योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-95, verse-25

महारामायणप्रायशास्त्रप्रेक्षणमात्रतः ।
एतदासाद्यते नित्यं किमेतावति दुष्करम् ॥ २५ ॥

mahārāmāyaṇaprāyaśāstraprekṣaṇamātrataḥ ,
etadāsādyate nityaṃ kimetāvati duṣkaram 25

25. mahārāmāyaṇaprāyaśāstraprakṣaṇamātrataḥ |
etat āsādyate nityam kim etāvati duṣkaram

25. mahārāmāyaṇaprāyaśāstraprakṣaṇamātrataḥ etat nityam āsādyate.
etāvati kim duṣkaram?

25. This (understanding) is constantly attained merely by studying scriptures like the Mahā-Rāmāyaṇa. What is so difficult in this (path)?

Words meanings summery:

• महारामायणप्रायशास्त्रप्रक्षणमात्रतः (mahārāmāyaṇaprāyaśāstraprakṣaṇamātrataḥ) - merely by studying texts like the Yogavasiṣṭha (merely by observing/studying scriptures similar to the Mahā-Rāmāyaṇa)

• एतत् (etat) - this, this (thing/state)

• आसाद्यते (āsādyate) - is obtained, is achieved, is reached

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually, eternally

• किम् (kim) - what? why? is it?

• एतावति (etāvati) - in this much, in this respect, in this (process/matter)

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do, arduous, hard

Words meanings and morphology

महारामायणप्रायशास्त्रप्रक्षणमात्रतः (mahārāmāyaṇaprāyaśāstraprakṣaṇamātrataḥ) - merely by studying texts like the Yogavasiṣṭha (merely by observing/studying scriptures similar to the Mahā-Rāmāyaṇa)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahārāmāyaṇa+prāya+śāstra+prakṣaṇa+mātra)

• mahārāmāyaṇa – the great Rāmāyaṇa (often referring to Yogavasiṣṭha)
  proper noun (neuter)
• prāya – similar, resembling, like
  adjective
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, sacred text, teaching
  noun (neuter)
• prakṣaṇa – seeing, observing, looking at, studying
  noun (neuter)
  From pra-īkṣ (to see, observe).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, mere quantity
  adjective

एतत् (etat) - this, this (thing/state)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

आसाद्यते (āsādyate) - is obtained, is achieved, is reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of āsādyate

Present Passive Indicative

Passive form of ā-sad (to approach, reach, obtain).

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually, eternally

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

किम् (kim) - what? why? is it?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative particle.

एतावति (etāvati) - in this much, in this respect, in this (process/matter)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, so far, thus much

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do, arduous, hard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, hard