योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-45, verse-55

जगत्तूलः परे शान्ते न जाने क्वाशु गच्छति ।
चित्राग्निनेव बोधेन तेन जाड्यं न शाम्यति ॥ ५५ ॥

jagattūlaḥ pare śānte na jāne kvāśu gacchati ,
citrāgnineva bodhena tena jāḍyaṃ na śāmyati 55

55. jagat-tūlaḥ pare śānte na jāne kva āśu gacchati
citra-agninā iva bodhena tena jāḍyam na śāmyati

55. pare śānte (sati),
jagat-tūlaḥ kva āśu gacchati,
(aham) na jāne.
citra-agninā iva tena bodhena jāḍyam na śāmyati.

55. When the Supreme (brahman) is peaceful, I truly do not know where the world, which is like cotton fluff, quickly disappears. Dullness (jāḍya) does not subside through such knowledge (bodha) which is merely like a painted fire (citrāgni).

Words meanings summery:

• जगत्-तूलः (jagat-tūlaḥ) - the cotton-like world, the world as cotton fluff

• परे (pare) - when the Supreme (brahman) is (in the supreme, in the ultimate)

• शान्ते (śānte) - when (the Supreme) is peaceful (in the peaceful, in the tranquil)

• न (na) - not, no

• जाने (jāne) - I do not know (I know, I understand)

• क्व (kva) - where, to what place

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• गच्छति (gacchati) - disappears (goes, proceeds)

• चित्र-अग्निना (citra-agninā) - by a painted fire, by a picture of fire

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• बोधेन (bodhena) - by knowledge, by understanding, by enlightenment

• तेन (tena) - by that (kind of knowledge) (by that)

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - dullness (spiritual ignorance) (dullness, inertia, ignorance, stupidity)

• न (na) - not, no

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, ceases, becomes calm

Words meanings and morphology

जगत्-तूलः (jagat-tūlaḥ) - the cotton-like world, the world as cotton fluff

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagat-tūla

jagat-tūla - the world as cotton, world-cotton

Compound type : upama-tatpurusha (jagat+tūla)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• tūla – cotton, fluff, down
  noun (masculine)

परे (pare) - when the Supreme (brahman) is (in the supreme, in the ultimate)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, transcendent

शान्ते (śānte) - when (the Supreme) is peaceful (in the peaceful, in the tranquil)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, pacified, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √śam (to be calm, cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I do not know (I know, I understand)

(verb)

1st person , singular, ātmanepada, present (lat) of √jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्व (kva) - where, to what place

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - disappears (goes, proceeds)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

चित्र-अग्निना (citra-agninā) - by a painted fire, by a picture of fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of citra-agni

citra-agni - painted fire, picture of fire

Compound type : tatpurusha (citra+agni)

• citra – painted, variegated, wonderful, picture
  adjective
• agni – fire; the god Agni
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

बोधेन (bodhena) - by knowledge, by understanding, by enlightenment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - knowledge, understanding, enlightenment, awakening

Root: budh (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by that (kind of knowledge) (by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - dullness (spiritual ignorance) (dullness, inertia, ignorance, stupidity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - dullness, inertia, apathy, coldness, ignorance, stupidity

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, ceases, becomes calm

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √śam

Root: śam (class 4)