योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-111, verse-35

तदभावनमात्रेण दात्रेणेव विलूयते ।
छिन्नाभ्रमण्डलं व्योम्नि यथा शरदि धूयते ॥ ३५ ॥

tadabhāvanamātreṇa dātreṇeva vilūyate ,
chinnābhramaṇḍalaṃ vyomni yathā śaradi dhūyate 35

35. tat abhāvanamātreṇa dātreṇa iva vilūyate
chinnābhramaṇḍalam vyomni yathā śaradi dhūyate

35. yathā śaradi vyomni chinnābhramaṇḍalam dhūyate
tat abhāvanamātreṇa dātreṇa iva vilūyate

35. Just as a mass of scattered clouds is dispersed in the sky during autumn, so too, merely by not dwelling upon (or not giving existence to) something, it is cut down as if by a scythe.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - referring to the mental construct or attachment (that, it)

• अभावनमात्रेण (abhāvanamātreṇa) - merely by not giving reality to or not dwelling upon (a mental construct) (merely by non-contemplation, simply by not dwelling on)

• दात्रेण (dātreṇa) - by a scythe (as an instrument of cutting) (by a scythe, by a sickle)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• विलूयते (vilūyate) - it is cut down, it is destroyed (metaphorically) (it is cut down, it is destroyed, it is separated)

• छिन्नाभ्रमण्डलम् (chinnābhramaṇḍalam) - a mass of broken clouds

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

• धूयते (dhūyate) - it is dispersed, it is scattered (it is shaken, it is dispersed, it is scattered, it is agitated)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - referring to the mental construct or attachment (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Here used as an object that is being acted upon (its non-contemplation). Syntactically, it's 'tat' in 'tat-abhāvana'.

अभावनमात्रेण (abhāvanamātreṇa) - merely by not giving reality to or not dwelling upon (a mental construct) (merely by non-contemplation, simply by not dwelling on)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of abhāvanamātra

abhāvanamātra - mere non-existence, mere non-contemplation, mere absence of thought

Compound of abhāvana (non-existence/non-contemplation) and mātra (mere).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhāvana+mātra)

• abhāvana – non-existence, non-contemplation, absence of thought
  noun (neuter)
  From 'a' (negation) and 'bhāvana' (contemplation, existence).
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, measure, quantity
  adjective (neuter)

दात्रेण (dātreṇa) - by a scythe (as an instrument of cutting) (by a scythe, by a sickle)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dātra

dātra - scythe, sickle, instrument for cutting

From root dā (to cut)

Root: dā (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

विलूयते (vilūyate) - it is cut down, it is destroyed (metaphorically) (it is cut down, it is destroyed, it is separated)

(verb)

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

Formed with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: lū (class 9)

Note: vi + lū + yak (passive) + te

छिन्नाभ्रमण्डलम् (chinnābhramaṇḍalam) - a mass of broken clouds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chinnābhramaṇḍala

chinnābhramaṇḍala - a mass of broken clouds, a cluster of scattered clouds

Compound of chinna (broken, cut) and abhramaṇḍala (cloud mass).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (chinna+abhra+maṇḍala)

• chinna – broken, cut, separated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root chid (to cut, to break)
  Root: chid (class 7)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, orb, mass, cluster
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as the subject of dhūyate.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

n-stem noun.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, a year

d-stem noun

धूयते (dhūyate) - it is dispersed, it is scattered (it is shaken, it is dispersed, it is scattered, it is agitated)

(verb)

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

Root dhū (class 5 or 9)

Root: dhū (class 5)