योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-61, verse-3

विवेकावस्थया चेतस्तथैवायाति निर्वृतिम् ।
पतच्छ्वभ्रे दृढतृणप्रचयालम्बनादिव ॥ ३ ॥

vivekāvasthayā cetastathaivāyāti nirvṛtim ,
patacchvabhre dṛḍhatṛṇapracayālambanādiva 3

3. vivekāvasthayā cetas tathā eva āyāti nirvṛtim
patat śvabhre dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya ālambanāt iva

3. cetas vivekāvasthayā tathā eva nirvṛtim āyāti
yathā patat śvabhre dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya ālambanāt iva

3. Just as one falling into a chasm (śvabhra) finds support in a cluster of strong grass, similarly, the mind (cetas) attains profound tranquility (nirvṛti) through the state of discernment (viveka).

Words meanings summery:

• विवेकावस्थया (vivekāvasthayā) - by the state of discernment, through the condition of discrimination

• चेतस् (cetas) - mind, consciousness, intellect

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to, approaches

• निर्वृतिम् (nirvṛtim) - tranquility, peace, cessation, happiness (nirvṛti)

• पतत् (patat) - falling, dropping

• श्वभ्रे (śvabhre) - in a chasm, in a pit, in an abyss

• दृढतृणप्रचय (dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya) - strong bundle of grass, cluster of firm grass

• आलम्बनात् (ālambanāt) - from the support, from the reliance

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

विवेकावस्थया (vivekāvasthayā) - by the state of discernment, through the condition of discrimination

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vivekāvasthā

vivekāvasthā - state of discernment, condition of discrimination

Compound type : tatpurusha (viveka+avasthā)

• viveka – discernment, discrimination, wisdom (viveka)
  noun (masculine)
• avasthā – state, condition, situation
  noun (feminine)

चेतस् (cetas) - mind, consciousness, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect (cetas)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to, approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of āyā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

निर्वृतिम् (nirvṛtim) - tranquility, peace, cessation, happiness (nirvṛti)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nirvṛti

nirvṛti - tranquility, cessation, completion, happiness (nirvṛti)

पतत् (patat) - falling, dropping

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of patat

patat - falling, dropping, flying

Present Active Participle

formed from √pat with suffix -at

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies an implied subject in the locative case (e.g., 'when one is falling').

श्वभ्रे (śvabhre) - in a chasm, in a pit, in an abyss

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śvabhra

śvabhra - chasm, abyss, pit

दृढतृणप्रचय (dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya) - strong bundle of grass, cluster of firm grass

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya

dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya - a collection or cluster of strong grass

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛḍha+tṛṇa+pracaya)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, solid, resolute
  adjective (masculine)
• tṛṇa – grass, a blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• pracaya – collection, accumulation, heap, cluster
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of the compound `dṛḍhatṛṇapracayālambanāt`.

आलम्बनात् (ālambanāt) - from the support, from the reliance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ālambana

ālambana - support, dependence, refuge

Prefix: ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound with `dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya` (dṛḍhatṛṇapracayālambana) in which `dṛḍhatṛṇapracaya` is in a genitive relation to `ālambana`.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)