योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-66

लब्धात्मानो विनश्यन्ति संबन्धक्षण एव ते ।
ते तमांसीव दीपस्य दृष्टा एव व्रजन्त्यलम् ॥ ६६ ॥

labdhātmāno vinaśyanti saṃbandhakṣaṇa eva te ,
te tamāṃsīva dīpasya dṛṣṭā eva vrajantyalam 66

66. labdha ātmānaḥ vinaśyanti saṃbandha kṣaṇe eva te |
te tamāṃsi iva dīpasya dṛṣṭā eva vrajanti alam ||

66. te labdha ātmānaḥ saṃbandha kṣaṇe eva vinaśyanti
te dīpasya tamāṃsi iva dṛṣṭā eva alam vrajanti

66. Those (joys and sorrows) that have acquired their individual existence (ātman) perish at the very moment of their association. They are like shadows which, immediately upon being seen by the light of a lamp, completely vanish.

Words meanings summery:

• लब्ध (labdha) - having acquired (obtained, acquired, received)

• आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - their individual existences or beings (ātman) (selves, beings, spirits, souls)

• विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish (they perish, they are destroyed)

• संबन्ध (saṁbandha) - connection, association (connection, relation, association)

• क्षणे (kṣaṇe) - at the moment (at the moment, in an instant)

• एव (eva) - solely, just (solely, only, indeed, just)

• ते (te) - those (joys and sorrows) (they, those (masculine plural nominative))

• ते (te) - they (the shadows) (they, those (masculine plural nominative))

• तमांसि (tamāṁsi) - shadows, darkness (darknesses, shadows)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• दीपस्य (dīpasya) - of the lamp (of the lamp, of the light)

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - just by being seen (having been seen, seen)

• एव (eva) - solely, just (solely, only, indeed, just)

• व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they vanish, they depart (they go, they depart)

• अलम् (alam) - completely, utterly (enough, sufficient, completely, fully)

Words meanings and morphology

लब्ध (labdha) - having acquired (obtained, acquired, received)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of labdha

labdha - obtained, gained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root labh (to obtain).

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound `labdha ātmānaḥ`.

आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - their individual existences or beings (ātman) (selves, beings, spirits, souls)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ātman

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

Note: Second part of the compound `labdha ātmānaḥ`, literally 'those whose selves have been obtained'.

विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish (they perish, they are destroyed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of naś

Verb root naś with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

संबन्ध (saṁbandha) - connection, association (connection, relation, association)

(noun)

masculine, singular of saṃbandha

saṁbandha - connection, relation, association

From root bandh (to bind) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound `saṃbandha kṣaṇe`.

क्षणे (kṣaṇe) - at the moment (at the moment, in an instant)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure

Note: Second part of the compound `saṃbandha kṣaṇe`.

एव (eva) - solely, just (solely, only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (joys and sorrows) (they, those (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers back to `sukha ādayaḥ` from the previous verse.

ते (te) - they (the shadows) (they, those (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the 'tamāṃsi' (shadows).

तमांसि (tamāṁsi) - shadows, darkness (darknesses, shadows)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

दीपस्य (dīpasya) - of the lamp (of the lamp, of the light)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, lantern

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - just by being seen (having been seen, seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, visible, observed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied feminine noun or is used generically; refers to the shadows being seen.

एव (eva) - solely, just (solely, only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they vanish, they depart (they go, they depart)

(verb)

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

Root: vraj (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - completely, utterly (enough, sufficient, completely, fully)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb emphasizing completeness.