योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-19

यथा नौयायिनो मिथ्या स्थाणुस्पन्दमतिस्तथा ।
असत्यैवोत्थिता नित्यमाकाराणां परम्परा ॥ १९ ॥

yathā nauyāyino mithyā sthāṇuspandamatistathā ,
asatyaivotthitā nityamākārāṇāṃ paramparā 19

19. yathā nāuyāyinaḥ mithyā sthāṇuspandamatih tathā
asatyā eva utthitā nityam ākārāṇām paramparā

19. yathā nāuyāyinaḥ mithyā sthāṇuspandamatih,
tathā nityam ākārāṇām asatyā eva utthitā paramparā

19. Just as for the boat-traveler, the perception of motionless objects moving is false, similarly, an unreal series of forms constantly arises.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• नाउयायिनः (nāuyāyinaḥ) - of the boat-traveler

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, unreal, untrue

• स्थाणुस्पन्दमतिह् (sthāṇuspandamatih) - perception of motionless objects moving

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• असत्या (asatyā) - unreal, false

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen, appeared

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

• आकाराणाम् (ākārāṇām) - of forms, of shapes

• परम्परा (paramparā) - succession, series, tradition

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

नाउयायिनः (nāuyāyinaḥ) - of the boat-traveler

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nāuyāyin

nāuyāyin - one traveling in a boat, boatman

Compound type : tatpurusha (nāu+yāyin)

• nāu – boat, ship
  noun (feminine)
• yāyin – going, moving, traveler
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'yā'
  Root: yā (class 2)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, unreal, untrue

(indeclinable)

स्थाणुस्पन्दमतिह् (sthāṇuspandamatih) - perception of motionless objects moving

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthāṇuspandamati

sthāṇuspandamati - perception of motionless objects moving (an illusion)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sthāṇu+spanda+mati)

• sthāṇu – pillar, post, immobile, fixed
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• spanda – trembling, throbbing, movement
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

असत्या (asatyā) - unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, untrue, false

Negation 'a-' + 'satya' (true)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utthita

utthita - arisen, stood up, appeared

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'sthā' with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here

आकाराणाम् (ākārāṇām) - of forms, of shapes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

परम्परा (paramparā) - succession, series, tradition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paramparā

paramparā - succession, series, tradition, lineage