योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-54

मिथ्यादृष्टय एवेमाः सृष्टयो मोहदृष्टयः ।
मायामात्रदृशो भ्रान्तिः शून्याः स्वप्नानुभूतयः ॥ ५४ ॥

mithyādṛṣṭaya evemāḥ sṛṣṭayo mohadṛṣṭayaḥ ,
māyāmātradṛśo bhrāntiḥ śūnyāḥ svapnānubhūtayaḥ 54

54. mithyā-dṛṣṭayaḥ eva imāḥ sṛṣṭayaḥ moha-dṛṣṭayaḥ
māyā-mātra-dṛśaḥ bhrāntiḥ śūnyāḥ svapna-anubhūtayaḥ

54. imāḥ sṛṣṭayaḥ eva mithyā-dṛṣṭayaḥ moha-dṛṣṭayaḥ
māyā-mātra-dṛśaḥ bhrāntiḥ śūnyāḥ svapna-anubhūtayaḥ

54. These creations are merely false perceptions, visions born of delusion. They are perceptions of nothing but illusion (māyā), pure error, and empty experiences, akin to dream perceptions.

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्या-दृष्टयः (mithyā-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - false perceptions, illusory views

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations, emanations, productions

• मोह-दृष्टयः (moha-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - perceptions of delusion, deluded visions

• माया-मात्र-दृशः (māyā-mātra-dṛśaḥ) - perceptions that are merely illusion, visions solely of (māyā) illusion

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - pure error (error, delusion, confusion)

• शून्याः (śūnyāḥ) - empty, void, unreal, non-existent

• स्वप्न-अनुभूतयः (svapna-anubhūtayaḥ) - dream-experiences, perceptions in a dream

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्या-दृष्टयः (mithyā-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - false perceptions, illusory views

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mithyā-dṛṣṭi

mithyā-dṛṣṭi - false perception, erroneous view, illusion

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+dṛṣṭi)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, untrue
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭi – perception, sight, view, vision
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations, emanations, productions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, production, emission

From root 'sṛj'

Root: sṛj (class 6)

मोह-दृष्टयः (moha-dṛṣṭayaḥ) - perceptions of delusion, deluded visions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of moha-dṛṣṭi

moha-dṛṣṭi - perception of delusion, deluded vision

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+dṛṣṭi)

• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'muh'
  Root: muh (class 4)
• dṛṣṭi – perception, sight, view, vision
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

माया-मात्र-दृशः (māyā-mātra-dṛśaḥ) - perceptions that are merely illusion, visions solely of (māyā) illusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of māyā-mātra-dṛś

māyā-mātra-dṛś - perception that is merely māyā, vision solely of illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māyā+mātra+dṛś)

• māyā – illusion, cosmic illusion, magic
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  indeclinable
• dṛś – sight, perception, vision
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś', noun form, i-stem (like dṛṣṭi)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - pure error (error, delusion, confusion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - error, delusion, confusion, wandering

From root 'bhram'

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Used as a collective singular or descriptive noun for the plural 'sṛṣṭayaḥ'.

शून्याः (śūnyāḥ) - empty, void, unreal, non-existent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, deserted, unreal, zero

स्वप्न-अनुभूतयः (svapna-anubhūtayaḥ) - dream-experiences, perceptions in a dream

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svapna-anubhūti

svapna-anubhūti - dream-experience, perception in a dream

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+anubhūti)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• anubhūti – experience, perception, realization
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'bhū' with upasarga 'anu'
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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