योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-42, verse-8

अज्ञानमुच्यते पापं तद्विचारेण नश्यति ।
पापमूलच्छिदं तस्माद्विचारं न परित्यजेत् ॥ ८ ॥

ajñānamucyate pāpaṃ tadvicāreṇa naśyati ,
pāpamūlacchidaṃ tasmādvicāraṃ na parityajet 8

8. ajñānam ucyate pāpam tat vicāreṇa naśyati
pāpamūlacchidam tasmāt vicāram na parityajet

8. ajñānam pāpam ucyate; tat vicāreṇa naśyati;
tasmāt pāpamūlacchidam vicāram na parityajet

8. Ignorance (ajñāna) is called sin (pāpa). That (sin) is destroyed by contemplation. Therefore, one should not abandon contemplation, as it severs the very root of sin (pāpa).

Words meanings summery:

• अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance, nescience, lack of knowledge

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness (pāpa)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• विचारेण (vicāreṇa) - by contemplation, by reflection, by consideration

• नश्यति (naśyati) - is destroyed, perishes, vanishes

• पापमूलच्छिदम् (pāpamūlacchidam) - that which cuts the root of sin

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• विचारम् (vicāram) - contemplation, reflection, investigation

• न (na) - not, no

• परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, one should give up, one should relinquish

Words meanings and morphology

अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance, nescience, lack of knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, want of knowledge, spiritual ignorance (ajñāna)

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness (pāpa)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness, vice, bad action (pāpa)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विचारेण (vicāreṇa) - by contemplation, by reflection, by consideration

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - contemplation, reflection, consideration, investigation

Derived from root car (to move, go) with prefixes vi- and ā-

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

नश्यति (naśyati) - is destroyed, perishes, vanishes

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

पापमूलच्छिदम् (pāpamūlacchidam) - that which cuts the root of sin

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāpamūlacchid

pāpamūlacchid - destroyer of the root of sin, sin-root-cutter

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (pāpa+mūla+chid)

• pāpa – sin, evil, wickedness (pāpa)
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)
• chid – cutting, breaking, severing, cutter, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  From root chid (to cut, cleave)
  Root: chid (class 7)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of tad (that)

विचारम् (vicāram) - contemplation, reflection, investigation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - contemplation, reflection, consideration, investigation

Derived from root car (to move, go) with prefixes vi- and ā-

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, one should give up, one should relinquish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of parityaj

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)