योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-46

वासनाभिरनन्ताभिर्व्योमेव घनराजिभिः ।
संदिग्धायां यथा रज्ज्वां सर्पतत्त्वं तथैव हि ॥ ४६ ॥

vāsanābhiranantābhirvyomeva ghanarājibhiḥ ,
saṃdigdhāyāṃ yathā rajjvāṃ sarpatattvaṃ tathaiva hi 46

46. vāsanābhiḥ anantābhiḥ vyoma iva ghanarājibhiḥ
saṃdigdhāyām yathā rajjvām sarpatattvam tathā eva hi

46. anantābhiḥ vāsanābhiḥ vyoma ghanarājibhiḥ iva (obscured); yathā saṃdigdhāyām rajjvām sarpatattvam (perceived),
tathā eva hi (true nature obscured)

46. By endless latent impressions (vāsanās), just as the sky (vyoma) (appears veiled) by rows of clouds; and just as the reality of a snake (is perceived) in a doubtful rope, exactly so indeed (is the true nature obscured).

Words meanings summery:

• वासनाभिः (vāsanābhiḥ) - by latent impressions (vāsanās) (by latent impressions, by desires, by tendencies)

• अनन्ताभिः (anantābhiḥ) - by endless (by endless, by infinite)

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky (vyoma) (sky, ether, space)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• घनराजिभिः (ghanarājibhiḥ) - by rows of clouds

• संदिग्धायाम् (saṁdigdhāyām) - on a doubtful (in a doubtful, in a mistaken, in an uncertain)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, in which way)

• रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope

• सर्पतत्त्वम् (sarpatattvam) - the reality of a snake (the reality/essence of a snake, snake-ness)

• तथा (tathā) - exactly so (so, thus, in that way)

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

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

Words meanings and morphology

वासनाभिः (vāsanābhiḥ) - by latent impressions (vāsanās) (by latent impressions, by desires, by tendencies)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, desire, tendency, imagination, mental trace

From root 'vas' (to dwell, to perfume).

Root: vas (class 4)

अनन्ताभिः (anantābhiḥ) - by endless (by endless, by infinite)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless, eternal

Negative prefix 'an' + 'anta' (end).

Compound type : tatpurusha (an+anta)

• an – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, limit, boundary, edge
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vāsanābhiḥ'.

व्योम (vyoma) - sky (vyoma) (sky, ether, space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, heaven, atmosphere, space, ether

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

घनराजिभिः (ghanarājibhiḥ) - by rows of clouds

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ghanarāji

ghanarāji - row of clouds, line of clouds

Compound of 'ghana' (cloud) and 'rāji' (row).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ghana+rāji)

• ghana – cloud, dense, compact
  noun (masculine)
• rāji – row, line, streak
  noun (feminine)

संदिग्धायाम् (saṁdigdhāyām) - on a doubtful (in a doubtful, in a mistaken, in an uncertain)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃdigdha

saṁdigdha - doubtful, uncertain, mistaken, ambiguous

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root 'dih' (to smear, to doubt) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'rajjvām'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

रज्ज्वाम् (rajjvām) - in a rope

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rajju

rajju - rope, cord

सर्पतत्त्वम् (sarpatattvam) - the reality of a snake (the reality/essence of a snake, snake-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarpatattva

sarpatattva - the essence/reality of a snake, snake-ness

Compound of 'sarpa' (snake) and 'tattva' (reality).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarpa+tattva)

• sarpa – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• tattva – reality, truth, essence, principle, element
  noun (neuter)

Note: Implied verb 'asti' (is seen).

तथा (tathā) - exactly so (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yathā'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'tathā'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.