योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-18, verse-38

भ्रमो जगदहं चेति स्थित एवोपशाम्यति ।
स्वप्नमोहः परिज्ञात इव नो भ्रमयत्यलम् ॥ ३८ ॥

bhramo jagadahaṃ ceti sthita evopaśāmyati ,
svapnamohaḥ parijñāta iva no bhramayatyalam 38

38. bhramaḥ jagat aham ca iti sthitaḥ eva upaśāmyati
svapnamohaḥ parijñātaḥ iva naḥ bhramayati alam

38. jagad aham ca iti (ayam) bhramaḥ sthitaḥ eva upaśāmyati
parijñātaḥ svapnamohaḥ iva (saḥ) naḥ alam na bhramayati

38. The delusion that 'I am the world,' even while it persists, subsides. It no longer profoundly deludes, just as the confusion of a dream ceases to mislead us intensely once it is understood.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - delusion, error, illusion

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• अहम् (aham) - I

• च (ca) - and

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing, existing, remaining

• एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

• उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - subsides, calms down

• स्वप्नमोहः (svapnamohaḥ) - dream-delusion, illusion of a dream

• परिज्ञातः (parijñātaḥ) - known, understood, recognized

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नः (naḥ) - us, to us

• भ्रमयति (bhramayati) - causes to wander, deludes, misleads

• अलम् (alam) - intensely, strongly (sufficiently, intensely, enough, no more)

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - delusion, error, illusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - delusion, illusion, error, wandering

From √bhram (to wander, be confused)

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'upaśāmyati'.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe

Present participle of gam, used as a noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of the quoted thought 'I am the world'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Part of the quoted thought 'I am the world'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'jagat' and 'aham'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates the end of the thought 'jagad aham ca'.

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing, existing, remaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, placed

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'sthitaḥ'.

उपशाम्यति (upaśāmyati) - subsides, calms down

(verb)

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

present active

Class 4 verb

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: The verb for 'bhramaḥ'.

स्वप्नमोहः (svapnamohaḥ) - dream-delusion, illusion of a dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapnamoha

svapnamoha - dream-delusion, illusion of a dream

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+moha)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  From √svap (to sleep)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• moha – delusion, confusion, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  From √muh (to be confused)
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Subject of the simile.

परिज्ञातः (parijñātaḥ) - known, understood, recognized

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parijñāta

parijñāta - known, understood, recognized

Past Passive Participle

From pari-√jñā (to know thoroughly)

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Acts as a conditional clause ('when understood').

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.

नः (naḥ) - us, to us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of 'bhramayati'.

भ्रमयति (bhramayati) - causes to wander, deludes, misleads

(verb)

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

causative present active

Causative of √bhram (class 1)

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: The subject is implied (the delusion/knowledge).

अलम् (alam) - intensely, strongly (sufficiently, intensely, enough, no more)

(indeclinable)