योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-57

उदेत्यज्ञानमात्रेण नश्यति ज्ञानमात्रतः ।
सन्मात्रे परिविच्छेद्या रज्ज्वामिव भुजंगधीः ॥ ५७ ॥

udetyajñānamātreṇa naśyati jñānamātrataḥ ,
sanmātre parivicchedyā rajjvāmiva bhujaṃgadhīḥ 57

57. udeti ajñāna-mātreṇa naśyati jñāna-mātrataḥ
sat-mātre parivicchedyā rajjvām iva bhujaṅga-dhīḥ

57. bhujaṅga-dhīḥ rajjvām iva ajñāna-mātreṇa udeti
jñāna-mātrataḥ naśyati sat-mātre parivicchedyā

57. It (the illusion) appears merely due to ignorance and is destroyed merely by knowledge. Just as the perception of a snake (bhujaṅga-dhīḥ) is dispelled from a rope, so too should this (illusion) be dispelled from mere existence (sat).

Words meanings summery:

• उदेति (udeti) - appears (appears, arises, comes forth)

• अज्ञान-मात्रेण (ajñāna-mātreṇa) - merely due to ignorance (merely by ignorance, solely due to lack of knowledge)

• नश्यति (naśyati) - is destroyed (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

• ज्ञान-मात्रतः (jñāna-mātrataḥ) - merely by knowledge (merely from knowledge, solely by knowledge)

• सत्-मात्रे (sat-mātre) - in mere existence (sat) (in the mere existence, in the pure reality (sat))

• परिविच्छेद्या (parivicchedyā) - to be dispelled (to be severed, to be cut off, to be dispelled (feminine))

• रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• भुजङ्ग-धीः (bhujaṅga-dhīḥ) - perception of a snake (snake-perception, perception of a snake)

Words meanings and morphology

उदेति (udeti) - appears (appears, arises, comes forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of i

present active

present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अज्ञान-मात्रेण (ajñāna-mātreṇa) - merely due to ignorance (merely by ignorance, solely due to lack of knowledge)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ajñāna-mātra

ajñāna-mātra - mere ignorance, only ignorance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+mātra)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• mātra – mere, only, nothing but
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: mā

नश्यति (naśyati) - is destroyed (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of naś

present active

present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: naś (class 4)

ज्ञान-मात्रतः (jñāna-mātrataḥ) - merely by knowledge (merely from knowledge, solely by knowledge)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+mātra)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  from jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• mātra – mere, only, nothing but
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: mā

Note: Derived with the tasil suffix (तः) indicating 'from/by means of'.

सत्-मात्रे (sat-mātre) - in mere existence (sat) (in the mere existence, in the pure reality (sat))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sat-mātra

sat-mātra - mere being, pure existence

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (sat+mātra)

• sat – being, existent, real, good; truth, reality (brahman)
  participle (neuter)
  present active participle
  from as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• mātra – mere, only, nothing but
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: mā

परिविच्छेद्या (parivicchedyā) - to be dispelled (to be severed, to be cut off, to be dispelled (feminine))

(gerundive)

Note: Implies 'it should be dispelled'.

रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rajju

rajju - rope, string

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

भुजङ्ग-धीः (bhujaṅga-dhīḥ) - perception of a snake (snake-perception, perception of a snake)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhujaṅga-dhī

bhujaṅga-dhī - perception of a snake

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhujaṅga+dhī)

• bhujaṅga – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• dhī – thought, mind, intelligence, perception
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  from dhyai (to think)
  Root: dhyai (class 1)