योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-20

असत्याद्यत्समुत्पन्नं स्मृत्या नाम तदप्यसत् ।
मृगतृष्णातरङ्गिण्यां तरङ्गोऽपि न सद्यतः ॥ २० ॥

asatyādyatsamutpannaṃ smṛtyā nāma tadapyasat ,
mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇyāṃ taraṅgo'pi na sadyataḥ 20

20. asatyāt yat samutpannaṃ smṛtyā nāma tat api asat
mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇyāṃ taraṅgaḥ api na sat yataḥ

20. yat asatyāt samutpannaṃ smṛtyā nāma tat api asat
yataḥ mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇyāṃ taraṅgaḥ api na sat

20. That which originates from the unreal (asatya), even that, being merely a name (nāma) based on memory (smṛti), is also unreal (asat). For just as a wave (taraṅga) in a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā) is not truly existent (sat), so it is (with that which arises from the unreal).

Words meanings summery:

• असत्यात् (asatyāt) - from the unreal (asatya) (from the unreal, from the false)

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that)

• समुत्पन्नं (samutpannaṁ) - arisen (arisen, produced, originated)

• स्मृत्या (smṛtyā) - by memory (smṛti) (by memory, through recollection)

• नाम (nāma) - merely a name (by name, indeed, namely)

• तत् (tat) - even that (that, it)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

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

• मृगतृष्णातरङ्गिण्यां (mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇyāṁ) - in a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā) (in a mirage-river, in a mirage-like wave)

• तरङ्गः (taraṅgaḥ) - a wave (taraṅga) (wave, billow, surge)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• यतः (yataḥ) - for just as (because, since, from which, whence)

Words meanings and morphology

असत्यात् (asatyāt) - from the unreal (asatya) (from the unreal, from the false)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, false, untrue

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+satya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• satya – true, real, truth
  adjective (neuter)

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

समुत्पन्नं (samutpannaṁ) - arisen (arisen, produced, originated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samutpanna

samutpanna - arisen, produced, originated, born

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'pad' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ut'

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: pad (class 4)

स्मृत्या (smṛtyā) - by memory (smṛti) (by memory, through recollection)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition, sacred tradition

Root: smṛ (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - merely a name (by name, indeed, namely)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - even that (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, evil

Present Participle (negative)

Negative form of Present Participle of 'as' (to be)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+sat)

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

मृगतृष्णातरङ्गिण्यां (mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇyāṁ) - in a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā) (in a mirage-river, in a mirage-like wave)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇī

mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇī - a river of mirage, a mirage-stream

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+taraṅgiṇī)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage, illusion
  noun (feminine)
• taraṅgiṇī – river (literally, 'having waves')
  noun (feminine)

तरङ्गः (taraṅgaḥ) - a wave (taraṅga) (wave, billow, surge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, billow, surge, fluctuation

Root: tṛ (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good, being

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

यतः (yataḥ) - for just as (because, since, from which, whence)

(indeclinable)