योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-163, verse-16

साधुसंपर्कसच्छास्त्रसमालोकनतोऽनिशम् ।
जितेन्द्रियो यथावस्तु जगत्सत्यं प्रपश्यति ॥ १६ ॥

sādhusaṃparkasacchāstrasamālokanato'niśam ,
jitendriyo yathāvastu jagatsatyaṃ prapaśyati 16

16. sādhusaṃparka sacchāstrasamālokanataḥ aniśam
jitendriyaḥ yathāvastu jagat satyam prapaśyati

16. jitendriyaḥ aniśam sādhusaṃparka sacchāstrasamālokanataḥ
jagat yathāvastu satyam prapaśyati

16. Through constant association with virtuous individuals (sādhu) and diligent study of beneficial scriptures (śāstra), one who has conquered their senses (indriya) perceives the world (jagat) as it truly is, recognizing its ultimate reality (satya).

Words meanings summery:

• साधुसंपर्क (sādhusaṁparka) - association with virtuous individuals (sādhu) (association with virtuous people)

• सच्छास्त्रसमालोकनतः (sacchāstrasamālokanataḥ) - through diligent study of beneficial scriptures (śāstra) (from the diligent study/observation of beneficial scriptures)

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly (constantly, incessantly, day and night)

• जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered their senses (indriya) (one who has conquered the senses, self-controlled)

• यथावस्तु (yathāvastu) - as it truly is (as it truly is, according to reality, accurately)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - its ultimate reality (satya) (real, true, reality)

• प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - perceives (perceives, sees clearly, understands)

Words meanings and morphology

साधुसंपर्क (sādhusaṁparka) - association with virtuous individuals (sādhu) (association with virtuous people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhusaṃparka

sādhusaṁparka - contact with good people, association with saints

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (sādhu+saṃparka)

• sādhu – virtuous, good, saintly, a good person
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  From √sādh (to accomplish)
  Root: sādh (class 5)
• saṃparka – contact, association, connection, intercourse
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + √pṛc (to touch, mix)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pṛc (class 7)

Note: It functions as the first part of the large compound 'sādhusaṃparkasacchāstrasamālokanataḥ'.

सच्छास्त्रसमालोकनतः (sacchāstrasamālokanataḥ) - through diligent study of beneficial scriptures (śāstra) (from the diligent study/observation of beneficial scriptures)

(indeclinable)

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat+śāstra+samālokana)

• sat – good, true, real, virtuous
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Present Active Participle
  From √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• śāstra – scripture, sacred treatise, teaching, rule
  noun (neuter)
  From √śās (to teach)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• samālokana – careful observation, seeing well, study, contemplation
  noun (neuter)
  From sam + ā + √lok (to see)
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: lok (class 10)

Note: The tasi suffix makes this effectively indeclinable for case, acting adverbially.

अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly (constantly, incessantly, day and night)

(indeclinable)

From a (not) + niśā (night). Literally 'not at night' implies 'always', 'daytime' and thus 'constantly'.

जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered their senses (indriya) (one who has conquered the senses, self-controlled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has conquered his senses, self-controlled

Compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, subdued, won
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Sandhi ḥ to o before y in yathāvastu.

यथावस्तु (yathāvastu) - as it truly is (as it truly is, according to reality, accurately)

(indeclinable)

Compound

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vastu)

• yathā – as, according to, in which manner
  indeclinable
• vastu – reality, substance, object, thing
  noun (neuter)

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, people, living beings, moving

Present active participle (from √gam)

From √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

सत्यम् (satyam) - its ultimate reality (satya) (real, true, reality)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, truthful, truth, reality

From sat (being, truth)

प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - perceives (perceives, sees clearly, understands)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From pra + √paś (root √dṛś in present stem)

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)