योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-100, verse-29

स्वात्मन्येवातपस्तीव्रो मृगतृष्णिकया यथा ।
विचित्रेण विचित्रोऽपि प्रस्फुरत्यात्मना तथा ॥ २९ ॥

svātmanyevātapastīvro mṛgatṛṣṇikayā yathā ,
vicitreṇa vicitro'pi prasphuratyātmanā tathā 29

29. svātmani eva ātapaḥ tīvraḥ mṛgatṛṣṇikayā yathā
vicitreṇa vicitraḥ api prasphurati ātmanā tathā

29. yathā mṛgatṛṣṇikayā svātmani eva tīvraḥ ātapaḥ (bhāti)
tathā ātman vicitraḥ api vicitreṇa ātmanā prasphurati

29. Just as an intense illusion (ātapaḥ tīvraḥ) appears within one's own self (ātman) through a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇikayā), so too, the self (ātman), though itself wonderful (vicitraḥ api), manifests in diverse ways (vicitreṇa) through its own nature (ātmanā).

Words meanings summery:

• स्वात्मनि (svātmani) - in one's own self (ātman) (in one's own self, in the individual soul)

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

• आतपः (ātapaḥ) - intense illusion (like heat causing a mirage) (heat, sunshine, mirage, illusion)

• तीव्रः (tīvraḥ) - intense, strong (intense, sharp, violent, strong)

• मृगतृष्णिकया (mṛgatṛṣṇikayā) - through a mirage (by a mirage, due to a mirage)

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

• विचित्रेण (vicitreṇa) - in diverse ways (adverbial instrumental) (by the wonderful, by the diverse, in a wonderful way)

• विचित्रः (vicitraḥ) - wonderful (referring to the self's fundamental nature) (wonderful, variegated, diverse, strange)

• अपि (api) - though, even (also, even, too, though)

• प्रस्फुरति (prasphurati) - manifests (manifests, shines forth, throbs, quivers)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - through its own nature (referring to ātman) (by the self, by the soul, by oneself, by its nature)

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

Words meanings and morphology

स्वात्मनि (svātmani) - in one's own self (ātman) (in one's own self, in the individual soul)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svātman

svātman - one's own self, individual soul

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

आतपः (ātapaḥ) - intense illusion (like heat causing a mirage) (heat, sunshine, mirage, illusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātapa

ātapa - heat, sunshine, mirage, illusion

derived from 'tap' with 'ā' prefix

Prefix: ā

Root: tap (class 1)

तीव्रः (tīvraḥ) - intense, strong (intense, sharp, violent, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīvra

tīvra - intense, sharp, violent, strong

मृगतृष्णिकया (mṛgatṛṣṇikayā) - through a mirage (by a mirage, due to a mirage)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇikā

mṛgatṛṣṇikā - mirage, illusion caused by heat in a desert

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+tṛṣṇikā)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇikā – thirst, desire, illusion
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root 'tṛṣ'
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

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

(indeclinable)

विचित्रेण (vicitreṇa) - in diverse ways (adverbial instrumental) (by the wonderful, by the diverse, in a wonderful way)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vicitra

vicitra - wonderful, variegated, diverse, strange

Note: Can function as an adjective or adverb depending on context. Here interpreted adverbially.

विचित्रः (vicitraḥ) - wonderful (referring to the self's fundamental nature) (wonderful, variegated, diverse, strange)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicitra

vicitra - wonderful, variegated, diverse, strange

Note: Null subject implied, here referring to ātman.

अपि (api) - though, even (also, even, too, though)

(indeclinable)

प्रस्फुरति (prasphurati) - manifests (manifests, shines forth, throbs, quivers)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, parasmaipada

Prefix: pra

Root: sphur (class 6)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - through its own nature (referring to ātman) (by the self, by the soul, by oneself, by its nature)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)