योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-58, verse-8

यथाऽनलगिरिं प्राप्य हिमलेशो विलीयते ।
शुद्धमासाद्य चित्तत्त्वमविद्या लीयते तथा ॥ ८ ॥

yathā'nalagiriṃ prāpya himaleśo vilīyate ,
śuddhamāsādya cittattvamavidyā līyate tathā 8

8. yathā analagirim prāpya himaleśaḥ vilīyate
śuddham āsādya cittattvam avidyā līyate tathā

8. yathā analagirim prāpya himaleśaḥ vilīyate
tathā śuddham cittattvam āsādya avidyā līyate

8. Just as a trace of snow melts away upon reaching a mountain of fire, similarly, ignorance (avidyā) dissolves upon attaining the pure essence of consciousness (cittattva).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• अनलगिरिम् (analagirim) - mountain of fire

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained, upon reaching

• हिमलेशः (himaleśaḥ) - a trace of snow, a particle of ice

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - melts away, dissolves, disappears

• शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clean, clear

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained, having reached, upon attaining

• चित्तत्त्वम् (cittattvam) - essence of consciousness (cittattva) (principle of consciousness, essence of consciousness)

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

• लीयते (līyate) - dissolves, melts away, disappears

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so, similarly

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

अनलगिरिम् (analagirim) - mountain of fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of analagiri

analagiri - fire mountain

Compound type : Tatpurusha (anala+giri)

• anala – fire, flame
  noun (masculine)
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained, upon reaching

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

हिमलेशः (himaleśaḥ) - a trace of snow, a particle of ice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himaleśa

himaleśa - a particle of snow/ice

Compound type : Tatpurusha (hima+leśa)

• hima – snow, ice, cold
  noun (neuter)
• leśa – a small part, a particle, a trace
  noun (masculine)

विलीयते (vilīyate) - melts away, dissolves, disappears

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

शुद्धम् (śuddham) - pure, clean, clear

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, spotless

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained, having reached, upon attaining

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'sad' with prefix 'ā' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

चित्तत्त्वम् (cittattvam) - essence of consciousness (cittattva) (principle of consciousness, essence of consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cittattva

cittattva - principle of consciousness, essence of thought

Compound type : Tatpurusha (cit+tattva)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• tattva – reality, truth, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, false knowledge

Negation ('a-') of 'vidyā' (knowledge).

लीयते (līyate) - dissolves, melts away, disappears

(verb)

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

Root: lī (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)