योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-26

असदेतदिति ज्ञात्वा माऽत्र भावं निवेशय ।
अनुधावति न प्राज्ञो विज्ञाय मृगतृष्णिकाम् ॥ २६ ॥

asadetaditi jñātvā mā'tra bhāvaṃ niveśaya ,
anudhāvati na prājño vijñāya mṛgatṛṣṇikām 26

26. asat etat iti jñātvā mā atra bhāvam niveśaya
anudhāvati na prājñaḥ vijñāya mṛgatṛṣṇikām

26. etat asat iti jñātvā atra bhāvam mā niveśaya
prājñaḥ mṛgatṛṣṇikām vijñāya na anudhāvati

26. Knowing that 'this' (worldly phenomena) is unreal, do not place your affection (bhāva) upon it. A wise person, having recognized a mirage, does not pursue it.

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

• एतत् (etat) - this

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, (introduces direct speech or thought)

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, knowing

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

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this, therein

• भावम् (bhāvam) - affection, sentiment, attachment (state, condition, feeling, affection, existence, nature)

• निवेशय (niveśaya) - place (affection) (place, put, fix, cause to enter)

• अनुधावति (anudhāvati) - pursues, runs after, follows

• न (na) - not, no

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person, discerning one

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

• मृगतृष्णिकाम् (mṛgatṛṣṇikām) - mirage

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, bad, being not

Present Active Participle (negative)

From 'a' (not) + 'sat' (being, existing, present participle of as 'to be')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sat – being, existing, real, good
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'as' (to be) + śatṛ suffix
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively with `etat`.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'is' in 'this is unreal'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, (introduces direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, knowing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root jñā + tvā suffix

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb.

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this, therein

(indeclinable)

Locative form of pronominal stem 'a'

भावम् (bhāvam) - affection, sentiment, attachment (state, condition, feeling, affection, existence, nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, feeling, affection, intent, meaning

From root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

निवेशय (niveśaya) - place (affection) (place, put, fix, cause to enter)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ni-viś

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular (causative stem)

Causative stem of ni-viś, from root viś + ṇic + a (imperative ending)

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: The subject 'you' is implied.

अनुधावति (anudhāvati) - pursues, runs after, follows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anu-dhāv

Present tense, 3rd person singular

From root dhāv + anu prefix

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: The subject is `prājñaḥ`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person, discerning one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, discerning, learned, a wise person

From pra-jñā (to know well)

Root: jñā (class 9)

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root jñā + vi prefix + lyap suffix (as it's prefixed)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

मृगतृष्णिकाम् (mṛgatṛṣṇikām) - mirage

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇikā

mṛgatṛṣṇikā - mirage (lit. 'thirst of deer')

Compound noun.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇikā)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇikā – thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive of tṛṣṇā, from root tṛṣ
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Direct object of `vijñāya`.