योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-72, verse-21

पृथग्भूतगणं दृष्ट्वा देहातीतो भवत्यजः ।
परं प्रकाशमायाति सूर्यकान्तिरिवाहनि ॥ २१ ॥

pṛthagbhūtagaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā dehātīto bhavatyajaḥ ,
paraṃ prakāśamāyāti sūryakāntirivāhani 21

21. pṛthak bhūtagaṇam dṛṣṭvā dehātītaḥ bhavati ajaḥ
param prakāśam āyāti sūryakāntiḥ iva ahani

21. pṛthak bhūtagaṇam dṛṣṭvā dehātītaḥ ajaḥ bhavati
param prakāśam āyāti sūryakāntiḥ ahani iva

21. Having perceived the collection of separated elements, one becomes unborn (aja), transcending the body. One attains supreme light, just as the sun's brilliance appears in the daytime.

Words meanings summery:

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct (adverbially qualifying 'bhūtagaṇam') (separately, distinct, apart)

• भूतगणम् (bhūtagaṇam) - the collection of (gross) elements (referring to the body) (multitude of elements, collection of beings)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having perceived (having seen, having perceived)

• देहातीतः (dehātītaḥ) - transcending the physical body (gone beyond the body, transcending the body)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)

• अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn (aja), referring to the eternal nature of the (ātman) (unborn, not born, goat)

• परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)

• प्रकाशम् (prakāśam) - light, spiritual illumination (light, radiance, manifestation)

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

• सूर्यकान्तिः (sūryakāntiḥ) - sun's brilliance (sun's brilliance, sunlight)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• अहनि (ahani) - in the daytime (in the day, by day)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct (adverbially qualifying 'bhūtagaṇam') (separately, distinct, apart)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies bhūtagaṇam, indicating the elements are distinct from the observer.

भूतगणम् (bhūtagaṇam) - the collection of (gross) elements (referring to the body) (multitude of elements, collection of beings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhūtagaṇa

bhūtagaṇa - multitude of elements, collection of beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+gaṇa)

• bhūta – element, being
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• gaṇa – multitude, collection, troop
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having perceived (having seen, having perceived)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root dṛś + ktvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Precedes the main verb 'bhavati'.

देहातीतः (dehātītaḥ) - transcending the physical body (gone beyond the body, transcending the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehātīta

dehātīta - gone beyond the body, body-transcendent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+atīta)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• atīta – gone beyond, past, elapsed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i + ati-
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject.

भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn (aja), referring to the eternal nature of the (ātman) (unborn, not born, goat)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born, eternal, primeval, goat, god Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Kāma

from a (negative) + jan (to be born)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ja)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ja – born, produced
  adjective
  nominal derivative from root jan
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject.

परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Modifies 'prakāśam'.

प्रकाशम् (prakāśam) - light, spiritual illumination (light, radiance, manifestation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prakāśa

prakāśa - light, radiance, manifestation, splendor

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Object of āyāti.

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, reaches (comes, approaches, attains)

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

सूर्यकान्तिः (sūryakāntiḥ) - sun's brilliance (sun's brilliance, sunlight)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūryakānti

sūryakānti - sun's brilliance, sunshine

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūrya+kānti)

• sūrya – sun
  noun (masculine)
• kānti – brilliance, beauty, desire
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the comparison clause.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

अहनि (ahani) - in the daytime (in the day, by day)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

Note: Refers to time.