योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-58, verse-42

तावत्प्रक्षाल्यते धातुर्यावद्धेमैव शिष्यते ।
तावदालोक्यते सर्वं यावदात्मैव लभ्यते ॥ ४२ ॥

tāvatprakṣālyate dhāturyāvaddhemaiva śiṣyate ,
tāvadālokyate sarvaṃ yāvadātmaiva labhyate 42

42. tāvat prakṣālyate dhātuḥ yāvat hema eva śiṣyate
tāvat ālokyate sarvam yāvat ātmā eva labhyate

42. yāvat hema eva śiṣyate tāvat dhātuḥ prakṣālyate
yāvat ātmā eva labhyate tāvat sarvam ālokyate

42. Just as an ore is purified until only gold remains, so too is everything investigated until only the Self (ātman) is realized.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत् (tāvat) - until then, so long (so long, to that extent, then)

• प्रक्षाल्यते (prakṣālyate) - is purified, is washed, is cleansed

• धातुः (dhātuḥ) - mineral ore (being refined) (ore, mineral, element, constituent)

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

• हेम (hema) - gold

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left

• तावत् (tāvat) - until then, so long (so long, to that extent, then)

• आलोक्यते (ālokyate) - is investigated/examined (is observed, is seen, is looked upon, is investigated)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

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

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit, essence

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is attained, is found, is acquired, is realized

Words meanings and morphology

तावत् (tāvat) - until then, so long (so long, to that extent, then)

(indeclinable)

प्रक्षाल्यते (prakṣālyate) - is purified, is washed, is cleansed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of prakṣāl

Prefix: pra

Root: kṣal (class 1)

धातुः (dhātuḥ) - mineral ore (being refined) (ore, mineral, element, constituent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhātu

dhātu - element, constituent, ore, mineral, root (of a word)

Root: dhā (class 3)

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

(indeclinable)

हेम (hema) - gold

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śiṣ

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

तावत् (tāvat) - until then, so long (so long, to that extent, then)

(indeclinable)

आलोक्यते (ālokyate) - is investigated/examined (is observed, is seen, is looked upon, is investigated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ālok

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

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

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit, essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul, universal soul

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is attained, is found, is acquired, is realized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)