योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-11, verse-7

जीवो भवति दुर्घूणोऽमृत्यात्मैव यथा तथा ।
अत्यजन्ती निज रूपं चिज्जडं रूपमृच्छति ॥ ७ ॥

jīvo bhavati durghūṇo'mṛtyātmaiva yathā tathā ,
atyajantī nija rūpaṃ cijjaḍaṃ rūpamṛcchati 7

7. jīvaḥ bhavati durghūṇaḥ amṛtya-ātmā eva yathā
tathā atyajantī nijam rūpam cit-jaḍam rūpam ṛcchati

7. jīvaḥ durghūṇaḥ bhavati,
yathā amṛtya-ātmā eva tathā.
nijaṃ rūpam atyajantī cit-jaḍaṃ rūpam ṛcchati.

7. The individual soul (jīva) becomes like a wood-boring creature (durghūṇa), just as the immortal self (ātman) itself does. Without abandoning its true nature, it attains a form that is both conscious and inert.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• दुर्घूणः (durghūṇaḥ) - like a being that bores into something, becoming entangled; used metaphorically for the jīva's entanglement (woodworm, wicked, corrupt)

• अमृत्य-आत्मा (amṛtya-ātmā) - immortal self

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word or idea (indeed, only, just, even)

• यथा (yathā) - introduces a comparison (as, just as, in which way)

• तथा (tathā) - completes a comparison started by 'yathā' (so, thus, in that way)

• अत्यजन्ती (atyajantī) - not abandoning, not leaving

• निजम् (nijam) - own, innate

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

• चित्-जडम् (cit-jaḍam) - referring to the dual nature of embodied existence, which includes both consciousness and matter (conscious and inert, sentient and insentient)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

• ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - attains, goes to, reaches

Words meanings and morphology

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, life

from root jīv- 'to live'

Root: jīv (class 1)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present Active Indicative

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुर्घूणः (durghūṇaḥ) - like a being that bores into something, becoming entangled; used metaphorically for the jīva's entanglement (woodworm, wicked, corrupt)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durghūṇa

durghūṇa - woodworm, wicked, corrupt, evil-minded

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+ghūṇa)

• dur – bad, difficult, evil
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ghūṇa – revolving, turning, woodworm, insect
  noun (masculine)

अमृत्य-आत्मा (amṛtya-ātmā) - immortal self

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amṛtya-ātman

amṛtya-ātman - immortal self

Compound type : karmadhāraya (amṛtya+ātman)

• amṛtya – immortal, deathless
  adjective (masculine)
  a- (not) + mṛtyu (death)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Declined like ātman.

एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word or idea (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - introduces a comparison (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - completes a comparison started by 'yathā' (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

अत्यजन्ती (atyajantī) - not abandoning, not leaving

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atyajant

atyajant - not abandoning, not leaving

Present Active Participle

from root tyaj- (to abandon) with prefix a- (not)

Prefix: a

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Declined as a feminine noun, acting as a substantive or participle modifying the implied subject.

निजम् (nijam) - own, innate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nija

nija - own, innate, natural

Note: Agrees with 'rūpam'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, nature, appearance, beauty

चित्-जडम् (cit-jaḍam) - referring to the dual nature of embodied existence, which includes both consciousness and matter (conscious and inert, sentient and insentient)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cit-jaḍa

cit-jaḍa - conscious and inert, sentient and insentient

Compound type : dvandva (cit+jaḍa)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge, pure thought
  noun (feminine)
• jaḍa – inert, inanimate, dull, foolish
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'rūpam'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, nature, appearance, beauty

ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - attains, goes to, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ṛch

Present Active Indicative

Root: ṛch (class 1)