योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-52, verse-12

भ्रमद्रष्टुरभावे हि कीदृशी भ्रमता भ्रमे ।
नास्त्येव भ्रमसत्तातो यदस्ति तदजं पदम् ॥ १२ ॥

bhramadraṣṭurabhāve hi kīdṛśī bhramatā bhrame ,
nāstyeva bhramasattāto yadasti tadajaṃ padam 12

12. bhrama-draṣṭuḥ abhāve hi kīdṛśī bhramatā bhrame na
asti eva bhrama-sattātaḥ yat asti tat ajam padam

12. hi bhrama-draṣṭuḥ abhāve bhrame kīdṛśī bhramatā na asti eva.
bhrama-sattātaḥ (hi) yat asti tat ajam padam

12. Indeed, in the absence of a perceiver of illusion, what kind of illusion-ness can there be within an illusion (māyā)? The illusion (māyā) itself does not exist by virtue of its seeming reality; what truly exists is that unborn state (padam).

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रम-द्रष्टुः (bhrama-draṣṭuḥ) - of the illusion-seer, of the perceiver of illusion

• अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - what kind of, how, of what nature

• भ्रमता (bhramatā) - illusion-ness, the state of being an illusion

• भ्रमे (bhrame) - in the illusion (māyā) (in the illusion, in the delusion)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

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

• भ्रम-सत्तातः (bhrama-sattātaḥ) - from the existence of illusion, by virtue of the reality of illusion

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अजम् (ajam) - unborn, not born

• पदम् (padam) - state (referring to the ultimate reality) (state, condition, abode, truth, foot)

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रम-द्रष्टुः (bhrama-draṣṭuḥ) - of the illusion-seer, of the perceiver of illusion

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrama-draṣṭṛ

bhrama-draṣṭṛ - illusion-seer, perceiver of illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrama+draṣṭṛ)

• bhrama – illusion, delusion, error
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• draṣṭṛ – seer, perceiver, observer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from the root dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, in the non-existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• bhāva – existence, state, being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - what kind of, how, of what nature

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīdṛśī

kīdṛśī - what kind of, how, of what nature

भ्रमता (bhramatā) - illusion-ness, the state of being an illusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhramatā

bhramatā - illusion-ness, the state of being an illusion, delusion

Derived from bhrama (illusion) with suffix -tā (fem. for abstract quality).

Root: bhram (class 1)

भ्रमे (bhrame) - in the illusion (māyā) (in the illusion, in the delusion)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - illusion, delusion, error, wandering

Root: bhram (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

भ्रम-सत्तातः (bhrama-sattātaḥ) - from the existence of illusion, by virtue of the reality of illusion

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of bhrama-sattā

bhrama-sattā - existence of illusion, reality of illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrama+sattā)

• bhrama – illusion, delusion, error
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• sattā – existence, reality, being
  noun (feminine)
  Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अजम् (ajam) - unborn, not born

(adjective)

neuter, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ja)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

पदम् (padam) - state (referring to the ultimate reality) (state, condition, abode, truth, foot)

(noun)

neuter, singular of pada

pada - state, condition, abode, foot, word, step