योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-28

यावत्तानवमायातं शुद्धं चित्तं विचारतः ।
तावत्तत्क्षीणमेवाहं मन्ये शारदमेघवत् ॥ २८ ॥

yāvattānavamāyātaṃ śuddhaṃ cittaṃ vicārataḥ ,
tāvattatkṣīṇamevāhaṃ manye śāradameghavat 28

28. yāvat tānavam āyātam śuddham cittam vicārataḥ
tāvat tat kṣīṇam eva aham manye śārada-meghavat

28. yāvat śuddham cittam vicārataḥ tānavam āyātam,
tāvat aham tat kṣīṇam eva śārada-meghavat manye.

28. As long as the pure mind, having attained subtlety (tānava) through discernment, endures, so long do I consider it truly dissipated, like an autumnal cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, until, while

• तानवम् (tānavam) - mental subtlety attained through purification (subtlety, attenuation, minuteness, thinness)

• आयातम् (āyātam) - having arrived, having come, having attained

• शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clean, purified

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

• विचारतः (vicārataḥ) - through inquiry, by discrimination, from consideration

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much, then

• तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to the mind)

• क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - vanished, diminished, wasted, destroyed

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

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• शारद-मेघवत् (śārada-meghavat) - like an autumnal cloud

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, until, while

(indeclinable)

तानवम् (tānavam) - mental subtlety attained through purification (subtlety, attenuation, minuteness, thinness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tānava

tānava - subtlety, attenuation, minuteness, thinness, feebleness

From 'tanu' + suffix '-a'

आयातम् (āyātam) - having arrived, having come, having attained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyāta

āyāta - arrived, come, attained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

From 'ā-' + root 'yā' (to go, come)

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clean, purified

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, purified, clear

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śudh' (to purify)

Root: śudh (class 4)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, heart

Past Passive Participle

From root 'cit' (to perceive, observe, think)

Root: cit (class 1)

विचारतः (vicārataḥ) - through inquiry, by discrimination, from consideration

(indeclinable)

From 'vi-' + root 'car' (to move, go; with 'vi', to consider)

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adverbial phrase meaning 'by means of discernment'.

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much, then

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to the mind)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Used as an accusative object of 'manye'.

क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - vanished, diminished, wasted, destroyed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - vanished, diminished, wasted, destroyed, emaciated

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṣi' (to waste, destroy)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

एव (eva) - indeed, truly, just, only

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Tense, Middle Voice, 1st Person Singular

Root 'man' (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

शारद-मेघवत् (śārada-meghavat) - like an autumnal cloud

(indeclinable)

From 'śārada-megha' + suffix '-vat' (like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śārada+megha)

• śārada – autumnal, relating to autumn
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'śarad' (autumn)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'migh' (to sprinkle, urinate)
  Root: migh (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adverb.