योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-51, verse-24

शरदभ्रवदालूना मृगतृष्णाम्बुव्रत्तथा ।
पुनः संस्पृश्यमानैव बोधाद्गलति दृश्यता ॥ २४ ॥

śaradabhravadālūnā mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvrattathā ,
punaḥ saṃspṛśyamānaiva bodhādgalati dṛśyatā 24

24. śarat-abhravat ālūnā mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat tathā
punaḥ saṃspṛśyamānā eva bodhāt galati dṛśyatā

24. tathā śarat-abhravat ālūnā mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat
punaḥ saṃspṛśyamānā eva dṛśyatā bodhāt galati

24. Just like dissipating autumn clouds, and like the waters of a mirage, so too, the visible world (dṛśyatā), even when perceived again, dissolves through true knowledge (bodha).

Words meanings summery:

• शरत्-अभ्रवत् (śarat-abhravat) - like autumn clouds

• आलूना (ālūnā) - cut off, torn, dissipated, dissolved

• मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like mirage water

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

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

• संस्पृश्यमाना (saṁspṛśyamānā) - being touched, being perceived, being contacted

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

• बोधात् (bodhāt) - due to true knowledge (bodha) (from knowledge, due to awakening, by understanding)

• गलति (galati) - dissipates, flows away, dissolves, melts

• दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - visibility, perceptibility, the visible world

Words meanings and morphology

शरत्-अभ्रवत् (śarat-abhravat) - like autumn clouds

(indeclinable)

Compound of śarat (autumn), abhra (cloud), and suffix vat (like, as).

Compound type : avyayibhāva (śarat+abhra+vat)

• śarat – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adverbs of comparison.

आलूना (ālūnā) - cut off, torn, dissipated, dissolved

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ālūna

ālūna - cut off, torn, dissipated, destroyed, dissolved

Past Passive Participle

From root lū- 'to cut' with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: lū (class 9)

मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत् (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvat) - like mirage water

(indeclinable)

Compound of mṛgatṛṣṇā (mirage), ambu (water), and suffix vat (like, as).

Compound type : avyayibhāva (mṛgatṛṣṇā+ambu+vat)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage, deer's thirst
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of mṛga (deer) and tṛṣṇā (thirst).
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adverbs of comparison.

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

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

संस्पृश्यमाना (saṁspṛśyamānā) - being touched, being perceived, being contacted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃspṛśyamāna

saṁspṛśyamāna - being touched, being contacted, being perceived, being sensed

Present Passive Participle

From root spṛś- 'to touch' with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: spṛś (class 6)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

बोधात् (bodhāt) - due to true knowledge (bodha) (from knowledge, due to awakening, by understanding)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - knowledge, understanding, awakening, perception

Derived from root budh- 'to know, awaken'.

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause or source of dissipation.

गलति (galati) - dissipates, flows away, dissolves, melts

(verb)

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

Present active, 3rd person singular

From root gal- (class 1) 'to drop, flow'.

Root: gal (class 1)

दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - visibility, perceptibility, the visible world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - visibility, perceptibility, the visible world, phenomena

Derived from dṛśya (visible, to be seen) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb galati.