योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-55

दूरादात्मज्ञता याति चित्ते पीवरतां गते ।
आलोकलक्ष्मीरभितो महामेघ इवोत्थिते ॥ ५५ ॥

dūrādātmajñatā yāti citte pīvaratāṃ gate ,
ālokalakṣmīrabhito mahāmegha ivotthite 55

55. dūrāt ātmajñatā yāti citte pīvaratām gate |
ālokalakṣmīḥ abhitaḥ mahāmege iva utthite ||

55. citte pīvaratām gate ātmajñatā dūrāt yāti
mahāmeghe utthite iva abhitaḥ ālokalakṣmīḥ

55. Self-knowledge (ātmajñatā) departs far away when the mind (citta) becomes inflated or gross. It is like the splendor of light disappearing all around when a great cloud has risen.

Words meanings summery:

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

• आत्मज्ञता (ātmajñatā) - self-knowledge, the state of knowing the Self (ātman)

• याति (yāti) - goes, departs, approaches, obtains

• चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, when the mind

• पीवरताम् (pīvaratām) - to plumpness, fatness, grossness, expansion

• गते (gate) - gone, attained

• आलोकलक्ष्मीः (ālokalakṣmīḥ) - the splendor of light, illumination

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on both sides

• महामेगे (mahāmege) - in a great cloud, when a great cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उत्थिते (utthite) - risen, appeared

Words meanings and morphology

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dūra

dūra - far, distant; distance, remote place

आत्मज्ञता (ātmajñatā) - self-knowledge, the state of knowing the Self (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātmajñatā

ātmajñatā - self-knowledge, the state of knowing the self

from ātmajña + tā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātmajña+tā)

• ātmajña – knowing the self, a self-knower
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (feminine)

याति (yāti) - goes, departs, approaches, obtains

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, when the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness

from root cit

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction

पीवरताम् (pīvaratām) - to plumpness, fatness, grossness, expansion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pīvaratā

pīvaratā - fatness, plumpness, grossness, robustness

from pīvara + tā

गते (gate) - gone, attained

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with citte

आलोकलक्ष्मीः (ālokalakṣmīḥ) - the splendor of light, illumination

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ālokalakṣmī

ālokalakṣmī - the splendor/beauty of light, illumination

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āloka+lakṣmī)

• āloka – light, sight, seeing
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-lok
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 1)
• lakṣmī – splendor, prosperity, beauty, fortune
  noun (feminine)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on both sides

(indeclinable)

महामेगे (mahāmege) - in a great cloud, when a great cloud

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāmegha

mahāmegha - a great cloud

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+megha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्थिते (utthite) - risen, appeared

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, stood up, appeared, produced

Past Passive Participle

from ut-sthā

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with mahāmege