योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-54, verse-50

पयोद इव तापिच्छं नीहारमिव मारुतः ।
दीपस्तम इवाच्छात्म तदप्याशु ममार्ज सः ॥ ५० ॥

payoda iva tāpicchaṃ nīhāramiva mārutaḥ ,
dīpastama ivācchātma tadapyāśu mamārja saḥ 50

50. payodaḥ iva tāpiccham nīhāram iva mārutaḥ dīpaḥ
tamaḥ iva acchātma tat api āśu mamarja saḥ

50. saḥ tat api āśu mamarja,
payodaḥ tāpiccham iva,
mārutaḥ nīhāram iva,
dīpaḥ tamaḥ iva acchātma (ca mamarja)

50. He swiftly dispelled that (mental state), just as a cloud disperses gloom, as the wind clears away mist, and as a lamp banishes darkness, thereby also dispelling the clear, individual self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• पयोदः (payodaḥ) - cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तापिच्छम् (tāpiccham) - a dark mass or gloom to be dispersed (dark mass, gloom, a dark tree)

• नीहारम् (nīhāram) - mist, fog, dew, frost

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air, Marut (deity)

• दीपः (dīpaḥ) - lamp, light, lantern

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अच्छात्म (acchātma) - the individual, seemingly pure but ultimately illusory self (ātman), which needs to be transcended or dispelled in a spiritual context (pure self, clear mind, transparent essence)

• तत् (tat) - that (previously mentioned mental state or delusion) (that, it)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• ममर्ज (mamarja) - he wiped away, he cleansed, he removed

• सः (saḥ) - he

Words meanings and morphology

पयोदः (payodaḥ) - cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of payoda

payoda - cloud (giver of water), breast

From payas (water) + da (giving)

Root: dā (class 3)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तापिच्छम् (tāpiccham) - a dark mass or gloom to be dispersed (dark mass, gloom, a dark tree)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tāpiccha

tāpiccha - Xanthochymus pictorius (a tree with dark fruit), dark mass, darkness

नीहारम् (nīhāram) - mist, fog, dew, frost

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nīhāra

nīhāra - mist, fog, dew, frost

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air, Marut (deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, the Maruts (storm deities)

दीपः (dīpaḥ) - lamp, light, lantern

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, lantern

Root: dīp (class 4)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia (tamas guṇa)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अच्छात्म (acchātma) - the individual, seemingly pure but ultimately illusory self (ātman), which needs to be transcended or dispelled in a spiritual context (pure self, clear mind, transparent essence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of accha-ātman

accha-ātman - pure self, clear mind, transparent essence

Compound type : karmadhāraya (accha+ātman)

• accha – clear, pure, transparent, spotless
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, mind
  noun (masculine)

Note: Here, it is treated as an object to be 'wiped away' in a philosophical sense, implying transcending the individual ego or false notion of self.

तत् (tat) - that (previously mentioned mental state or delusion) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

ममर्ज (mamarja) - he wiped away, he cleansed, he removed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of mṛj

Perfect tense (lit), 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: mṛj (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it