योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-62, verse-4

मिथ्यात्मिकैव सर्गश्रीर्भवतीह महामरौ ।
तीरद्रुमलतोन्मुक्तपुष्पालीव तरङ्गिणी ॥ ४ ॥

mithyātmikaiva sargaśrīrbhavatīha mahāmarau ,
tīradrumalatonmuktapuṣpālīva taraṅgiṇī 4

4. mithyātmikā eva sargaśrīḥ bhavati iha mahāmarau
tīradrumalatonmuktapuṣpālī iva tarangiṇī

4. iha mahāmarau sargaśrīḥ mithyātmikā eva bhavati,
tīradrumalatonmuktapuṣpālī iva tarangiṇī (bhavati).

4. Here, the splendor of creation (sarga-śrī) is solely of an illusory nature, appearing in this great desert (mahāmarau) just like a mirage of a river (tarangiṇī) with garlands of flowers released from trees and creepers on its banks.

4. תפארת הבריאה במדבר הגדול הזה אינה אלא אשליה, כמו נהר המזריע עמו שרשרת פרחים שנשרו מעצי הגדה.

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्यात्मिका (mithyātmikā) - of illusory nature, having illusion as its essence

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• सर्गश्रीः (sargaśrīḥ) - glory/splendor of creation

• भवति (bhavati) - it is, it becomes

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• महामरौ (mahāmarau) - in a great desert

• तीरद्रुमलतोन्मुक्तपुष्पाली (tīradrumalatonmuktapuṣpālī) - a line of flowers released from trees and creepers on the bank

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• तरन्गिणी (tarangiṇī) - river (lit. 'having waves')

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्यात्मिका (mithyātmikā) - of illusory nature, having illusion as its essence

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mithyātmika

mithyātmika - of illusory nature, whose essence is illusion

From mithyā + ātman + ika (suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mithyā+ātman+ika)

• mithyā – false, illusory, untrue
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'sargaśrīḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सर्गश्रीः (sargaśrīḥ) - glory/splendor of creation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sargaśrī

sargaśrī - glory/splendor of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+śrī)

• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• śrī – splendor, glory, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

भवति (bhavati) - it is, it becomes

(verb)

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

present active

root bhū, present 3rd singular active

Root: bhū (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the current context or 'world' of experience.

महामरौ (mahāmarau) - in a great desert

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāmaru

mahāmaru - great desert

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+maru)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• maru – desert, sandy waste
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the world as a 'great desert' in a metaphorical sense.

तीरद्रुमलतोन्मुक्तपुष्पाली (tīradrumalatonmuktapuṣpālī) - a line of flowers released from trees and creepers on the bank

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tīradrumalatonmuktapuṣpālī

tīradrumalatonmuktapuṣpālī - a line/garland of flowers released from trees and creepers on the bank

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tīra+druma+latā+unmukta+puṣpa+ālī)

• tīra – bank, shore
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• unmukta – released, loosened, cast off
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  root muc (to release) with prefix ut
  Prefix: ud
  Root: muc (class 6)
• puṣpa – flower
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• ālī – row, line, garland, swarm
  noun (feminine)

Note: Appears as the subject of the simile.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

तरन्गिणी (tarangiṇī) - river (lit. 'having waves')

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tarangiṇī

tarangiṇī - river (lit. 'having waves')

Root: taraṅga

Note: Part of the simile, 'like a river.' In the context of 'mahāmarau' (great desert), it implies a mirage of a river.

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