योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-51, verse-23

यथा गलितुमारब्धो घनो गगनतामियात् ।
तथा सत्यावबोधेन शाम्येत्सात्मग्रहं जगत् ॥ २३ ॥

yathā galitumārabdho ghano gaganatāmiyāt ,
tathā satyāvabodhena śāmyetsātmagrahaṃ jagat 23

23. yathā galitum ārabdhaḥ ghanaḥ gaganatām iyāt
tathā satyāvabodhena śāmyet sa-ātmagraham jagat

23. yathā ghanaḥ galitum ārabdhaḥ gaganatām iyāt
tathā satyāvabodhena sa-ātmagraham jagat śāmyet

23. Just as a cloud, having begun to dissipate, merges into the state of the open sky, so too, by the realization of truth, the entire world (jagat), along with its mistaken self-identification (ātman), would subside.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• गलितुम् (galitum) - to dissipate, to melt, to flow away, to dissolve

• आरब्धः (ārabdhaḥ) - begun, started, undertaken

• घनः (ghanaḥ) - cloud, dense, solid

• गगनताम् (gaganatām) - state of the sky, sky-ness

• इयात् (iyāt) - would go, would attain, might go

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• सत्यावबोधेन (satyāvabodhena) - by the realization of truth, by true understanding

• शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - would subside, would cease, would calm down

• स-आत्मग्रहम् (sa-ātmagraham) - along with its mistaken self-identification (ātman) (with self-identification, along with the grasping of the self)

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

गलितुम् (galitum) - to dissipate, to melt, to flow away, to dissolve

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of gal

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root gal-.

Root: gal (class 1)

Note: Used with ārabdhaḥ meaning "begun to flow/dissipate".

आरब्धः (ārabdhaḥ) - begun, started, undertaken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārabdha

ārabdha - begun, started, undertaken, commenced

Past Passive Participle

From root rabh- 'to seize' with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

घनः (ghanaḥ) - cloud, dense, solid

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghana

ghana - cloud, dense, compact, solid, mass

गगनताम् (gaganatām) - state of the sky, sky-ness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaganatā

gaganatā - the state of being the sky, sky-ness

Derived from gagana (sky) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

इयात् (iyāt) - would go, would attain, might go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of i

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root i- (class 2) 'to go'. Optative expresses possibility, wish, or potential.

Root: i (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

सत्यावबोधेन (satyāvabodhena) - by the realization of truth, by true understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of satyāvabodha

satyāvabodha - realization of truth, true understanding, awakening to reality

Compound of satya (truth) and avabodha (understanding, realization).

Compound type : tatpurusha (satya+avabodha)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• avabodha – understanding, comprehension, realization, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root budh- 'to know' with prefix ava-
  Prefix: ava
  Root: budh (class 1)

शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - would subside, would cease, would calm down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śam

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root śam- (class 4) 'to be calm'. Optative expresses possibility, wish, or potential.

Root: śam (class 4)

स-आत्मग्रहम् (sa-ātmagraham) - along with its mistaken self-identification (ātman) (with self-identification, along with the grasping of the self)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sa-ātmagraha

sa-ātmagraha - along with self-identification/grasping, having self-identification

Bahuvrihi compound with sa (with) and ātmagraha (self-grasping).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+ātmagraha)

• sa – with, together with, having
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'with' or 'together'.
• ātmagraha – self-identification, ego-grasping, misconception of self
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of ātman (self) and graha (grasping, seizing).

Note: Modifies jagat.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root gam- 'to go', literally 'that which moves'.

Root: gam (class 1)