योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-22, verse-23

मिथ्याभ्रमभरोद्भूतं शरीरं पदमापदाम् ।
आत्मभावनया नेदं यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ २३ ॥

mithyābhramabharodbhūtaṃ śarīraṃ padamāpadām ,
ātmabhāvanayā nedaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati 23

23. mithyā-bhrama-bhara-udbhūtam śarīram padam āpadām
ātman-bhāvanayā na idam yaḥ paśyati saḥ paśyati

23. mithyā-bhrama-bhara-udbhūtam śarīram āpadām padam [asti] yaḥ ātman-bhāvanayā idam na paśyati,
saḥ [eva tattvam] paśyati

23. This body, born from the heavy burden of false delusion, is an abode of calamities. Whoever does not perceive this (body) as the (ātman) Self, through the contemplation of the Self (ātman-bhāvanā), he truly perceives [reality].

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्या-भ्रम-भर-उद्भूतम् (mithyā-bhrama-bhara-udbhūtam) - born from the burden of false delusion

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, physical form

• पदम् (padam) - abode (abode, place, foot, step)

• आपदाम् (āpadām) - of calamities, of misfortunes

• आत्मन्-भावनया (ātman-bhāvanayā) - by the contemplation of the (ātman) Self (by self-contemplation, by self-realization)

• न (na) - not, no

• इदम् (idam) - this (body) (this, this one)

• यः (yaḥ) - Whoever (who, which)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

• सः (saḥ) - he (that person) (he, that)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्या-भ्रम-भर-उद्भूतम् (mithyā-bhrama-bhara-udbhūtam) - born from the burden of false delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithyā-bhrama-bhara-udbhūta

mithyā-bhrama-bhara-udbhūta - born or arisen from the burden of false delusion

Past Passive Participle

Compound: mithyā (false) + bhrama (delusion) + bhara (burden) + udbhūta (born/arisen).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrihi (mithyā+bhrama+bhara+udbhūta)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, untrue, unreal
  indeclinable
• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• bhara – burden, load, weight, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• udbhūta – born, arisen, produced, manifest
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ud + bhū (to be) + kta suffix.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śarīram.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, physical form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form, corpse

Root: śṝ (class 9)

पदम् (padam) - abode (abode, place, foot, step)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, place, abode, station

From root pad (to go) + a suffix.

Root: pad (class 4)

आपदाम् (āpadām) - of calamities, of misfortunes

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress, danger

From ā + pad (to go/fall).

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

आत्मन्-भावनया (ātman-bhāvanayā) - by the contemplation of the (ātman) Self (by self-contemplation, by self-realization)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ātman-bhāvanā

ātman-bhāvanā - contemplation of the Self, realization of the Self, meditation on the Self

Tatpurusha compound: ātman (Self) + bhāvanā (contemplation, realization, cultivation).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+bhāvanā)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual essence
  noun (masculine)
• bhāvanā – contemplation, meditation, imagination, causing to be, realization
  noun (feminine)
  From causal of bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means by which one perceives.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (body) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Neuter nominative/accusative singular of demonstrative pronoun idam.

Note: Direct object of 'paśyati'.

यः (yaḥ) - Whoever (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Masculine nominative singular of the relative pronoun 'yad'.

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

(verb)

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

present

Root dṛś (Div. 1 Parasmaipada), with stem paśya in the present tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (that person) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Masculine nominative singular of demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

(verb)

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

present

Root dṛś (Div. 1 Parasmaipada), with stem paśya in the present tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)