योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-32, verse-17

क्षीयते तत्त्ववित्सङ्गादहमित्येव बन्धनम् ।
आलोकेनेव तिमिरं दिवसेनेव यामिनी ॥ १७ ॥

kṣīyate tattvavitsaṅgādahamityeva bandhanam ,
ālokeneva timiraṃ divaseneva yāminī 17

17. kṣīyate tattvavit-saṅgāt aham iti eva bandhanam
| ālokena iva timiram divasena iva yāminī ||

17. tattvavit-saṅgāt aham iti eva bandhanam kṣīyate ālokena iva timiram,
divasena iva yāminī

17. Through association with those who understand the true nature of reality (tattva), the bondage which is the sense of "I" (ahaṃ) diminishes, just as darkness is dispelled by light, or night by day.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - diminishes, wastes away, is destroyed

• तत्त्ववित्-सङ्गात् (tattvavit-saṅgāt) - from the company of a knower of truth/reality

• अहम् (aham) - the sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṃ) (I, ego)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or an idea

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, emphatically

• बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, fetter, tie

• आलोकेन (ālokena) - by light, by perception

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तिमिरम् (timiram) - darkness, gloom

• दिवसेन (divasena) - by day, by daylight

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• यामिनी (yāminī) - night

Words meanings and morphology

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - diminishes, wastes away, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṣī

Root: kṣi (class 9)

तत्त्ववित्-सङ्गात् (tattvavit-saṅgāt) - from the company of a knower of truth/reality

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tattvavit-saṅga

tattvavit-saṅga - association with a knower of reality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattvavit+saṅga)

• tattvavit – knower of truth, knower of reality
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from tattva (reality) + vid (to know), with a kvip suffix.
  Root: vid (class 2)
• saṅga – company, association, attachment
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - the sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṃ) (I, ego)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or an idea

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, emphatically

(indeclinable)

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, fetter, tie

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bandhana

bandhana - bondage, fetter, tie, binding

Root: bandh (class 1)

आलोकेन (ālokena) - by light, by perception

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of āloka

āloka - light, sight, perception, viewing

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तिमिरम् (timiram) - darkness, gloom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of timira

timira - darkness, gloom, obscurity

दिवसेन (divasena) - by day, by daylight

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of divasa

divasa - day, daylight

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

यामिनी (yāminī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yāminī

yāminī - night