योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-50

चिरमालोकयामास स तदात्मगृहं जवात् ।
प्राक्तनं शुष्कशवतां यातं देहमिवात्मवान् ॥ ५० ॥

ciramālokayāmāsa sa tadātmagṛhaṃ javāt ,
prāktanaṃ śuṣkaśavatāṃ yātaṃ dehamivātmavān 50

50. ciram ālokayāmāsa sa tad ātma-gṛham javāt
prāktanam śuṣka-śavatām yātam deham iva ātmavān

50. sa ātmavān ciram javāt tad prāktanam ātma-gṛham
śuṣka-śavatām yātam deham iva ālokayāmāsa

50. That self-possessed one (ātmavān) then quickly gazed for a long time at that former body (deham), which was his own home (ātma-gṛham) and had turned into a dry corpse, as if it were indeed a withered body.

Words meanings summery:

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time (for a long time, for long)

• आलोकयामास (ālokayāmāsa) - he gazed (he saw, he looked, he beheld)

• स (sa) - he (referring to Vasistha or the consciousness) (he, that)

• तद् (tad) - that

• आत्म-गृहम् (ātma-gṛham) - his own home (body) (one's own house, one's body (as a dwelling))

• जवात् (javāt) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, from speed)

• प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - former (former, ancient, previous)

• शुष्क-शवताम् (śuṣka-śavatām) - into a dry corpse (to the state of a dry corpse)

• यातम् (yātam) - had turned into, had gone into (gone, attained, passed into)

• देहम् (deham) - body

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

• आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed (ātman) (self-possessed, wise, intelligent, spiritual)

Words meanings and morphology

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time (for a long time, for long)

(indeclinable)

Also functions as an indeclinable adverb in accusative singular neuter.

Note: Functions as an adverb here.

आलोकयामास (ālokayāmāsa) - he gazed (he saw, he looked, he beheld)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ā-lok

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed with auxiliary verb √ās (Perfect) and root √lok (causative stem).

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Periphrastic Perfect form.

स (sa) - he (referring to Vasistha or the consciousness) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular.

Note: Refers to the observing consciousness or sage.

तद् (tad) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Neuter accusative singular.

Note: Demonstrative pronoun modifying 'ātma-gṛham'.

आत्म-गृहम् (ātma-gṛham) - his own home (body) (one's own house, one's body (as a dwelling))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātma-gṛha

ātma-gṛha - one's own house, one's own body (as a dwelling place)

Compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ātman+gṛha)

• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'ālokayāmāsa'.

जवात् (javāt) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, from speed)

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular used adverbially.

Note: Adverbial ablative.

प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - former (former, ancient, previous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāktana

prāktana - former, ancient, previous, relating to the past

Derived from `prāk` (before) + `tana` (suffix forming adjectives of time).

Note: Qualifies 'deham'.

शुष्क-शवताम् (śuṣka-śavatām) - into a dry corpse (to the state of a dry corpse)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śuṣka-śavatā

śuṣka-śavatā - the state of being a dry corpse

Compound with abstract suffix -tā.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śuṣka+śavatā)

• śuṣka – dry, withered, parched
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √śuṣ.
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• śavatā – the state of being a corpse, deadness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from śava + -tā (abstract suffix).

Note: Denotes the state or condition into which something has passed.

यातम् (yātam) - had turned into, had gone into (gone, attained, passed into)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, reached, passed into, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √yā.

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'deham' and 'ātma-gṛham'. Often used to express 'having become' a certain state.

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Object of 'ālokayāmāsa', being described as 'ātma-gṛham'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed (ātman) (self-possessed, wise, intelligent, spiritual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmavat

ātmavat - possessing a self (ātman), wise, intelligent, spiritual, self-possessed

Derived from `ātman` with possessive suffix -vat.

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (he). Implies a person who is aware of their self (ātman).