योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-81, verse-78

संवित्प्रकाशं विद्यादि सूर्यमग्निं विदुर्बुधाः ।
असज्जाड्यं तमो विद्याद्याहुः सोमं मनीषिणः ॥ ७८ ॥

saṃvitprakāśaṃ vidyādi sūryamagniṃ vidurbudhāḥ ,
asajjāḍyaṃ tamo vidyādyāhuḥ somaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ 78

78. saṃvit-prakāśam vidyā-ādi sūryam agnim viduḥ budhāḥ
| asat-jāḍyam tamaḥ avidyā-ādi āhuḥ somam manīṣiṇaḥ

78. budhāḥ saṃvit-prakāśam vidyā-ādi sūryam agnim viduḥ
manīṣiṇaḥ asat-jāḍyam tamaḥ avidyā-ādi somam āhuḥ

78. The wise (budhāḥ) know knowledge (vidyā) – beginning with consciousness and light – as the sun and fire. The discerning (manīṣiṇaḥ) call ignorance (avidyā) – beginning with non-existence, inertia, and darkness – as *soma*.

Words meanings summery:

• संवित्-प्रकाशम् (saṁvit-prakāśam) - consciousness and light (consciousness and light, luminous consciousness)

• विद्या-आदि (vidyā-ādi) - beginning with knowledge (vidyā) (knowledge etc., beginning with knowledge)

• सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire, god of fire

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

• बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise (budhāḥ) (the wise, intelligent, learned)

• असत्-जाड्यम् (asat-jāḍyam) - non-existence and inertia (non-existence and inertia, non-existent inertia)

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, ignorance, dullness)

• अविद्या-आदि (avidyā-ādi) - beginning with ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance etc., beginning with ignorance)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call (they say, they speak, they declare)

• सोमम् (somam) - Soma (Soma, the moon, a plant)

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the discerning (manīṣiṇaḥ) (the wise, discerning, intelligent)

Words meanings and morphology

संवित्-प्रकाशम् (saṁvit-prakāśam) - consciousness and light (consciousness and light, luminous consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvit-prakāśa

saṁvit-prakāśa - consciousness and light, luminous consciousness

Compound noun

Compound type : dvandva (saṃvit+prakāśa)

• saṃvit – consciousness, knowledge, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• prakāśa – light, splendor, manifestation, appearance
  noun (masculine)

विद्या-आदि (vidyā-ādi) - beginning with knowledge (vidyā) (knowledge etc., beginning with knowledge)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidyā-ādi

vidyā-ādi - knowledge etc., beginning with knowledge

Compound noun indicating a category starting with 'vidyā'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidyā+ādi)

• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, first, and so on
  noun (masculine)

सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, sun-god

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire, god of fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise (budhāḥ) (the wise, intelligent, learned)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of budha

budha - wise, learned, intelligent person, the planet Mercury

Root: budh (class 1)

असत्-जाड्यम् (asat-jāḍyam) - non-existence and inertia (non-existence and inertia, non-existent inertia)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asat-jāḍya

asat-jāḍya - non-existence and inertia

Compound noun

Compound type : dvandva (asat+jāḍya)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false, evil
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root as (to be), negation na + as
  Root: as (class 2)
• jāḍya – coldness, dullness, inertia, apathy
  noun (neuter)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, ignorance, dullness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, dullness, one of the three guṇas

अविद्या-आदि (avidyā-ādi) - beginning with ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance etc., beginning with ignorance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avidyā-ādi

avidyā-ādi - ignorance etc., beginning with ignorance

Compound noun indicating a category starting with 'avidyā'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avidyā+ādi)

• avidyā – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, first, and so on
  noun (masculine)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call (they say, they speak, they declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense form from root vac/brū

Root: vac (class 2)

सोमम् (somam) - Soma (Soma, the moon, a plant)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma, the moon, a plant, a deity

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the discerning (manīṣiṇaḥ) (the wise, discerning, intelligent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, discerning, a sage