योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-22

नास्त्यविद्येति संजाते निश्चये शास्त्रयुक्तितः ।
गलत्यविद्या तापेन तुषारकणिका यथा ॥ २२ ॥

nāstyavidyeti saṃjāte niścaye śāstrayuktitaḥ ,
galatyavidyā tāpena tuṣārakaṇikā yathā 22

22. na asti avidyā iti sañjāte niścaye śāstra-yuktitah
galati avidyā tāpena tuṣāra-kaṇikā yathā

22. śāstra-yuktitah niścaye sañjāte "na asti avidyā" iti,
avidyā tāpena galati yathā tuṣāra-kaṇikā.

22. Once a firm conviction, established through scriptural knowledge and logical reasoning, that "ignorance (avidyā) does not exist" arises, then that ignorance (avidyā) dissolves, just as a frost particle melts away due to warmth.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) as a metaphysical concept, the root cause of suffering in spiritual traditions (ignorance, nescience)

• इति (iti) - marking the preceding phrase "there is no ignorance" as a statement or conclusion (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

• सञ्जाते (sañjāte) - when it (the certainty) has arisen (having arisen, having been produced, having occurred)

• निश्चये (niścaye) - in the firm conviction (in certainty, in conviction, in resolution)

• शास्त्र-युक्तितह् (śāstra-yuktitah) - based on scriptural knowledge and logical reasoning (by means of scripture and reasoning)

• गलति (galati) - melts away, dissolves (melts, drips, flows, dissolves)

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience)

• तापेन (tāpena) - by heat, by warmth (by heat, by penance, by suffering)

• तुषार-कणिका (tuṣāra-kaṇikā) - a frost particle (a particle of frost/dew, a dewdrop)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

present active third singular

root 'as', Parasmaipada, present indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) as a metaphysical concept, the root cause of suffering in spiritual traditions (ignorance, nescience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'vid'
  Root: vid (class 2)

इति (iti) - marking the preceding phrase "there is no ignorance" as a statement or conclusion (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

सञ्जाते (sañjāte) - when it (the certainty) has arisen (having arisen, having been produced, having occurred)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sañjāta

sañjāta - arisen, produced, born, occurred

Past Passive Participle

from root 'jan' with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

निश्चये (niścaye) - in the firm conviction (in certainty, in conviction, in resolution)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, conviction, determination, resolution

from root 'ci' with prefix 'nis'

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

शास्त्र-युक्तितह् (śāstra-yuktitah) - based on scriptural knowledge and logical reasoning (by means of scripture and reasoning)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : dvandva (śāstra+yukti)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text, treatise, teaching
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• yukti – reasoning, logic, proper application, conjunction
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'yuj'
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: The suffix -taḥ indicates 'from' or 'by means of', making the compound function adverbially here.

गलति (galati) - melts away, dissolves (melts, drips, flows, dissolves)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of gal

present active third singular

root 'gal', Parasmaipada, present indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: gal (class 1)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'vid'
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'galati'.

तापेन (tāpena) - by heat, by warmth (by heat, by penance, by suffering)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, warmth, suffering, penance, torment

Root: tap (class 1)

तुषार-कणिका (tuṣāra-kaṇikā) - a frost particle (a particle of frost/dew, a dewdrop)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tuṣāra-kaṇikā

tuṣāra-kaṇikā - frost particle, dewdrop

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tuṣāra+kaṇikā)

• tuṣāra – frost, ice, snow, cold
  noun (masculine)
• kaṇikā – a small particle, a drop, a grain
  noun (feminine)
  feminine diminutive of 'kaṇa'

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)