योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-22

मृगतृष्णातरङ्गिण्यां क्षीणायामातपो यथा ।
न नश्यति तथा देहे नष्टे नात्मा विनश्यति ॥ २२ ॥

mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇyāṃ kṣīṇāyāmātapo yathā ,
na naśyati tathā dehe naṣṭe nātmā vinaśyati 22

22. mṛga-tṛṣṇā-taraṅgiṇyām kṣīṇāyām ātapaḥ yathā
na naśyati tathā dehe naṣṭe na ātmā vinaśyati

22. yathā mṛga-tṛṣṇā-taraṅgiṇyām kṣīṇāyām ātapaḥ na naśyati,
tathā dehe naṣṭe ātmā na vinaśyati.

22. Just as the sunlight does not disappear when the wavy mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā) fades away, so too the self (ātman) does not perish when the body is destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• मृग-तृष्णा-तरङ्गिण्याम् (mṛga-tṛṣṇā-taraṅgiṇyām) - in the mirage-river, in the wavy mirage

• क्षीणायाम् (kṣīṇāyām) - when it has dried up, when it has vanished

• आतपः (ātapaḥ) - sunlight, heat, sun's rays

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• न (na) - not

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• तथा (tathā) - so, so also, thus

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• नष्टे (naṣṭe) - destroyed, perished

• न (na) - not

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, the soul, the essence

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

मृग-तृष्णा-तरङ्गिण्याम् (mṛga-tṛṣṇā-taraṅgiṇyām) - in the mirage-river, in the wavy mirage

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛga-tṛṣṇā-taraṅgiṇī

mṛga-tṛṣṇā-taraṅgiṇī - a mirage appearing like a wavy river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛga-tṛṣṇā+taraṅgiṇī)

• mṛga-tṛṣṇā – mirage, deer's thirst
  noun (feminine)
• taraṅgiṇī – river, stream, wavy
  noun (feminine)
  From 'taraṅga' (wave) + 'ini' suffix

Note: Absolute locative construction.

क्षीणायाम् (kṣīṇāyām) - when it has dried up, when it has vanished

(participle)

Locative, feminine, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - wasted, diminished, vanished, dried up, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

Locative singular

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute with 'mṛga-tṛṣṇā-taraṅgiṇyām'.

आतपः (ātapaḥ) - sunlight, heat, sun's rays

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātapa

ātapa - sunlight, heat, sunshine, warmth

From 'ā' + 'tap' (to heat, shine)

Prefix: ā

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'naśyati'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Present Active

Third person singular, present indicative, active voice

Root: naś (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - so, so also, thus

(indeclinable)

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Absolute locative construction.

नष्टे (naṣṭe) - destroyed, perished

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of naś

naś - to perish, be lost, disappear

Past Passive Participle

Locative singular

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Locative absolute with 'dehe'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, the soul, the essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, spirit, individual soul

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'vinaśyati'.

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Present Active

Third person singular, present indicative, active voice

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)