योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-3

भोगतृष्णाविषावेशो यदैवोपशमं गतः ।
तदैवमस्तमज्ञानमान्ध्यं ध्वान्तक्षयादिव ॥ ३ ॥

bhogatṛṣṇāviṣāveśo yadaivopaśamaṃ gataḥ ,
tadaivamastamajñānamāndhyaṃ dhvāntakṣayādiva 3

3. bhogatṛṣṇāviṣāveśaḥ yadā eva upaśamam gataḥ tadā
eva astam ajñānam āndhyam dhvānta kṣayāt iva

3. yadā eva bhogatṛṣṇāviṣāveśaḥ upaśamam gataḥ tadā
eva astam ajñānam āndhyam dhvānta kṣayāt iva

3. When the intense desire (tṛṣṇā) for worldly enjoyments, like an intoxicating poison, subsides, then ignorance (ajñāna) and spiritual blindness vanish, just as darkness disappears with the arrival of light.

Words meanings summery:

• भोगतृष्णाविषावेशः (bhogatṛṣṇāviṣāveśaḥ) - the intoxication of the poison of craving for enjoyment

• यदा (yadā) - when

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• उपशमम् (upaśamam) - pacification, cessation, tranquility

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, reached, attained

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अस्तम् (astam) - disappearance, setting, gone, vanished

• अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance, nescience (ajñāna)

• आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - blindness, spiritual blindness

• ध्वान्त (dhvānta) - darkness, gloom

• क्षयात् (kṣayāt) - from decay, from destruction, from removal

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

भोगतृष्णाविषावेशः (bhogatṛṣṇāviṣāveśaḥ) - the intoxication of the poison of craving for enjoyment

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhoga+tṛṣṇā+viṣa+āveśa)

• bhoga – enjoyment, experience, worldly pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – craving, thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• āveśa – entering, possession, intoxication, intense absorption
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'viś' (to enter) with prefix 'ā-' and suffix '-a'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: viś (class 6)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

उपशमम् (upaśamam) - pacification, cessation, tranquility

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upaśama

upaśama - pacification, cessation, tranquility, subsidence

Derived from root 'śam' (to be quiet) with prefix 'upa-'.

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) + suffix '-kta'.

Root: gam (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अस्तम् (astam) - disappearance, setting, gone, vanished

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asta

asta - disappearance, setting (of sun/moon), gone, vanished

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'to disappearance'.

अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance, nescience (ajñāna)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (ajñāna)

Negation 'a-' of 'jñāna' (knowledge).

Root: jñā (class 9)

आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - blindness, spiritual blindness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āndhya

āndhya - blindness

Derived from 'andha' (blind) + suffix '-ya'.

ध्वान्त (dhvānta) - darkness, gloom

(noun)

neuter, singular of dhvānta

dhvānta - darkness, gloom, obscurity

Note: Used as the first part of the compound 'dhvāntakṣayāt'.

क्षयात् (kṣayāt) - from decay, from destruction, from removal

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - decay, destruction, removal, end, loss

Derived from root 'kṣi' (to destroy, diminish).

Root: kṣi (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)