योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-78

शुद्धाम्भसि यथा क्षीरधीर्विचारान्निवर्तते ।
संसारवासना तद्वद्धीविचारान्निवर्तते ॥ ७८ ॥

śuddhāmbhasi yathā kṣīradhīrvicārānnivartate ,
saṃsāravāsanā tadvaddhīvicārānnivartate 78

78. śuddhāmbhasi yathā kṣīradhīḥ vicārāt nivartate
saṃsāravāsanā tadvat dhīvicārāt nivartate

78. yathā śuddhāmbhasi kṣīradhīḥ vicārāt nivartate
tadvat saṃsāravāsanā dhīvicārāt nivartate

78. Just as the perception of milk in pure water ceases through careful deliberation, similarly, the latent impression (vāsanā) of cyclic existence (saṃsāra) vanishes through intellectual discrimination.

Words meanings summery:

• शुद्धाम्भसि (śuddhāmbhasi) - in pure water

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• क्षीरधीः (kṣīradhīḥ) - perception of milk, idea of milk

• विचारात् (vicārāt) - from discrimination, through deliberation

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - ceases, vanishes, returns, turns back

• संसारवासना (saṁsāravāsanā) - latent impression of cyclic existence (saṃsāra)

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• धीविचारात् (dhīvicārāt) - from intellectual discrimination, through intellectual deliberation

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - ceases, vanishes, returns, turns back

Words meanings and morphology

शुद्धाम्भसि (śuddhāmbhasi) - in pure water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuddhāmbhas

śuddhāmbhas - pure water

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuddha+ambhas)

• śuddha – pure, clean
  adjective
• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

क्षीरधीः (kṣīradhīḥ) - perception of milk, idea of milk

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣīradhī

kṣīradhī - perception of milk, idea of milk

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kṣīra+dhī)

• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• dhī – understanding, intellect, perception
  noun (feminine)

विचारात् (vicārāt) - from discrimination, through deliberation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - deliberation, discrimination, reflection, inquiry

From vi- √car 'to move about'.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - ceases, vanishes, returns, turns back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of nivartate

From ni- √vṛt 'to turn'.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

संसारवासना (saṁsāravāsanā) - latent impression of cyclic existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsāravāsanā

saṁsāravāsanā - latent impression of transmigration/cyclic existence

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vāsanā)

• saṃsāra – cyclic existence, transmigration
  noun (masculine)
• vāsanā – latent impression, mental trace
  noun (feminine)

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

धीविचारात् (dhīvicārāt) - from intellectual discrimination, through intellectual deliberation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dhīvicāra

dhīvicāra - intellectual discrimination, mental deliberation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dhī+vicāra)

• dhī – intellect, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• vicāra – deliberation, discrimination
  noun (masculine)
  From vi- √car 'to move about'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - ceases, vanishes, returns, turns back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of nivartate

From ni- √vṛt 'to turn'.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)