योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-4

सुस्थितेवास्थितेवान्तः प्रतिभास्ति मणौ यथा ।
न सत्यभूता नासत्या तथेयं सृष्टिरात्मनि ॥ ४ ॥

susthitevāsthitevāntaḥ pratibhāsti maṇau yathā ,
na satyabhūtā nāsatyā tatheyaṃ sṛṣṭirātmani 4

4. suṣṭhitā iva asthitā iva antaḥ pratibhā asti maṇau
yathā na satyabhūtā na asatyā tathā iyam sṛṣṭiḥ ātmani

4. yathā maṇau antaḥ suṣṭhitā iva asthitā iva pratibhā
asti na satyabhūtā na asatyā tathā iyam sṛṣṭiḥ ātmani

4. Just as a reflection (pratibhā) appears within a jewel, seeming both well-established and not established, and is neither truly real nor unreal, similarly, this creation resides within the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• सुष्ठिता (suṣṭhitā) - well-established (well-established, well-situated, firm)

• इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if)

• अस्थिता (asthitā) - not established (not established, unsteady, unreal)

• इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (within, inside, in the middle)

• प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - a reflection (pratibhā) (reflection, appearance, splendor, intuition)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• मणौ (maṇau) - in a jewel (in a jewel, in a gem)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सत्यभूता (satyabhūtā) - truly real (truly real, being real)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• असत्या (asatyā) - unreal (unreal, untrue)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that manner)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine))

• सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation (creation, emanation)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman) (in the self, in the ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

सुष्ठिता (suṣṭhitā) - well-established (well-established, well-situated, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suṣṭhita

suṣṭhita - well-established, well-situated, firm, stable, proper

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √sthā with prefix su-

Compound type : Pradi-Tatpuruṣa (su+sthita)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix denoting goodness or excellence
• sthita – standing, situated, established
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pratibhā

इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if)

(indeclinable)

अस्थिता (asthitā) - not established (not established, unsteady, unreal)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asthita

asthita - not standing, not established, unsteady, unreal

Past Passive Participle (negated)

negation (a-) of 'sthita' (established); Past Passive Participle of √sthā

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sthita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sthita – standing, situated, established
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pratibhā

इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if)

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within (within, inside, in the middle)

(indeclinable)

Avyaya (indeclinable)

प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - a reflection (pratibhā) (reflection, appearance, splendor, intuition)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratibhā

pratibhā - reflection, appearance, splendor, light, intuition, genius

from prati- √bhā (to shine, to appear)

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Third person singular, Present active, Parasmaipada, of √as.

Root: as (class 2)

मणौ (maṇau) - in a jewel (in a jewel, in a gem)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maṇi

maṇi - jewel, gem, pearl

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to tathā

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सत्यभूता (satyabhūtā) - truly real (truly real, being real)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyabhūta

satyabhūta - truly real, actually existing, being true

Compound of 'satya' (truth, real) and 'bhūta' (being, past participle of √bhū)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (satya+bhūta)

• satya – true, real, truth
  adjective (neuter)
• bhūta – been, become, existing, real
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sṛṣṭiḥ

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with another 'na' for "neither... nor".

असत्या (asatyā) - unreal (unreal, untrue)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, untrue, false

negation (a-) of 'satya' (true, real)

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• satya – true, real, truth
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with sṛṣṭiḥ

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to yathā

इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with sṛṣṭiḥ

सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation (creation, emanation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, emanation, production, nature

from √sṛj (to create, to emit) + -ti suffix

Root: sṛj (class 6)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman) (in the self, in the ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the supreme (ātman)