योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-12, verse-2

मिथ्याभावनया ब्रह्मन्स्वविकल्पकलङ्किताः ।
न ब्रह्म वयमित्यन्तर्निंश्चयेन ह्यधोगताः ॥ २ ॥

mithyābhāvanayā brahmansvavikalpakalaṅkitāḥ ,
na brahma vayamityantarniṃścayena hyadhogatāḥ 2

2. mithyābhāvanayā brahman svavikalpakalaṅkitāḥ na
brahma vayam iti antar niścayena hi adhogatāḥ

2. brahman mithyābhāvanayā svavikalpakalaṅkitāḥ na
brahma vayam iti antar niścayena hi adhogatāḥ

2. O Brahman, those (consciousnesses) become stained by their own false conceptualizations and, with an inner conviction of 'We are not Brahman (brahman),' they indeed fall downwards.

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्याभावनया (mithyābhāvanayā) - by false conceptualization. (by false notion, by false conception.)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (vocative to the sage or Lord Brahmā). (O Brahman, O priest, O sage.)

• स्वविकल्पकलङ्किताः (svavikalpakalaṅkitāḥ) - stained by their own conceptualizations. (stained by one's own conceptualizations/distortions.)

• न (na) - not. (not, no.)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman). (Brahman (the ultimate reality).)

• वयम् (vayam) - we.

• इति (iti) - thus, indicating direct speech or thought. (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech.)

• अन्तर् (antar) - inner, internally. (inside, within, internally.)

• निश्चयेन (niścayena) - by this conviction. (by conviction, by certainty, by determination.)

• हि (hi) - indeed. (indeed, for, because.)

• अधोगताः (adhogatāḥ) - they have fallen downwards. (fallen downwards.)

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्याभावनया (mithyābhāvanayā) - by false conceptualization. (by false notion, by false conception.)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mithyābhāvanā

mithyābhāvanā - False notion, erroneous conception, illusion.

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+bhāvanā)

• mithyā – False, untrue, in vain, erroneous.
  indeclinable
• bhāvanā – Conception, imagination, thought, meditation, feeling.
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be, to become) in causative sense bhāvayati.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (vocative to the sage or Lord Brahmā). (O Brahman, O priest, O sage.)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - The ultimate reality (neuter), a priest, Lord Brahmā (masculine).

From root bṛh (to grow, to expand).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Directed to the listener.

स्वविकल्पकलङ्किताः (svavikalpakalaṅkitāḥ) - stained by their own conceptualizations. (stained by one's own conceptualizations/distortions.)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svavikalpakalaṅkita

svavikalpakalaṅkita - Stained by one's own doubt/error/conceptualization.

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sva+vikalpa+kalaṅkita)

• sva – Own, oneself.
  pronoun
• vikalpa – Doubt, error, conceptualization, alternative, imagination.
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-kḷp (to imagine, to doubt).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• kalaṅkita – Stained, sullied, disgraced.
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From kalaṅka (stain) + ita suffix.

Note: Refers to saṃvidaḥ (consciousnesses).

न (na) - not. (not, no.)

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

Note: Used with brahma and vayam.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman). (Brahman (the ultimate reality).)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - The ultimate reality, the absolute, the universal spirit (brahman).

From root bṛh (to grow, to expand).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

वयम् (vayam) - we.

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun).

First person plural pronoun.

Note: Subject of the implied sentence 'We are not Brahman'.

इति (iti) - thus, indicating direct speech or thought. (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech.)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Follows the quoted thought.

अन्तर् (antar) - inner, internally. (inside, within, internally.)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb.

Note: Modifies niścayena.

निश्चयेन (niścayena) - by this conviction. (by conviction, by certainty, by determination.)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - Certainty, conviction, determination, conclusion.

From ni-ci (to ascertain).

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Refers to the certainty of being separate from Brahman.

हि (hi) - indeed. (indeed, for, because.)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

अधोगताः (adhogatāḥ) - they have fallen downwards. (fallen downwards.)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of adhogata

adhogata - Gone downwards, fallen.

Past Passive Participle

Compound. From adhas (downwards) + gata (gone, PPP of gam).

Compound type : tatpurusha (adhas+gata)

• adhas – Down, below, downwards.
  indeclinable
• gata – Gone, arrived, reached, become.
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of gam.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to saṃvidaḥ (consciousnesses).