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

ताप एव यथा वारि मृगाणां भ्रमकारणम् ।
असत्यमेव सत्याभं तथा मूढमतेर्जगत् ॥ ३ ॥

tāpa eva yathā vāri mṛgāṇāṃ bhramakāraṇam ,
asatyameva satyābhaṃ tathā mūḍhamaterjagat 3

3. tāpaḥ eva yathā vāri mṛgāṇām bhrama-kāraṇam
asatyam eva satya-ābham tathā mūḍha-mateḥ jagat

3. yathā tāpaḥ eva mṛgāṇām vāri bhrama-kāraṇam
tathā asatyam eva jagat mūḍha-mateḥ satya-ābham

3. Just as intense heat (tāpa) is indeed the cause of the illusion (bhrama) of water for deer, similarly, the unreal (asatyam) world appears real (satya-ābham) to a deluded mind (mūḍha-mati).

Words meanings summery:

• तापः (tāpaḥ) - intense heat (heat, suffering, distress)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

• वारि (vāri) - water (as perceived in a mirage) (water)

• मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer (of deer, of animals)

• भ्रम-कारणम् (bhrama-kāraṇam) - the cause of illusion (cause of illusion, cause of error)

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal (unreal, untrue, false)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

• सत्य-आभम् (satya-ābham) - appearing real (appearing real, appearing true)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so)

• मूढ-मतेः (mūḍha-mateḥ) - of a deluded mind (of a deluded mind, of a foolish intellect)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

Words meanings and morphology

तापः (tāpaḥ) - intense heat (heat, suffering, distress)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, warmth, distress, suffering, penance (tapas)

From root √tap (to heat, suffer)

Root: tap (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

वारि (vāri) - water (as perceived in a mirage) (water)

(noun)

neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

Note: Here, it functions as the object of illusion, hence accusative implied.

मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer (of deer, of animals)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, animal, game

भ्रम-कारणम् (bhrama-kāraṇam) - the cause of illusion (cause of illusion, cause of error)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhrama-kāraṇa

bhrama-kāraṇa - cause of illusion, cause of error, cause of wandering

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (bhrama+kāraṇa)

• bhrama – illusion, error, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhram (to wander, to be confused)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root √kṛ (to do) + -ana suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative.

असत्यम् (asatyam) - unreal (unreal, untrue, false)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, untrue, false, non-existent

Nañ-tatpurusha compound of 'a' (not) and 'satya' (real, true)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+satya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• satya – real, true, existing, reality, truth
  adjective (neuter)
  From √as (to be) + -tya suffix
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `jagat`.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

सत्य-आभम् (satya-ābham) - appearing real (appearing real, appearing true)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya-ābha

satya-ābha - appearing real, seeming true, resembling truth

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (satya+ābha)

• satya – real, true, existing, reality, truth
  adjective (neuter)
  From √as (to be) + -tya suffix
  Root: as (class 2)
• ābha – appearance, semblance, resembling, shining
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhā (to shine) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `jagat`.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so)

(indeclinable)

मूढ-मतेः (mūḍha-mateḥ) - of a deluded mind (of a deluded mind, of a foolish intellect)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mūḍha-mati

mūḍha-mati - deluded mind, foolish intellect

Karmadhāraya or Bahuvrīhi compound, here referring to a person with a deluded mind.

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mūḍha+mati)

• mūḍha – deluded, bewildered, foolish, ignorant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √muh (to be bewildered, confused)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  From √man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, what moves

Present Active Participle

From √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'appears' or 'is'.