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

पर्वतात्पर्वतं यान्ति पुरोऽद्रेरिव दन्तिनः ।
परां कोटिं प्रयातस्य स्वसंवित्त्युन्नतस्थितेः ॥ ४७ ॥

parvatātparvataṃ yānti puro'dreriva dantinaḥ ,
parāṃ koṭiṃ prayātasya svasaṃvittyunnatasthiteḥ 47

47. parvatāt parvatam yānti puraḥ adreḥ iva dantinaḥ
parām koṭim prayātasya sva-saṃvitti-unnata-sthiteḥ

47. dantinaḥ parvatāt parvatam puraḥ adreḥ iva yānti
parām koṭim prayātasya sva-saṃvitti-unnata-sthiteḥ

47. Just as elephants traverse from mountain to mountain, like (roaming) before a mountain, so does one journey until attaining the supreme summit, where their state is elevated by self-awareness (sva-saṃvitti).

Words meanings summery:

• पर्वतात् (parvatāt) - from a mountain

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - to a mountain

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move, they journey

• पुरः (puraḥ) - before, in front of, forward

• अद्रेः (adreḥ) - of a mountain, from a mountain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दन्तिनः (dantinaḥ) - elephants

• पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• कोटिम् (koṭim) - summit, limit, extreme point

• प्रयातस्य (prayātasya) - of one who has attained, of one who has reached

• स्व-संवित्ति-उन्नत-स्थितेः (sva-saṁvitti-unnata-sthiteḥ) - of one whose state is elevated by self-awareness (sva-saṃvitti) (of one whose state is elevated by self-awareness)

Words meanings and morphology

पर्वतात् (parvatāt) - from a mountain

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - to a mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move, they journey

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

पुरः (puraḥ) - before, in front of, forward

(indeclinable)

अद्रेः (adreḥ) - of a mountain, from a mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of adri

adri - mountain, rock, stone, cloud

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दन्तिनः (dantinaḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dantin

dantin - elephant (lit. 'one having teeth/tusks')

पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, chief, other, distant

कोटिम् (koṭim) - summit, limit, extreme point

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of koṭi

koṭi - tip, edge, peak, highest point, limit, extreme, ten million (crore)

प्रयातस्य (prayātasya) - of one who has attained, of one who has reached

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prayāta

prayāta - gone forth, departed, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the verb root 'yā' (to go) with upasarga 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

स्व-संवित्ति-उन्नत-स्थितेः (sva-saṁvitti-unnata-sthiteḥ) - of one whose state is elevated by self-awareness (sva-saṃvitti) (of one whose state is elevated by self-awareness)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sva-saṃvitti-unnata-sthiti

sva-saṁvitti-unnata-sthiti - state of being elevated by self-awareness/consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+saṃvitti+unnata+sthiti)

• sva – one's own, self
  adjective (neuter)
• saṃvitti – consciousness, awareness, self-awareness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vid' (to know) with upasarga 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• unnata – elevated, high, lofty, risen
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'nam' (to bow, bend) with upasarga 'ud' (up).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: nam (class 1)
• sthiti – state, condition, establishment, fixity
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)