योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-10, verse-34

दीपहस्तो यथाभ्येति तमोरूपदिदृक्षया ।
तथा विलीयते सर्वं तमस्तापैर्घृतं यथा ॥ ३४ ॥

dīpahasto yathābhyeti tamorūpadidṛkṣayā ,
tathā vilīyate sarvaṃ tamastāpairghṛtaṃ yathā 34

34. dīpahastaḥ yathā abhyeti tamaḥrūpadidṛkṣayā |
tathā vilīyate sarvam tamas tāpaiḥ ghṛtam yathā ||

34. yathā dīpahastaḥ tamaḥrūpadidṛkṣayā abhyeti
tathā sarvam tamas vilīyate yathā ghṛtam tāpaiḥ

34. Just as someone holding a lamp approaches with the intention of seeing the true nature of darkness, similarly, all darkness vanishes, just as clarified butter (ghṛta) melts away due to heat.

34. כשם שאדם מתקרב עם מנורה בידו מתוך רצון לראות את צורת החושך, והחושך כולו נמוג כחמאה הנמסה בחום...

Words meanings summery:

• दीपहस्तः (dīpahastaḥ) - one holding a lamp

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes near, goes towards

• तमःरूपदिदृक्षया (tamaḥrūpadidṛkṣayā) - with the desire to see the form of darkness

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, vanishes, disappears

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, complete

• तमस् (tamas) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

• तापैः (tāpaiḥ) - by the heat (causing melting) (by heats, by sufferings, by torments)

• घृतम् (ghṛtam) - ghee, clarified butter

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

दीपहस्तः (dīpahastaḥ) - one holding a lamp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpahasta

dīpahasta - one who holds a lamp

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīpa+hasta)

• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes near, goes towards

(verb)

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

verb form of 'i' (to go) with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

तमःरूपदिदृक्षया (tamaḥrūpadidṛkṣayā) - with the desire to see the form of darkness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tamaḥrūpadidṛkṣā

tamaḥrūpadidṛkṣā - desire to see the form of darkness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tamas+rūpa+didṛkṣā)

• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tam
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• didṛkṣā – desire to see, wish to perceive
  noun (feminine)
  desiderative noun
  derived from desiderative stem of root `dṛś` (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, vanishes, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lī

verb form of 'lī' with prefix 'vi'; often used in passive or middle voice for dissolving

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

तमस् (tamas) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, one of the three guṇas

Root: tam

तापैः (tāpaiḥ) - by the heat (causing melting) (by heats, by sufferings, by torments)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tāpa

tāpa - heat, warmth, suffering, torment, pain

derived from root `tap` (to heat, suffer)

Root: tap (class 1)

घृतम् (ghṛtam) - ghee, clarified butter

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghṛta

ghṛta - ghee, clarified butter

Past Passive Participle

from root `ghṛ`, past passive participle

Root: ghṛ (class 3)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

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