योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-22, verse-5

व्रजत्यात्माम्भसैकत्वं जीर्णंजाड्ये नभस्यलम् ।
गलत्यपगतासङ्गे हिमापूर इवातपे ॥ ५ ॥

vrajatyātmāmbhasaikatvaṃ jīrṇaṃjāḍye nabhasyalam ,
galatyapagatāsaṅge himāpūra ivātape 5

5. vrajati ātmā ambhasā ekatvam jīrṇam jāḍye nabhasi
alam galati apagatāsaṅge himāpūra iva ātape

5. ātman ambhasā ekatvam vrajati,
jāḍye nabhasī alam jīrṇam; apagatāsaṅge himāpūra iva ātape galati.

5. The (individual) self (ātman) attains oneness (ekatvam), its inertness (jāḍya) utterly dissolving into the void like water; it melts away, with all attachment (āsanga) gone, just like a mass of snow in the sunlight.

Words meanings summery:

• व्रजति (vrajati) - goes, proceeds, moves, attains

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, the soul, the individual soul (ātman)

• अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water, with water

• एकत्वम् (ekatvam) - oneness, unity, identity

• जीर्णम् (jīrṇam) - worn out, decayed, dissolved, digested, old

• जाड्ये (jāḍye) - in inertness, in dullness, in stupidity

• नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky, in the atmosphere, in the void

• अलम् (alam) - enough, completely, thoroughly, in vain

• गलति (galati) - melts, flows, drips, dissolves

• अपगतासङ्गे (apagatāsaṅge) - when attachment is gone, when aversion has ceased

• हिमापूर (himāpūra) - a mass of snow, a heap of ice

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आतपे (ātape) - in the sunlight, in the heat

Words meanings and morphology

व्रजति (vrajati) - goes, proceeds, moves, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vraj

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Parasmaipada

Root: vraj (class 1)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, the soul, the individual soul (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, essence

Note: Refers to the individual self (jīvātman) dissolving.

अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water, with water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, sky, cloud

Note: Suggests a natural, effortless merging like water.

एकत्वम् (ekatvam) - oneness, unity, identity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ekatva

ekatva - oneness, unity, singularity

Formed with suffix -tva meaning 'state of being'.

Note: Object of vrajati.

जीर्णम् (jīrṇam) - worn out, decayed, dissolved, digested, old

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - worn out, old, decayed, digested, dissolved

Past Passive Participle

From root jṝ.

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Adverbially modifies the process of vrajati ekatvam.

जाड्ये (jāḍye) - in inertness, in dullness, in stupidity

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - inertness, dullness, stupidity, insensibility

Abstract noun from jaḍa (inert, dull).

नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky, in the atmosphere, in the void

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, void, ether

अलम् (alam) - enough, completely, thoroughly, in vain

(indeclinable)

गलति (galati) - melts, flows, drips, dissolves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gal

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Parasmaipada

Root: gal (class 1)

अपगतासङ्गे (apagatāsaṅge) - when attachment is gone, when aversion has ceased

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of apagatāsaṅga

apagatāsaṅga - free from attachment, without connection

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (apagata+āsanga)

• apagata – gone away, departed, ceased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam with prefix apa-.
  Prefix: apa
  Root: gam (class 1)
• āsanga – attachment, clinging, connection, fondness, addiction
  noun (masculine)
  From root sañj with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction, "when attachment is gone".

हिमापूर (himāpūra) - a mass of snow, a heap of ice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himāpūra

himāpūra - mass of snow, heap of ice

Compound type : tatpurusha (hima+āpūra)

• hima – snow, ice, frost
  noun (neuter)
• āpūra – fullness, flood, heap, mass
  noun (masculine)
  From root pṝ with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pṝ (class 3)

Note: Subject of the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आतपे (ātape) - in the sunlight, in the heat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātapa

ātapa - sunlight, sunshine, heat, warmth

From root tap with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: tap (class 1)