understands, recipient, perceiver, obtainer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'pad' (to go, to attain) with prefix 'prati'
  Prefix: prati
  Root: pad (class 4)
• pada – foot, step, position, state, word, result
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here idiomatically to refer to the 'understanding' or 'effect'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that, like

(indeclinable)