योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-31

चिरादहमहं जातः स्वात्मलाभश्चिरादयम् ।
चिरादुपशम याति कल्पस्यान्ते जगद्यथा ॥ ३१ ॥

cirādahamahaṃ jātaḥ svātmalābhaścirādayam ,
cirādupaśama yāti kalpasyānte jagadyathā 31

31. cirāt aham aham jātaḥ svātmalābhaḥ cirāt ayam
cirāt upaśamam yāti kalpasya ante jagat yathā

31. aham aham cirāt jātaḥ ayam
svātmalābhaḥ cirāt yathā kalpasya
ante jagat upaśamam yāti (tathā)
(etat) (api) cirāt upaśamam yāti

31. After a long time, I have become truly myself ("I am I"). This realization of my true self (ātman) has come after a long time. Just as the universe reaches cessation at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa), so too (this state of delusion) attains tranquility after a long time.

Words meanings summery:

• चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• जातः (jātaḥ) - has become, has come into being (my true self) (born, arisen, produced)

• स्वात्मलाभः (svātmalābhaḥ) - gain of one's own self, realization of the true self (ātman)

• चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

• अयम् (ayam) - this (realization of the true self) (this, this one)

• चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

• उपशमम् (upaśamam) - to cessation, to tranquility, to quietude

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, proceeds

• कल्पस्य (kalpasya) - of a cosmic cycle (kalpa), of a long period of time

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end, at the conclusion

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of cira (masculine/neuter), used adverbially.

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

First person pronoun. Nominative singular.

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

First person pronoun. Nominative singular.

जातः (jātaḥ) - has become, has come into being (my true self) (born, arisen, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

From root √jan (to be born, produced). Masculine nominative singular.

Root: jan (class 4)

स्वात्मलाभः (svātmalābhaḥ) - gain of one's own self, realization of the true self (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svātmalābha

svātmalābha - realization/gain of one's own self (ātman)

Tatpuruṣa compound (sva-ātman + lābha). Masculine nominative singular.

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+ātman+lābha)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• lābha – gain, acquisition, attainment
  noun (masculine)
  From root √labh (to obtain).
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of cira, used adverbially.

अयम् (ayam) - this (realization of the true self) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun. Masculine nominative singular.

चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, for a long time

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of cira, used adverbially.

उपशमम् (upaśamam) - to cessation, to tranquility, to quietude

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upaśama

upaśama - cessation, tranquility, quietude, suppression

From upa + √śam (to be calm, cease). Accusative singular, indicating destination.

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, proceeds

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice. From 2nd class verb (adādi).

Root: yā (class 2)

कल्पस्य (kalpasya) - of a cosmic cycle (kalpa), of a long period of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kalpa

kalpa - cosmic cycle, aeon, a day of Brahmā

Genitive singular of kalpa.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Relates to 'ante'.

अन्ते (ante) - at the end, at the conclusion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, conclusion, limit

Locative singular of anta.

Root: at (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

Present Active Participle

From root √gam (to go) with reduplication. Neuter nominative singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Particle used for comparison.

Note: Introduces a simile.