योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-31, verse-17

अलीकमेव त्वद्भावो मद्भावोऽलीकमेव च ।
अनुभूतोऽप्यसद्रूपः स्वप्ने स्वमरणं यथा ॥ १७ ॥

alīkameva tvadbhāvo madbhāvo'līkameva ca ,
anubhūto'pyasadrūpaḥ svapne svamaraṇaṃ yathā 17

17. alīkam eva tvad-bhāvaḥ mad-bhāvaḥ alīkam eva ca |
anubhūtaḥ api asat-rūpaḥ svapne sva-maraṇam yathā ||

17. tvad-bhāvaḥ alīkam eva ca mad-bhāvaḥ alīkam eva
api anubhūtaḥ asat-rūpaḥ svapne sva-maraṇam yathā

17. Your existence (bhāva) is indeed unreal, and my existence (bhāva) is also unreal; even though experienced, it possesses an unreal form, much like one's own death in a dream.

Words meanings summery:

• अलीकम् (alīkam) - false, unreal, untrue, non-existent

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

• त्वद्-भावः (tvad-bhāvaḥ) - your existence, your state, your being

• मद्-भावः (mad-bhāvaḥ) - my existence, my state, my being

• अलीकम् (alīkam) - false, unreal, untrue, non-existent

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

• च (ca) - and

• अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - Refers to `tvad-bhāvaḥ` and `mad-bhāvaḥ`. (experienced, perceived)

• अपि (api) - even, although

• असत्-रूपः (asat-rūpaḥ) - having an unreal form, unreal in nature

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• स्व-मरणम् (sva-maraṇam) - one's own death

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

अलीकम् (alīkam) - false, unreal, untrue, non-existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of alīka

alīka - false, untrue, unreal, non-existent, vain

Note: Predicate adjective for `tvad-bhāvaḥ` and `mad-bhāvaḥ`. Neuter singular here, implying "it is unreal" as a general statement.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

त्वद्-भावः (tvad-bhāvaḥ) - your existence, your state, your being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvad-bhāva

tvad-bhāva - your existence, your state, your nature

Compound of 'tvad' (your) and 'bhāva' (state, existence).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tvad+bhāva)

• yuṣmad – you (genitive/ablative stem)
  pronoun
  Stem for 2nd person pronoun, often used in compounds to mean "your".
• bhāva – state, existence, being, nature, emotion
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

मद्-भावः (mad-bhāvaḥ) - my existence, my state, my being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mad-bhāva

mad-bhāva - my existence, my state, my nature

Compound of 'mad' (my) and 'bhāva' (state, existence).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mad+bhāva)

• asmad – I (genitive/ablative stem)
  pronoun
  Stem for 1st person pronoun, often used in compounds to mean "my".
• bhāva – state, existence, being, nature, emotion
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अलीकम् (alīkam) - false, unreal, untrue, non-existent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of alīka

alīka - false, untrue, unreal, non-existent, vain

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - Refers to `tvad-bhāvaḥ` and `mad-bhāvaḥ`. (experienced, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, perceived, felt

Past Passive Participle

From `anu-bhū` (to experience, perceive) + suffix `kta`.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective.

अपि (api) - even, although

(indeclinable)

Particle, here conveying a concessive sense "even if".

असत्-रूपः (asat-rūpaḥ) - having an unreal form, unreal in nature

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asat-rūpa

asat-rūpa - having an unreal form, of an unreal nature

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asat+rūpa)

• asat – unreal, non-existent, false, untrue
  adjective (neuter)
  Present active participle (negative)
  Negative prefix `a-` + present participle of `as` (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rūp (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective.

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, dreaming

From root `svap` (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Denotes the location or context.

स्व-मरणम् (sva-maraṇam) - one's own death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sva-maraṇa

sva-maraṇa - one's own death

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+maraṇa)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
  Reflexive pronoun.
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root `mṛ` (to die) + suffix `ana`.
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: The object of comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a comparison.