योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-10

इत्येवं राघवाविद्या महती भ्रमदायिनी ।
असत्सत्तां नयत्याशु सच्चासत्तां नयत्यलम् ॥ १० ॥

ityevaṃ rāghavāvidyā mahatī bhramadāyinī ,
asatsattāṃ nayatyāśu saccāsattāṃ nayatyalam 10

10. iti evam rāghava avidyā mahatī bhramadāyinī
asat sattām nayati āśu sat asattām nayati alam

10. rāghava iti evam mahatī bhramadāyinī avidyā
asat sattām āśu nayati sat asattām alam nayati

10. Thus, O Rāghava, this great ignorance (avidyā), which generates delusion, quickly makes the non-existent appear as existent, and indeed makes the existent appear as non-existent.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• राघव (rāghava) - Addressing Lord Rama (O Rāghava)

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

• महती (mahatī) - great, vast, mighty

• भ्रमदायिनी (bhramadāyinī) - causing delusion, giving rise to error

• असत् (asat) - the unreal (nominalized) (non-existent, unreal, false)

• सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence, reality

• नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, takes

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• सत् (sat) - the existent, the real (nominalized) (existent, real, true)

• असत्ताम् (asattām) - non-existence, unreality

• नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, takes

• अलम् (alam) - indeed, certainly, sufficiently

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - Addressing Lord Rama (O Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

Derived from Raghu (name of an ancient king) with the patronymic suffix -a.

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound of the privative prefix a- and vidyā (knowledge).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-, un- (privative prefix)
  prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  From root vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

महती (mahatī) - great, vast, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

भ्रमदायिनी (bhramadāyinī) - causing delusion, giving rise to error

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhramadāyinī

bhramadāyinī - delusion-giving, causing error

Compound of bhrama (delusion) and dāyinī (female giver).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrama+dāyinī)

• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander, to err).
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• dāyinī – female giver, bestower
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun
  Feminine form of dāyin, derived from root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

असत् (asat) - the unreal (nominalized) (non-existent, unreal, false)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil

Present Active Participle (negative)

Compound of the privative prefix a- and sat (existent).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-, un- (privative prefix)
  prefix
• sat – existent, real, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here substantively as 'the non-existent'.

सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence, reality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, reality, being

From sat (existent) with the abstract noun suffix -tā.

नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, takes

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root: nī (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - the existent, the real (nominalized) (existent, real, true)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here substantively as 'the existent'.

असत्ताम् (asattām) - non-existence, unreality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asattā

asattā - non-existence, unreality

Compound of the privative prefix a- and sattā (existence).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sattā)

• a – not, non-, un- (privative prefix)
  prefix
• sattā – existence, reality, being
  noun (feminine)
  From sat (existent) with the abstract noun suffix -tā.

नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, takes

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root: nī (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - indeed, certainly, sufficiently

(indeclinable)