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3,22

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-22, verse-1

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
यथा स्वप्नपरिज्ञानात्स्वप्नदेहो न वास्तवः ।
अनुभूतोऽप्ययं तद्वद्वासनातानवादसन् ॥ १ ॥
śrīdevyuvāca ,
yathā svapnaparijñānātsvapnadeho na vāstavaḥ ,
anubhūto'pyayaṃ tadvadvāsanātānavādasan 1
1. śrīdevī uvāca yathā svapnaparjñānāt svapnadehaḥ na
vāstavaḥ anubhūtaḥ api ayam tadvat vāsanātānavāt asat
1. śrīdevī uvāca yathā svapnaparjñānāt svapnadehaḥ na
vāstavaḥ tadvat ayam anubhūtaḥ api vāsanātānavāt asat
1. The Goddess said: Just as the dream body is not real due to the understanding of a dream, similarly, this (waking) body, though experienced, is unreal due to the attenuation of mental impressions (vāsanā).

Words meanings summery:

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  • श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Goddess Lalitā or Pārvatī (the divine goddess, the revered goddess)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
  • यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how
  • स्वप्नपर्ज्ञानात् (svapnaparjñānāt) - from the understanding/knowledge of a dream
  • स्वप्नदेहः (svapnadehaḥ) - the dream body
  • (na) - not, no
  • वास्तवः (vāstavaḥ) - real, true, substantial
  • अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - experienced, perceived
  • अपि (api) - also, even, though
  • अयम् (ayam) - this waking body (this (masculine nominative singular))
  • तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in the same way
  • वासनातानवात् (vāsanātānavāt) - due to the attenuation of mental impressions (vāsanā)
  • असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, untrue

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Goddess Lalitā or Pārvatī (the divine goddess, the revered goddess)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī
śrīdevī - divine goddess
śrī (auspicious, divine) + devī (goddess)
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac
Perfect tense (Liṭ)
Perfect tense, third person singular, from root vac.
Root: vac (class 2)
यथा (yathā) - just as, as, how
(indeclinable)
स्वप्नपर्ज्ञानात् (svapnaparjñānāt) - from the understanding/knowledge of a dream
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of svapnaparjñāna
svapnaparjñāna - understanding of a dream
svapna (dream) + parjñāna (knowledge, understanding)
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (svapna+parjñāna)
  • svapna – dream, sleep
    noun (masculine)
    From root svap (to sleep)
    Root: svap (class 2)
  • parjñāna – full knowledge, complete understanding
    noun (neuter)
    pari- (around, completely) + root jñā (to know) + suffix ana
    Prefix: pari
    Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Indicates cause or reason.
स्वप्नदेहः (svapnadehaḥ) - the dream body
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of svapnadeha
svapnadeha - dream body
svapna (dream) + deha (body)
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (svapna+deha)
  • svapna – dream, sleep
    noun (masculine)
    From root svap (to sleep)
    Root: svap (class 2)
  • deha – body, form
    noun (masculine)
    From root dih (to smear, to grow)
    Root: dih (class 4)
Note: Subject of the first clause.
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
वास्तवः (vāstavaḥ) - real, true, substantial
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāstava
vāstava - real, true, substantial, existing
From vastu (thing, reality) + suffix -a
अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - experienced, perceived
(Past Passive Participle)
अपि (api) - also, even, though
(indeclinable)
अयम् (ayam) - this waking body (this (masculine nominative singular))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Demonstrative pronoun.
तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in the same way
(indeclinable)
From tad (that) + suffix vat (like)
वासनातानवात् (vāsanātānavāt) - due to the attenuation of mental impressions (vāsanā)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of vāsanātānava
vāsanātānava - attenuation/thinness of mental impressions (vāsanā)
vāsanā (mental impression) + tānava (thinness, attenuation)
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+tānava)
  • vāsanā – mental impression, predisposition, latent tendency
    noun (feminine)
    From root vas (to dwell, to perfume) + suffix -ana
    Root: vas (class 1)
  • tānava – thinness, subtlety, attenuation, weakness
    noun (neuter)
    From tanu (thin) + suffix -a
Note: Indicates cause or reason.
असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, untrue
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asat
asat - unreal, non-existent, untrue, evil
Present active participle (from as 'to be')
Negative prefix a- + sat (existent, real)
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Predicate adjective for ayam.