योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-34, verse-35

दामव्यालकटन्यायो मा ते भवतु राघव ।
एतद्राम पुरा प्रोक्तं पित्रा कमलजेन मे ॥ ३५ ॥

dāmavyālakaṭanyāyo mā te bhavatu rāghava ,
etadrāma purā proktaṃ pitrā kamalajena me 35

35. dāmavyālakaṭanyāyaḥ mā te bhavatu rāghava |
etat rāma purā proktam pitrā kamalajena me ||

35. rāghava dāmavyālakaṭanyāyaḥ te mā bhavatu
rāma etat purā kamalajena pitrā me proktam

35. O Rāghava, let not the illusion of the rope, snake, and mat occur to you. This was spoken to me long ago, O Rāma, by my father, the lotus-born (Brahmā).

Words meanings summery:

• दामव्यालकटन्यायः (dāmavyālakaṭanyāyaḥ) - the well-known philosophical analogy of seeing a snake in a rope due to illusion (the analogy/illusion of the rope, snake, and mat)

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it be, let it happen

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, i.e., Rāma)

• एतत् (etat) - this teaching or principle (this)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - said, spoken, declared

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• कमलजेन (kamalajena) - by Brahmā (the creator god) (by the lotus-born one)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, by me

Words meanings and morphology

दामव्यालकटन्यायः (dāmavyālakaṭanyāyaḥ) - the well-known philosophical analogy of seeing a snake in a rope due to illusion (the analogy/illusion of the rope, snake, and mat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāmavyālakaṭanyāya

dāmavyālakaṭanyāya - the maxim or analogy of the rope, snake, and mat (referring to illusion)

Compound of 'dāman', 'vyāla', 'kaṭa', and 'nyāya'

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (dāman+vyāla+kaṭa+nyāya)

• dāman – rope, cord, string
  noun (neuter)
• vyāla – snake, serpent; mischievous animal
  noun (masculine)
• kaṭa – mat, straw mat; a piece of cloth
  noun (masculine)
• nyāya – rule, method, maxim, principle, logical conclusion, analogy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: ni+ā
  Root: i (class 2)

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it be, let it happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, i.e., Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma

Taddhita derivation from Raghu

एतत् (etat) - this teaching or principle (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper noun, name of a deity/prince)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - said, spoken, declared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - said, spoken, declared, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vac' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'etat'

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Agent of 'proktam'

कमलजेन (kamalajena) - by Brahmā (the creator god) (by the lotus-born one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kamalaja

kamalaja - lotus-born (an epithet for Brahmā)

Compound of 'kamala' and 'ja'

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (kamala+ja)

• kamala – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix for 'born from'
  Derived from root 'jan'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'pitrā'

मे (me) - to me, for me, by me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)