योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-10, verse-33

यथा कीदृगवस्त्वेतदिति यावद्विकल्प्यते ।
अविद्या क्षीयते तावदालोकेनान्धता यथा ॥ ३३ ॥

yathā kīdṛgavastvetaditi yāvadvikalpyate ,
avidyā kṣīyate tāvadālokenāndhatā yathā 33

33. yathā kīdṛk avastu etat iti yāvat vikalpyate
avidyā kṣīyate tāvat ālokena andhatā yathā

33. yathā kīdṛk avastu etat iti yāvat vikalpyate
tāvat avidyā kṣīyate yathā ālokena andhatā

33. Just as when one considers, 'What sort of unreality is this?' — as soon as it is thus discerned, ignorance (avidyā) perishes, just as blindness (andhatā) dissipates with light.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - what kind, what sort, how

• अवस्तु (avastu) - unreality, non-thing, non-existent object

• एतत् (etat) - this

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (quotative particle)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as soon as

• विकल्प्यते (vikalpyate) - is discerned/examined (is discriminated, is conceptualized, is questioned, is doubted)

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

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - perishes, is destroyed, decays, diminishes

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, then, immediately

• आलोकेन (ālokena) - by light, by perception, by sight

• अन्धता (andhatā) - blindness (andhatā) (blindness)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - what kind, what sort, how

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of kīdṛś

kīdṛś - of what kind, of what sort, how

अवस्तु (avastu) - unreality, non-thing, non-existent object

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - non-existent thing, unreality, an unessential thing

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  negating prefix
• vastu – thing, object, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as soon as

(indeclinable)

विकल्प्यते (vikalpyate) - is discerned/examined (is discriminated, is conceptualized, is questioned, is doubted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of kḷp

passive form of vi-kḷp

Prefix: vi

Root: kḷp (class 10)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, non-knowledge

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  negating prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - perishes, is destroyed, decays, diminishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of kṣi

Root: kṣi (class 5)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, then, immediately

(indeclinable)

आलोकेन (ālokena) - by light, by perception, by sight

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of āloka

āloka - light, sight, perception, view

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

अन्धता (andhatā) - blindness (andhatā) (blindness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of andhatā

andhatā - blindness

derived from andha (blind) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)