योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एषा हि वासना नित्यमसत्यैव यदुत्थिता ।
द्विचन्द्रभ्रान्तिवत्तेन त्यक्तुं राघव युज्यते ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
eṣā hi vāsanā nityamasatyaiva yadutthitā ,
dvicandrabhrāntivattena tyaktuṃ rāghava yujyate 1

1. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca eṣā hi vāsanā nityam asatyā eva yat
utthitā dvi-candra-bhrānti-vat tena tyaktum rāghava yujyate

1. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca: he rāghava,
eṣā hi vāsanā nityam asatyā eva utthitā yat,
tena dvi-candra-bhrānti-vat tyaktum yujyate.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: This mental imprint, which always arises as unreal, should therefore be abandoned, O Rāghava, just like the illusion of a double moon.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - the venerable Vasiṣṭha, glorious Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

• वासना (vāsanā) - mental imprint, latent tendency, subtle desire

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• असत्या (asatyā) - unreal, untrue, false

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• यत् (yat) - because, which

• उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen, originated, emerged

• द्वि-चन्द्र-भ्रान्ति-वत् (dvi-candra-bhrānti-vat) - like the illusion of two moons, like the double moon illusion

• तेन (tena) - therefore, by that, on that account

• त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon, to forsake, to give up

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama)

• युज्यते (yujyate) - is fitting, is proper, is right, is joined

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - the venerable Vasiṣṭha, glorious Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, venerable, auspicious
  noun/adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

(indeclinable)

वासना (vāsanā) - mental imprint, latent tendency, subtle desire

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - mental impression, latent tendency, subtle desire, perfume

Root: vas (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

असत्या (asatyā) - unreal, untrue, false

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, untrue, false

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• satya – true, real, truth
  adjective/noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - because, which

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here in a causal sense ('because it arises as unreal').

उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen, originated, emerged

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, arisen, standing up, produced

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

द्वि-चन्द्र-भ्रान्ति-वत् (dvi-candra-bhrānti-vat) - like the illusion of two moons, like the double moon illusion

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi / tatpuruṣa + vat (dvi+candra+bhrānti+vat)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• bhrānti – illusion, delusion, error, confusion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhram (class 4)
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix to form an adverb of comparison.

तेन (tena) - therefore, by that, on that account

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon, to forsake, to give up

(indeclinable)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Infinitive form

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rama)

युज्यते (yujyate) - is fitting, is proper, is right, is joined

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)