योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-2

श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।
भ्रमस्य जागतस्यास्य जातस्याकाशवर्णवत् ।
अपुनःस्मरणं मन्ये साधो विस्मरणं वरम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīvālmīkiruvāca ,
bhramasya jāgatasyāsya jātasyākāśavarṇavat ,
apunaḥsmaraṇaṃ manye sādho vismaraṇaṃ varam 2

2. śrīvālmīkiḥ uvāca bhramasya jāgatasya asya jātasya
ākāśa-varṇa-vat apunaḥsmaraṇam manye sādho vismaraṇam varam

2. Śrī Vālmīki said: "O good one (sādhu)! I believe that forgetting is better than non-recollection for this worldly illusion (bhrama) that has arisen, like a color in the sky."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Śrī Vālmīki (name of the sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भ्रमस्य (bhramasya) - of illusion (of illusion, of error, of wandering)

• जागतस्य (jāgatasya) - of the worldly (illusion) (of the worldly, of the waking state)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (of this, his, its)

• जातस्य (jātasya) - of that which has arisen (of that which has arisen, born)

• आकाश-वर्ण-वत् (ākāśa-varṇa-vat) - like a color in the sky, like the sky's hue

• अपुनःस्मरणम् (apunaḥsmaraṇam) - non-recollection, not remembering again

• मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I believe, I consider)

• साधो (sādho) - O good one (addressing Bharadvāja) (O good one, O virtuous one)

• विस्मरणम् (vismaraṇam) - forgetting, oblivion

• वरम् (varam) - better (better, excellent, best, desirable)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Śrī Vālmīki (name of the sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvālmīki

śrīvālmīki - Śrī Vālmīki (a revered sage, author of Ramayana)

Compound 'śrī' (illustrious) + 'vālmīki' (name).

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī+vālmīki)

• śrī – radiance, beauty, prosperity, glory, veneration (honorific prefix)
  noun (feminine)
• vālmīki – Valmiki (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect indicative (lit) of vac

Perfect Active Indicative

Root: vac (class 2)

भ्रमस्य (bhramasya) - of illusion (of illusion, of error, of wandering)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - wandering, error, illusion, confusion, delusion

From root √bhram (to wander, to err).

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Dependent on 'apunaḥsmaraṇam' and 'vismaraṇam'.

जागतस्य (jāgatasya) - of the worldly (illusion) (of the worldly, of the waking state)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāgata

jāgata - belonging to the world, worldly, pertaining to the waking state

Derived from 'jagat' (world).

Note: Qualifies 'bhramasya'.

अस्य (asya) - of this (of this, his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies 'bhramasya'.

जातस्य (jātasya) - of that which has arisen (of that which has arisen, born)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root √jan (to be born, arise).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'bhramasya'.

आकाश-वर्ण-वत् (ākāśa-varṇa-vat) - like a color in the sky, like the sky's hue

(indeclinable)

Compound 'ākāśa' (sky) + 'varṇa' (color) with the possessive suffix '-vat' used adverbially.

Compound type : tatpurusha (ākāśa+varṇa)

• ākāśa – sky, ether, space
  noun (masculine)
• varṇa – color, hue, appearance, caste, letter
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial.

अपुनःस्मरणम् (apunaḥsmaraṇam) - non-recollection, not remembering again

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apunaḥsmaraṇa

apunaḥsmaraṇa - non-recollection, not remembering again

Negative compound 'a' (not) + 'punaḥ' (again) + 'smaraṇa' (recollection).

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+punaḥ+smaraṇa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• punaḥ – again, furthermore
  indeclinable
• smaraṇa – recollection, remembering, memory
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal Noun
  From root √smṛ (to remember).
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied predicate 'is better'.

मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I believe, I consider)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Present Middle Indicative

Root: man (class 4)

साधो (sādho) - O good one (addressing Bharadvāja) (O good one, O virtuous one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

Note: Vocative.

विस्मरणम् (vismaraṇam) - forgetting, oblivion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vismaraṇa

vismaraṇa - forgetting, oblivion, unmindfulness

Verbal Noun

From prefix 'vi-' + root √smṛ (to remember).

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'is better'.

वरम् (varam) - better (better, excellent, best, desirable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior, desirable, boon

Note: Predicative adjective.