योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-42, verse-14

श्रीराम उवाच ।
स्वप्नेऽपि स्वप्नपुरुषा न सत्याः स्युर्मुने यदि ।
वद तत्को भवेद्दोषो मायामात्रशरीरिणि ॥ १४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
svapne'pi svapnapuruṣā na satyāḥ syurmune yadi ,
vada tatko bhaveddoṣo māyāmātraśarīriṇi 14

14. śrīrāma uvāca svapne api svapnapurūṣāḥ na satyāḥ syuḥ
mune yadi vada tat kaḥ bhavet doṣaḥ māyāmātraśarīriṇi

14. śrīrāma uvāca,
mune,
yadi svapne api svapnapurūṣāḥ na satyāḥ syuḥ,
tat vada,
kaḥ doṣaḥ māyāmātraśarīriṇi bhavet?

14. Śrī Rāma said: "O sage, if the figures in a dream are not truly real, then please tell me, what defect (doṣa) would there be in something that possesses a body composed merely of illusion (māyā)?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• स्वप्नपुरूषाः (svapnapurūṣāḥ) - dream-persons, dream-figures

• न (na) - not, no

• सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true, existing

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

• मुने (mune) - O sage!

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, error, sin

• मायामात्रशरीरिणि (māyāmātraśarīriṇi) - in that which has a body of mere illusion (māyā)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, the auspicious Rama

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – auspicious, prosperous, radiant
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rama, pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नपुरूषाः (svapnapurūṣāḥ) - dream-persons, dream-figures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svapnapurūṣa

svapnapurūṣa - dream-person, dream-figure

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+puruṣa)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• puruṣa – person, man, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satya

satya - true, real, existent, genuine

स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, a silent one

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used as a correlative to yadi (if)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, error, sin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, error, sin, impurity

मायामात्रशरीरिणि (māyāmātraśarīriṇi) - in that which has a body of mere illusion (māyā)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of māyāmātraśarīrin

māyāmātraśarīrin - possessing a body consisting merely of illusion (māyā)

Compound of māyā (illusion) + mātra (mere) + śarīrin (bodied one)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (māyā+mātra+śarīrin)

• māyā – illusion, cosmic illusion (māyā), magic, artifice
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – mere, only, just, quantity
  adjective (neuter)
• śarīrin – bodied, having a body, an embodied being
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from śarīra (body) with suffix -in