योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-31

आक्रम्य चेतनां नित्यमहंकाराम्बुदे स्थिते ।
जाड्यमेव स्थितिं याति न प्रकाशः कदाचन ॥ ३१ ॥

ākramya cetanāṃ nityamahaṃkārāmbude sthite ,
jāḍyameva sthitiṃ yāti na prakāśaḥ kadācana 31

31. ākramya cetanām nityam ahaṅkārāmbude sthite
jāḍyam eva sthitim yāti na prakāśaḥ kadācana

31. ahaṅkāra ambude sthite cetanām nityam ākramya,
jāḍyam eva sthitim yāti,
prakāśaḥ kadācana na (yāti).

31. When consciousness is constantly overpowered, remaining immersed in the cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra), it invariably descends into a state of inertia; no illumination ever arises.

Words meanings summery:

• आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having seized, having overcome, having overwhelmed

• चेतनाम् (cetanām) - consciousness, intelligence, feeling

• नित्यम् (nityam) - perpetually, always, constantly

• अहङ्काराम्बुदे (ahaṅkārāmbude) - in the cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra)

• स्थिते (sthite) - being, situated, remaining

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - dullness, inertia, stupor

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, position

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, becomes

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रकाशः (prakāśaḥ) - light, radiance, illumination

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

Words meanings and morphology

आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having seized, having overcome, having overwhelmed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from prefix ā + root kram

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

चेतनाम् (cetanām) - consciousness, intelligence, feeling

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cetanā

cetanā - consciousness, intelligence, feeling

From root cit 'to perceive, understand'

Root: cit (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - perpetually, always, constantly

(indeclinable)

From ni + root i 'to go'

Prefix: ni

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially.

अहङ्काराम्बुदे (ahaṅkārāmbude) - in the cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkārāmbuda

ahaṅkārāmbuda - cloud of ego, ego-cloud

Compound of ahaṅkāra (ego) and ambuda (cloud)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+ambuda)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, 'I-making'
  noun (masculine)
  From aham (I) + kāra (making)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ambuda – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  From ambu (water) + da (giver)
  Root: dā (class 1)

स्थिते (sthite) - being, situated, remaining

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: This is a locative absolute construction, referring to `cetanā`.

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - dullness, inertia, stupor

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - dullness, inertia, stupor

From jaḍa (dull, inert) + -ya (suffix for abstract nouns)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, position

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - state, condition, position, permanence

From root sthā 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of `yāti`.

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, becomes

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is `jāḍyam`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्रकाशः (prakāśaḥ) - light, radiance, illumination

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakāśa

prakāśa - light, radiance, illumination, manifestation

From pra + root kāś 'to shine'

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Subject of an implied verb like `bhavati` or `āyāti`.

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

From kadā (when) + cana (emphatic particle)

Note: Used with negation `na` to mean 'never'.