योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-138, verse-2

यावत्तच्चेतनं तस्य तमोजोधातुमत्यजम् ।
प्रवृत्तं बाह्यसंवित्तौ समस्तेन्द्रियसंविदा ॥ २ ॥

yāvattaccetanaṃ tasya tamojodhātumatyajam ,
pravṛttaṃ bāhyasaṃvittau samastendriyasaṃvidā 2

2. yāvat tat-cetanam tasya tamaḥ-ojas-dhātum atyajam
pravṛttam bāhya-saṃvittau samasta-indriya-saṃvidā

2. yāvat aham tasya tamaḥ-ojas-dhātum atyajam tāvat tat-cetanam
samasta-indriya-saṃvidā bāhya-saṃvittau pravṛttam

2. While I detached myself from his element of darkness and vitality, that consciousness became involved in external perception, governed by the awareness of all senses.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, until

• तत्-चेतनम् (tat-cetanam) - that consciousness

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his, of it, its

• तमः-ओजस्-धातुम् (tamaḥ-ojas-dhātum) - the constituent of darkness and vitality

• अत्यजम् (atyajam) - I abandoned, I gave up, I renounced

• प्रवृत्तम् (pravṛttam) - engaged, proceeded, directed

• बाह्य-संवित्तौ (bāhya-saṁvittau) - in external consciousness, in external perception

• समस्त-इन्द्रिय-संविदा (samasta-indriya-saṁvidā) - by the consciousness of all senses, through the awareness of all sense organs

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, until

(indeclinable)

तत्-चेतनम् (tat-cetanam) - that consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat-cetana

tat-cetana - that consciousness, that conscious being

Compound noun.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tat+cetana)

• tat – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• cetana – conscious, animate; consciousness, soul
  adjective (neuter)
  From √cit (to perceive, to understand).
  Root: cit (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his, of it, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तमः-ओजस्-धातुम् (tamaḥ-ojas-dhātum) - the constituent of darkness and vitality

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tamaḥ-ojas-dhātu

tamaḥ-ojas-dhātu - element/constituent of darkness and vitality

Compound noun referring to subtle elements related to 'tamas' (darkness, ignorance) and 'ojas' (vital energy).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (tamas+ojas+dhātu)

• tamas – darkness, ignorance, gloom
  noun (neuter)
• ojas – vital energy, vigor, strength, light
  noun (neuter)
• dhātu – element, constituent, basic principle
  noun (masculine)
  From √dhā (to place, support).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

अत्यजम् (atyajam) - I abandoned, I gave up, I renounced

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of atyaj

Imperfect tense (Laṅ Lakāra)

1st person singular imperfect active form of √tyaj.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

प्रवृत्तम् (pravṛttam) - engaged, proceeded, directed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - engaged, proceeded, directed, arisen, begun

Past Passive Participle

From √vṛt (to turn, to be) with upasarga 'pra-'.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

बाह्य-संवित्तौ (bāhya-saṁvittau) - in external consciousness, in external perception

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bāhya-saṃvitti

bāhya-saṁvitti - external consciousness, external perception

Compound noun.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bāhya+saṃvitti)

• bāhya – external, outward
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'bahis' (outside).
• saṃvitti – consciousness, perception, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  From √vid (to know) with upasarga 'sam-'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

समस्त-इन्द्रिय-संविदा (samasta-indriya-saṁvidā) - by the consciousness of all senses, through the awareness of all sense organs

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of samasta-indriya-saṃvid

samasta-indriya-saṁvid - consciousness of all senses

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samasta+indriya+saṃvid)

• samasta – all, entire, whole
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √as (to be) with upasarga 'sam-' and 'ā-'.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: as (class 2)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)
  From 'indra'.
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From √vid (to know) with upasarga 'sam-'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)