योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-11

चिरं विचारयामास शास्त्रमध्यात्मसंमतम् ।
आत्मज्ञानैकमात्रेण संसृत्याख्या विषूचिका ॥ ११ ॥

ciraṃ vicārayāmāsa śāstramadhyātmasaṃmatam ,
ātmajñānaikamātreṇa saṃsṛtyākhyā viṣūcikā 11

11. ciram vicārayāmāsa śāstram adhyātmasaṃmatam
ātmajñānaikamātreṇa saṃsṛtyākhyā viṣūcikā

11. (saḥ) ciram adhyātmasaṃmatam śāstram vicārayāmāsa (iti yat) ātmajñānaikamātreṇa saṃsṛtyākhyā viṣūcikā (śāmyati).

11. (Someone) pondered for a long time over scriptures consistent with spiritual teachings, (thinking that) solely by means of self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna), the epidemic-like disease called transmigratory existence (saṃsāra)—

Words meanings summery:

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• विचारयामास (vicārayāmāsa) - he/she/it pondered, deliberated, investigated

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, treatise, doctrine, teaching

• अध्यात्मसंमतम् (adhyātmasaṁmatam) - approved by spiritual wisdom, consistent with spiritual teachings, deemed correct by the inner self (adhyātman)

• आत्मज्ञानैकमात्रेण (ātmajñānaikamātreṇa) - solely by means of self-knowledge (ātman), by ātma-jñāna alone

• संसृत्याख्या (saṁsṛtyākhyā) - named saṃsṛti, called transmigratory existence

• विषूचिका (viṣūcikā) - an epidemic-like, severe disease (cholera, epidemic, sharp pain/disease)

Words meanings and morphology

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter of cira).

विचारयामास (vicārayāmāsa) - he/she/it pondered, deliberated, investigated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vicār

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed with the suffix 'āmāsa' (from the root 'as' - to be) after the nominalized causative stem 'vicāra' (from 'vi' + 'car').

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, treatise, doctrine, teaching

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, treatise, doctrine, teaching, rule

अध्यात्मसंमतम् (adhyātmasaṁmatam) - approved by spiritual wisdom, consistent with spiritual teachings, deemed correct by the inner self (adhyātman)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhyātmasaṃmata

adhyātmasaṁmata - approved by spiritual wisdom, agreeable to spiritual principle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhyātman+saṃmata)

• adhyātman – the supreme spirit, the individual soul, spiritual principle (ātman)
  noun (neuter)
• saṃmata – approved, agreed upon, esteemed, thought of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the verb root 'man' (to think) with prefix 'sam' (together, completely).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: man

आत्मज्ञानैकमात्रेण (ātmajñānaikamātreṇa) - solely by means of self-knowledge (ātman), by ātma-jñāna alone

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ātmajñānaikamātra

ātmajñānaikamātra - consisting solely of self-knowledge

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ātman+jñāna+eka+mātra)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
• eka – one, single, alone
  adjective
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  adjective

Note: Used adverbially.

संसृत्याख्या (saṁsṛtyākhyā) - named saṃsṛti, called transmigratory existence

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛtyākhyā

saṁsṛtyākhyā - named saṃsṛti

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃsṛti+ākhyā)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, cyclic existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
• ākhyā – name, designation, appellation
  noun (feminine)

विषूचिका (viṣūcikā) - an epidemic-like, severe disease (cholera, epidemic, sharp pain/disease)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣūcikā

viṣūcikā - cholera, epidemic, severe disease (lit. 'shooting in different directions')