योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-9

सुरपत्तननिर्माणमसत्सदिव पश्यति ।
वासनावलितं चेतः स्वप्नवज्जाग्रदेव हि ॥ ९ ॥

surapattananirmāṇamasatsadiva paśyati ,
vāsanāvalitaṃ cetaḥ svapnavajjāgradeva hi 9

9. surapattananirmāṇam asat sat iva paśyati
vāsanāvalitam cetas svapnavat jāgrat eva hi

9. vāsanāvalitam cetas jāgrat eva hi
surapattananirmāṇam asat sat iva paśyati

9. A mind (cetas) enveloped by latent impressions (vāsanā) perceives the construction of a celestial city (surapattananirmāṇa) as both unreal (asat) and real (sat) simultaneously. Indeed, such a mind (cetas), even when awake, perceives like in a dream (svapnavat).

Words meanings summery:

• सुरपत्तननिर्माणम् (surapattananirmāṇam) - the construction of a celestial city (the construction of a city of gods, the creation of a divine city)

• असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent (non-existent, unreal, bad)

• सत् (sat) - real, existent (existent, real, good, true)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, observes, perceives)

• वासनावलितम् (vāsanāvalitam) - enveloped by latent impressions (enveloped by latent impressions, wrapped in predispositions)

• चेतस् (cetas) - mind (mind, consciousness, intellect)

• स्वप्नवत् (svapnavat) - like in a dream (like a dream, as if in a dream)

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - when awake (awake, waking)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

Words meanings and morphology

सुरपत्तननिर्माणम् (surapattananirmāṇam) - the construction of a celestial city (the construction of a city of gods, the creation of a divine city)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of surapattananirmāṇa

surapattananirmāṇa - the construction of a city of gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+pattana+nirmāṇa)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 6)
• pattana – city, town
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• nirmāṇa – creation, construction, formation
  noun (neuter)
  From root mā with prefix nir
  Prefix: nis
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Object of paśyati.

असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent (non-existent, unreal, bad)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad

From a + sat (present participle of as 'to be')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• sat – existent, real, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as 'to be'
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective modifying the object surapattananirmāṇam.

सत् (sat) - real, existent (existent, real, good, true)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true

Present Active Participle

From root as 'to be'

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective modifying the object surapattananirmāṇam.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, observes, perceives)

(verb)

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

present indicative

Irregular formation from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वासनावलितम् (vāsanāvalitam) - enveloped by latent impressions (enveloped by latent impressions, wrapped in predispositions)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāsanāvalita

vāsanāvalita - enveloped by latent impressions

From vāsanā + āvalita (Past Passive Participle of ā-vṛ 'to cover')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+āvalita)

• vāsanā – latent impression, predisposition, desire
  noun (feminine)
  From root vas 'to dwell'
  Root: vas (class 1)
• āvalita – surrounded, covered, enveloped
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛ with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'cetaḥ'.

चेतस् (cetas) - mind (mind, consciousness, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of paśyati.

स्वप्नवत् (svapnavat) - like in a dream (like a dream, as if in a dream)

(indeclinable)

Derived from svapna + vat (similative suffix)

Note: Adverbial usage.

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - when awake (awake, waking)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - awake, waking

Present Active Participle

From root jāgṛ 'to wake'

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'cetaḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.