योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-50

श्यामायमाना नायान्ति यावन्मरणवासराः ।
सारः संह्रियतां तावद्वैरस्यं वस्तुदृष्टिषु ॥ ५० ॥

śyāmāyamānā nāyānti yāvanmaraṇavāsarāḥ ,
sāraḥ saṃhriyatāṃ tāvadvairasyaṃ vastudṛṣṭiṣu 50

50. śyāmāyamānāḥ na āyānti yāvat maraṇavāsarāḥ
sāraḥ saṃhriyatām tāvat vairasyam vastudṛṣṭiṣu

50. yāvat maraṇavāsarāḥ śyāmāyamānāḥ na āyānti
tāvat sāraḥ saṃhriyatām vastudṛṣṭiṣu vairasyam

50. Before the days of death arrive and grow dark, let the essence (of wisdom) be gathered, and let aversion (vairāsya) be cultivated towards the perception of (worldly) objects.

Words meanings summery:

• श्यामायमानाः (śyāmāyamānāḥ) - becoming dark, darkening, approaching dusk

• न (na) - not

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they approach

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

• मरणवासराः (maraṇavāsarāḥ) - days of death

• सारः (sāraḥ) - essence, core, strength, wisdom

• संह्रियताम् (saṁhriyatām) - let it be gathered/withdrawn/grasped

• तावत् (tāvat) - then, so long

• वैरस्यम् (vairasyam) - distaste, aversion, disgust, lack of interest

• वस्तुदृष्टिषु (vastudṛṣṭiṣu) - in regards to perceptions of objects, concerning material things

Words meanings and morphology

श्यामायमानाः (śyāmāyamānāḥ) - becoming dark, darkening, approaching dusk

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śyāmāyamāna

śyāmāyamāna - becoming dark, darkening, approaching dusk

Present Middle Participle

denominative verb from śyāma (dark, black) with suffix śānac

Root: śyāma

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they approach

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

(indeclinable)

मरणवासराः (maraṇavāsarāḥ) - days of death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maraṇavāsara

maraṇavāsara - day of death

Compound type : tatpurusha (maraṇa+vāsara)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• vāsara – day
  noun (masculine)

सारः (sāraḥ) - essence, core, strength, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, core, pith, strength, best part, wisdom

संह्रियताम् (saṁhriyatām) - let it be gathered/withdrawn/grasped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of saṃ-hṛ

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - then, so long

(indeclinable)

वैरस्यम् (vairasyam) - distaste, aversion, disgust, lack of interest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vairasya

vairasya - distaste, aversion, disgust, unpleasantness

from virasa (tasteless, unpleasant)

वस्तुदृष्टिषु (vastudṛṣṭiṣu) - in regards to perceptions of objects, concerning material things

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of vastudṛṣṭi

vastudṛṣṭi - perception of objects, view of things

Compound type : tatpurusha (vastu+dṛṣṭi)

• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
• dṛṣṭi – sight, view, perception, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)