योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-32, verse-35

यान्ति श्वभ्रं जलानीव स्वलाभं नाशयन्ति ते ।
स्वानुभूतिप्रसिद्धेन मार्गेणागमगामिना ॥ ३५ ॥

yānti śvabhraṃ jalānīva svalābhaṃ nāśayanti te ,
svānubhūtiprasiddhena mārgeṇāgamagāminā 35

35. yānti śvabhram jalāni iva svalābham nāśayanti
te svānubhūtiprasiddhena mārgeṇa āgamagāminā

35. te svalābham nāśayanti,
jalāni iva śvabhram yānti svānubhūtiprasiddhena āgamagāminā mārgeṇa (etat sidhyati)

35. Just as waters flow into an abyss, they forsake their worldly benefits (svalābha). This occurs through the path made clear by direct experience (svānubhūti) and guided by sacred texts (āgama).

Words meanings summery:

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move

• श्वभ्रम् (śvabhram) - to an abyss, to a pit, to a chasm

• जलानि (jalāni) - waters

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्वलाभम् (svalābham) - worldly gains or benefits (their own gain, their own benefit)

• नाशयन्ति (nāśayanti) - they forsake, they abandon (worldly gains) (they destroy, they cause to perish, they make to disappear, they forsake)

• ते (te) - they (referring to practitioners on the spiritual path) (they)

• स्वानुभूतिप्रसिद्धेन (svānubhūtiprasiddhena) - by that which is renowned through self-experience

• मार्गेण (mārgeṇa) - by the path, by the way

• आगमगामिना (āgamagāminā) - by that which follows the scriptures, by that which conforms to tradition

Words meanings and morphology

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

श्वभ्रम् (śvabhram) - to an abyss, to a pit, to a chasm

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śvabhra

śvabhra - a pit, a chasm, an abyss

जलानि (jalāni) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jala

jala - water

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स्वलाभम् (svalābham) - worldly gains or benefits (their own gain, their own benefit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svalābha

svalābha - one's own gain, one's own benefit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+lābha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• lābha – gain, acquisition, benefit
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root labh (to obtain).
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Refers to worldly or material benefits which are forsaken.

नाशयन्ति (nāśayanti) - they forsake, they abandon (worldly gains) (they destroy, they cause to perish, they make to disappear, they forsake)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of nāś

Causal form of naś (to perish).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Causal verb.

ते (te) - they (referring to practitioners on the spiritual path) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to those who are on the spiritual path.

स्वानुभूतिप्रसिद्धेन (svānubhūtiprasiddhena) - by that which is renowned through self-experience

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svānubhūtiprasiddha

svānubhūtiprasiddha - renowned by self-experience, famous through direct perception

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svānubhūti+prasiddha)

• svānubhūti – self-experience, direct perception
  noun (feminine)
• prasiddha – famous, renowned, accomplished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sidh (to succeed) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sidh (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying mārgeṇa.

मार्गेण (mārgeṇa) - by the path, by the way

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road

Derived from root mṛj (to cleanse/purify), implying a cleared path.

Root: mṛj (class 2)

आगमगामिना (āgamagāminā) - by that which follows the scriptures, by that which conforms to tradition

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of āgamagāmin

āgamagāmin - following the sacred texts/traditions, conforming to scripture

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āgama+gāmin)

• āgama – sacred text, scripture, tradition, coming
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• gāmin – going, moving, following
  adjective
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from root gam (to go) with suffix -in.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying mārgeṇa.