योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-22

प्राप्य चाप्यनुसंधानमस्या मोहो विनश्यति ।
घनमोहरतो जन्तुः स्वकार्यस्मरणं यथा ॥ २२ ॥

prāpya cāpyanusaṃdhānamasyā moho vinaśyati ,
ghanamoharato jantuḥ svakāryasmaraṇaṃ yathā 22

22. prāpya ca api anusandhānam asyāḥ mohaḥ vinaśyati
ghanamoharataḥ jantuḥ svakāryasmaraṇam yathā

22. asyāḥ anusandhānam prāpya api ca mohaḥ vinaśyati
yathā ghanamoharataḥ jantuḥ svakāryasmaraṇam

22. And having obtained discernment of this (self-awareness), one's delusion (moha) perishes, just as a creature absorbed in dense delusion loses the memory of its own purpose.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अनुसन्धानम् (anusandhānam) - investigation, discernment, awareness, continuous application

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (self-awareness, referring to ātmasaṃvid from the previous verse) (of this)

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, confusion, infatuation

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

• घनमोहरतः (ghanamoharataḥ) - absorbed in dense delusion

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, man

• स्वकार्यस्मरणम् (svakāryasmaraṇam) - remembrance of one's own task/duty/purpose

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, for example

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From pra + root āp (to obtain) + lyap suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अनुसन्धानम् (anusandhānam) - investigation, discernment, awareness, continuous application

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anusandhāna

anusandhāna - investigation, discernment, remembrance, connecting, continuous application, awareness

Verbal noun

From anu + sam + root dhā (to place, put) + lyuṭ suffix.

Prefixes: anu+sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of prāpya.

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (self-awareness, referring to ātmasaṃvid from the previous verse) (of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to ātmasaṃvid (feminine) from the previous verse.

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, confusion, infatuation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance, stupor

From root muh (to be bewildered).

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Subject of vinaśyati.

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular

From root naś (class 4 divādi), Parasmaipada.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

घनमोहरतः (ghanamoharataḥ) - absorbed in dense delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghanamoharata

ghanamoharata - absorbed in dense delusion, deeply immersed in ignorance

Compound. ghana (dense) + moha (delusion) + rata (absorbed).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghana+moha+rata)

• ghana – dense, profound, intense
  adjective
• moha – delusion, ignorance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• rata – absorbed, delighted, engaged in
  adjective (past passive participle)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ram (to delight).
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies jantuḥ.

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man, person

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject in the analogy.

स्वकार्यस्मरणम् (svakāryasmaraṇam) - remembrance of one's own task/duty/purpose

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svakāryasmaraṇa

svakāryasmaraṇa - remembrance of one's own work/duty/purpose

Compound. sva (own) + kārya (task) + smaraṇa (remembrance).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+kārya+smaraṇa)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun (reflexive)
• kārya – task, duty, action, purpose
  noun (gerundive) (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ (to do) + ṇyat suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• smaraṇa – remembrance, recollection
  noun (verbal noun) (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  From root smṛ (to remember) + lyuṭ suffix.
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of implied verb (e.g., na vindati or harati). The context implies loses memory.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, for example

(indeclinable)