योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-17, verse-9

यथा संप्रतिभासस्थः स्वयं संसारखण्डकः ।
तथा तेषां सहस्राणि मिथ्या दृष्टानि सन्ति हि ॥ ९ ॥

yathā saṃpratibhāsasthaḥ svayaṃ saṃsārakhaṇḍakaḥ ,
tathā teṣāṃ sahasrāṇi mithyā dṛṣṭāni santi hi 9

9. yathā sampratibhāsa sthaḥ svayam saṃsāra khaṇḍakaḥ
tathā teṣām sahasrāṇi mithyā dṛṣṭāni santi hi

9. yathā svayam sampratibhāsa sthaḥ saṃsāra khaṇḍakaḥ,
tathā hi teṣām sahasrāṇi mithyā dṛṣṭāni santi.

9. Just as this segment of repeated existence (saṃsāra) stands presently manifest, similarly, thousands of such segments have indeed been seen as unreal (mithyā).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• सम्प्रतिभास (sampratibhāsa) - present manifestation (present manifestation, appearance)

• स्थः (sthaḥ) - standing, located in (standing, existing, located in)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - itself, personally (self, personally, by oneself)

• संसार (saṁsāra) - repeated existence (saṃsāra) (repeated existence, cycle of birth and death, world)

• खण्डकः (khaṇḍakaḥ) - a segment (a piece, a fragment, a segment)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so (so, thus, similarly)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (referring to segments) (of them, to them)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - as unreal (mithyā), falsely (falsely, wrongly, untrue, illusory)

• दृष्टानि (dṛṣṭāni) - been seen (seen, perceived, observed)

• सन्ति (santi) - exist, are (are, exist)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

सम्प्रतिभास (sampratibhāsa) - present manifestation (present manifestation, appearance)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sampratibhāsa

sampratibhāsa - present manifestation, appearance, perception

Prefixes: sam+prati

Root: bhās (class 1)

स्थः (sthaḥ) - standing, located in (standing, existing, located in)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stha

stha - standing, existing, located in

Agent noun derived from root

From root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - itself, personally (self, personally, by oneself)

(indeclinable)

संसार (saṁsāra) - repeated existence (saṃsāra) (repeated existence, cycle of birth and death, world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - repeated existence, cycle of birth and death, world

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

खण्डकः (khaṇḍakaḥ) - a segment (a piece, a fragment, a segment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaṇḍaka

khaṇḍaka - a piece, a fragment, a segment

Root: khaṇḍ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (referring to segments) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

मिथ्या (mithyā) - as unreal (mithyā), falsely (falsely, wrongly, untrue, illusory)

(indeclinable)

दृष्टानि (dṛṣṭāni) - been seen (seen, perceived, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dṛś' (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सन्ति (santi) - exist, are (are, exist)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)