योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-25

अनन्यान्येव कचति ब्रह्मतत्त्वमरुस्थले ।
असत्यात्मनि सत्येव त्रिजगन्मृगतृष्णिका ॥ २५ ॥

ananyānyeva kacati brahmatattvamarusthale ,
asatyātmani satyeva trijaganmṛgatṛṣṇikā 25

25. ananyāni eva kacati brahma-tattvam maru-sthale
asatya-ātmani satya iva tri-jagat-mṛgatṛṣṇikā

25. maru-sthale brahma-tattvam ananyāni eva kacati
asatya-ātmani tri-jagat-mṛgatṛṣṇikā satya iva

25. Only the reality of the supreme reality (brahman-tattva) shines forth as non-different (ananyāni) in the desert-like expanse. In the same way, the mirage of the three worlds (tri-jagat-mṛgatṛṣṇikā) appears like reality (satya iva) in that which is unreal in its essence (ātman).

25. מהות הַבְּרַהְמַן מקרינה את שלושת העולמות מתוכה ללא נפרדות, כפי שפאטה מורגנה במדבר מציגה מראה בלתי-ממשי כאילו היה אמת.

Words meanings summery:

• अनन्यानि (ananyāni) - non-different, identical (referring to the qualities or aspects of Brahman-tattva) (not other, non-different, identical)

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

• कचति (kacati) - shines forth, appears (shines, appears, becomes visible)

• ब्रह्म-तत्त्वम् (brahma-tattvam) - the reality of the supreme reality (brahman) (the reality of Brahman, the essence of Brahman)

• मरु-स्थले (maru-sthale) - in the desert-like expanse (metaphor for the world/consciousness) (in a desert, in a desert region/expanse)

• असत्य-आत्मनि (asatya-ātmani) - in that which is unreal in its essence (ātman) (in the unreal essence, in the non-real self)

• सत्य (satya) - reality (as in 'like reality') (reality, truth, real)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

• त्रि-जगत्-मृगतृष्णिका (tri-jagat-mṛgatṛṣṇikā) - the mirage of the three worlds

Words meanings and morphology

अनन्यानि (ananyāni) - non-different, identical (referring to the qualities or aspects of Brahman-tattva) (not other, non-different, identical)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ananya

ananya - not other, non-different, identical, inseparable

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+anya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• anya – other, another
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Appears to be neuter nominative plural, used to qualify the manifold appearances or aspects that are non-different from Brahman.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

कचति (kacati) - shines forth, appears (shines, appears, becomes visible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kac

Present active indicative

1st conjugation, parasmaipada.

Root: kac (class 1)

ब्रह्म-तत्त्वम् (brahma-tattvam) - the reality of the supreme reality (brahman) (the reality of Brahman, the essence of Brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahma-tattva

brahma-tattva - the reality/essence of Brahman, the true nature of Brahman (brahman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+tattva)

• brahman – the Absolute, supreme reality (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• tattva – reality, truth, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)

Note: The subject of kacati.

मरु-स्थले (maru-sthale) - in the desert-like expanse (metaphor for the world/consciousness) (in a desert, in a desert region/expanse)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maru-sthala

maru-sthala - desert, desert region, wasteland

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maru+sthala)

• maru – desert, sand
  noun (masculine)
• sthala – place, ground, region, expanse
  noun (neuter)

असत्य-आत्मनि (asatya-ātmani) - in that which is unreal in its essence (ātman) (in the unreal essence, in the non-real self)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of asatya-ātman

asatya-ātman - having an unreal self/essence, whose nature is unreality

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asatya+ātman)

• asatya – unreal, untrue, false
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: a
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Locative singular of asatya-ātman.

सत्य (satya) - reality (as in 'like reality') (reality, truth, real)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, real, true, existent

Derived from sat.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used with iva to mean 'like reality'.

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

Note: This word is combined with satya in sandhi as satyeva.

त्रि-जगत्-मृगतृष्णिका (tri-jagat-mṛgatṛṣṇikā) - the mirage of the three worlds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tri-jagat-mṛgatṛṣṇikā

tri-jagat-mṛgatṛṣṇikā - the mirage of the three worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tri-jagat+mṛgatṛṣṇikā)

• tri-jagat – the three worlds
  noun (neuter)
• mṛgatṛṣṇikā – mirage, illusion
  noun (feminine)

Note: The subject of the second clause.

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