योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-67, verse-40

इष्टवस्तु चिराभ्यासभास्वान्भासयति प्रजाः ।
तथेन्द्रियाख्यां देहोर्व्यां रात्रिं पश्यन्ति नो यथा ॥ ४० ॥

iṣṭavastu cirābhyāsabhāsvānbhāsayati prajāḥ ,
tathendriyākhyāṃ dehorvyāṃ rātriṃ paśyanti no yathā 40

40. iṣṭavastu cira abhyāsa bhāsvat bhāsayati prajāḥ tathā
indriya ākhyām deha urvyām rātrim paśyanti no yathā

40. cira abhyāsa bhāsvat iṣṭavastu prajāḥ bhāsayati.
tathā yathā indriya ākhyām deha urvyām rātrim no paśyanti.

40. Just as a sun-like brilliance born of prolonged practice (abhyāsa) illuminates desired objects for people, similarly, they do not perceive the night of ignorance, metaphorically called the 'senses' (indriya), residing in the 'earth' (urvī) of the body.

Words meanings summery:

• इष्टवस्तु (iṣṭavastu) - desired object, desired thing

• चिर (cira) - long, lasting, prolonged

• अभ्यास (abhyāsa) - practice, repetition, diligence

• भास्वत् (bhāsvat) - radiant, brilliant, shining (like the sun)

• भासयति (bhāsayati) - he/she/it illuminates, causes to shine

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - people, subjects, offspring

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• इन्द्रिय (indriya) - sense organ, senses

• आख्याम् (ākhyām) - called, named (feminine accusative singular)

• देह (deha) - body

• उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth, in the land

• रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night, darkness

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• नो (no) - not, no

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

इष्टवस्तु (iṣṭavastu) - desired object, desired thing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of iṣṭavastu

iṣṭavastu - desired object, desired thing

Compound type : karmadhāraya (iṣṭa+vastu)

• iṣṭa – desired, wished, beloved
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root iṣ (to wish, desire)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)
• vastu – thing, object, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)

चिर (cira) - long, lasting, prolonged

(adjective)

masculine, singular of cira

cira - long, lasting, prolonged

Note: First part of a compound.

अभ्यास (abhyāsa) - practice, repetition, diligence

(noun)

masculine, singular of abhyāsa

abhyāsa - practice, repetition, diligence, study

from abhi-as (to throw, repeat)

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Second part of a compound.

भास्वत् (bhāsvat) - radiant, brilliant, shining (like the sun)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāsvat

bhāsvat - radiant, brilliant, shining, sun

Present Active Participle

from root bhās (to shine), with vat suffix (possessing)

Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Nom. sg. of 'bhāsvat' stem. The compound 'cirābhyāsabhāsvān' is nominative singular.

भासयति (bhāsayati) - he/she/it illuminates, causes to shine

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhās

Present Indicative, 3rd Person Singular, Causative

from root bhās (to shine), class 1 P., causative suffix -aya

Root: bhās (class 1)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - people, subjects, offspring

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, people, subjects

Root: jan (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रिय (indriya) - sense organ, senses

(noun)

neuter, singular of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, vital power

related to Indra

आख्याम् (ākhyām) - called, named (feminine accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākhyā

ākhyā - name, appellation

from ā-khyā (to name)

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Can be considered a noun in apposition or an adjective.

देह (deha) - body

(noun)

masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

from root dih

Root: dih (class 4)

उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth, in the land

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of urvī

urvī - earth, ground, land

रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night, darkness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night, darkness

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Indicative, 3rd Person Plural

from root dṛś (to see), class 1 P., thematic stem paśya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नो (no) - not, no

(indeclinable)

sandhi form of na before certain sounds or as an emphatic negation

Note: Sandhi form of 'na' for negation.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)