योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-23

यथा कषति चिद्रूपं तथैव रतिमेत्य तत् ।
दृष्टादृष्टैः स्वसंसारैश्चिरमास्ते यथा चिरम् ॥ २३ ॥

yathā kaṣati cidrūpaṃ tathaiva ratimetya tat ,
dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaiḥ svasaṃsāraiściramāste yathā ciram 23

23. yathā kaṣati cit-rūpam tathā eva ratim etya tat
dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭaiḥ sva-saṃsāraiḥ ciram āste yathā ciram

23. yathā cit-rūpam kaṣati,
tathā eva tat dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭaiḥ sva-saṃsāraiḥ ratim etya ciram āste yathā ciram.

23. Just as the essential nature of consciousness (cit-rūpam) manifests itself, so too does it (consciousness) find satisfaction through its own perceived and unperceived worldly experiences (saṃsāra). In this way, it endures for a very long time, as it always has.

Words meanings summery:

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

• कषति (kaṣati) - reveals or manifests itself (manifests, shines, tests, examines, reveals)

• चित्-रूपम् (cit-rūpam) - the form of consciousness, pure consciousness, essential nature of consciousness

• तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

• रतिम् (ratim) - delight, joy, satisfaction, pleasure

• एत्य (etya) - having gone, having attained, having reached

• तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to consciousness)

• दृष्ट-अदृष्टैः (dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭaiḥ) - by the seen and unseen, by the manifest and unmanifest

• स्व-संसारैः (sva-saṁsāraiḥ) - by its own worldly existences, by its own cycles of birth and death, by its own experiences

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

• आस्ते (āste) - remains, abides, sits, endures

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

• चिरम् (ciram) - always, enduringly (for a long time, perpetually, always)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

कषति (kaṣati) - reveals or manifests itself (manifests, shines, tests, examines, reveals)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kaṣ

Root: kaṣ (class 1)

चित्-रूपम् (cit-rūpam) - the form of consciousness, pure consciousness, essential nature of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-rūpa

cit-rūpa - of the form of consciousness, whose nature is consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+rūpa)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone, certainly

(indeclinable)

रतिम् (ratim) - delight, joy, satisfaction, pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rati

rati - delight, pleasure, joy, love, attachment

Root: ram (class 1)

एत्य (etya) - having gone, having attained, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with suffix -tvā / -ya, here -ya because of implicit upasarga or special form.

Root: i (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to consciousness)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

दृष्ट-अदृष्टैः (dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭaiḥ) - by the seen and unseen, by the manifest and unmanifest

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭa - seen and unseen, manifest and unmanifest

Compound type : dvandva (dṛṣṭa+adṛṣṭa)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, manifest
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• adṛṣṭa – unseen, unperceived, unknown, destiny, fate
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (negative)
  Derived from root dṛś (to see) with negative prefix 'a-'
  Prefix: a
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्व-संसारैः (sva-saṁsāraiḥ) - by its own worldly existences, by its own cycles of birth and death, by its own experiences

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sva-saṃsāra

sva-saṁsāra - one's own worldly existence/experience

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+saṃsāra)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence, mundane experience
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - remains, abides, sits, endures

(verb)

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

Root: ās (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

चिरम् (ciram) - always, enduringly (for a long time, perpetually, always)

(indeclinable)