योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-27

असत्यमेव वारित्वं बुद्ध्योदेतीव तत्तथा ।
वन्ध्यापुत्रोऽयमस्तीति यथा स्वप्ने भ्रमो नरः ॥ २७ ॥

asatyameva vāritvaṃ buddhyodetīva tattathā ,
vandhyāputro'yamastīti yathā svapne bhramo naraḥ 27

27. asatyam eva vāritvam buddhyā udeti iva tat tathā
vandhyāputraḥ ayam asti iti yathā svapne bhramaḥ naraḥ

27. yathā naraḥ svapne 'ayam vandhyāputraḥ asti' iti bhramaḥ (bhavati),
tathā (idam) asatyam eva vāritvam buddhyā tat iva udeti.

27. The quality of water (vāritvam) appears to the intellect (buddhi) as unreal, just as a man in a dream experiences the delusion, 'This son of a barren woman exists'.

Words meanings summery:

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal, false, untrue

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वारित्वम् (vāritvam) - wateriness, the state of being water

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by the mind

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, appears, rises

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तत् (tat) - that

• तथा (tathā) - in that manner, so, thus

• वन्ध्यापुत्रः (vandhyāputraḥ) - son of a barren woman

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - delusion, error, wandering

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

Words meanings and morphology

असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal, false, untrue

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, false, untrue

Note: Predicate adjective for vāritvam.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

वारित्वम् (vāritvam) - wateriness, the state of being water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāritva

vāritva - wateriness, state of being water

Derived from vāri (water) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, mind, understanding

Root: budh (class 1)

उदेति (udeti) - arises, appears, rises

(verb)

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

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the 'asatyam' idea.

तथा (tathā) - in that manner, so, thus

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with yathā.

वन्ध्यापुत्रः (vandhyāputraḥ) - son of a barren woman

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vandhyāputra

vandhyāputra - son of a barren woman

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+putra)

• vandhyā – barren woman
  noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'asti' within the 'iti' clause.

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - delusion, error, wandering

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - wandering, error, delusion, illusion

Root: bhram (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person