योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-111, verse-32

यथैतदेवं तनय तथा श्रृणु वदामि ते ।
अज्ञानमात्रसंसिद्धं वस्तु ज्ञानेन नश्यति ॥ ३२ ॥

yathaitadevaṃ tanaya tathā śrṛṇu vadāmi te ,
ajñānamātrasaṃsiddhaṃ vastu jñānena naśyati 32

32. yathā etat evam tanaya tathā śṛṇu vadāmi te
ajñāna-mātra-saṃsiddham vastu jñānena naśyati

32. tanaya etat evam yathā tathā śṛṇu te vadāmi
ajñāna-mātra-saṃsiddham vastu jñānena naśyati

32. O son, listen, and I will explain how this is so. A thing that is established solely by ignorance (ajñāna) perishes with the advent of true knowledge (jñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

• एवम् (evam) - so, in this way (thus, so, in this manner)

• तनय (tanaya) - O son

• तथा (tathā) - so (so, thus, in that manner)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• वदामि (vadāmi) - I will explain, I will tell (I speak, I say, I tell)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

• अज्ञान-मात्र-संसिद्धम् (ajñāna-mātra-saṁsiddham) - that which is established solely by ignorance (ajñāna) (established solely by ignorance)

• वस्तु (vastu) - thing (thing, object, reality, substance)

• ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by true knowledge (jñāna) (by knowledge)

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed, vanishes)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a correlative pair with 'tathā'.

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the point just made by Brihaspati (that ego renunciation is easy).

एवम् (evam) - so, in this way (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

तनय (tanaya) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tanaya

tanaya - son, child

From root tan (to extend, produce) with suffix -aya.

Root: tan (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - so (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular

Root śru (Class 5, to hear). 'śṛṇu' is 2nd singular imperative active.

Root: śru (class 5)

वदामि (vadāmi) - I will explain, I will tell (I speak, I say, I tell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vad

Present Active Indicative, 1st Person Singular

Root vad (Class 1, to speak). 'vadāmi' is 1st singular present indicative active.

Root: vad (class 1)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Could also be genitive, but dative "to you" fits "I tell you" better.

अज्ञान-मात्र-संसिद्धम् (ajñāna-mātra-saṁsiddham) - that which is established solely by ignorance (ajñāna) (established solely by ignorance)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajñānamātrasaṃsiddha

ajñānamātrasaṁsiddha - established merely/only by ignorance

Bahuvrīhi compound: ajñāna (ignorance) + mātra (only) + saṃsiddha (established).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ajñāna+mātra+saṃsiddha)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, lack of knowledge (ajñāna)
  noun (neuter)
  From 'a' (not) and 'jñāna' (knowledge).
  Prefix: a
• mātra – only, mere, merely, of the size of
  adjective (neuter)
• saṃsiddha – accomplished, perfected, established, fully prepared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sidh (to succeed, accomplish) with prefix saṃ.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sidh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'vastu'.

वस्तु (vastu) - thing (thing, object, reality, substance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - thing, object, substance, reality, existent

ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by true knowledge (jñāna) (by knowledge)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, spiritual knowledge (jñāna)

From root jñā (to know) with suffix -ana.

Root: jñā (class 9)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed, vanishes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root naś (Class 4, to perish). 'naśyati' is 3rd singular present indicative active.

Root: naś (class 4)