योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-21

तथापि भावनां साधो पदार्थं प्रति नार्हसि ।
अलातचक्रे स्वप्ने च भ्रमे वा केव भावना ॥ २१ ॥

tathāpi bhāvanāṃ sādho padārthaṃ prati nārhasi ,
alātacakre svapne ca bhrame vā keva bhāvanā 21

21. tathā api bhāvanām sādho padārtham prati na arhasi
| alātacakre svapne ca bhrame vā kā iva bhāvanā ||

21. sādho,
tathā api (tvam) padārtham prati bhāvanām na arhasi alātacakre ca svapne vā bhrame kā iva bhāvanā (bhavati)?

21. Even then, O good one, you should not hold any mental construction (bhāvanā) regarding these worldly objects. What kind of intrinsic reality can there be in an illusion like a firebrand circle, a dream, or a delusion (bhrama)?

Words meanings summery:

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

• अपि (api) - 'even then', 'nevertheless' when combined with tathā (even, also, though, nevertheless)

• भावनाम् (bhāvanām) - mental construction, conviction about reality (notion, idea, mental construction, imagination, conviction, meditation)

• साधो (sādho) - Addressing Rama as a wise or virtuous person (O good one, O wise one)

• पदार्थम् (padārtham) - objects of the world, phenomena (object, thing, meaning of a word)

• प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, regarding

• न (na) - not

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (not) (you should, you deserve, you are able)

• अलातचक्रे (alātacakre) - in a firebrand circle (illusion caused by whirling a burning stick)

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• च (ca) - and

• भ्रमे (bhrame) - in delusion, in error, in confusion

• वा (vā) - or

• का (kā) - What kind of (as an interrogative) (what (feminine nominative singular))

• इव (iva) - Null (rhetorical use, intensifying the rhetorical question) (as if, like)

• भावना (bhāvanā) - intrinsic reality, substantiality (notion, idea, mental construction, reality, conviction)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - 'even then', 'nevertheless' when combined with tathā (even, also, though, nevertheless)

(indeclinable)

भावनाम् (bhāvanām) - mental construction, conviction about reality (notion, idea, mental construction, imagination, conviction, meditation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - notion, idea, mental construction, imagination, conviction, cultivation, meditation

From root bhū (to be, become), causative form bhāvaya + ṇā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'na arhasi'

साधो (sādho) - Addressing Rama as a wise or virtuous person (O good one, O wise one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, wise; a holy man, sage

पदार्थम् (padārtham) - objects of the world, phenomena (object, thing, meaning of a word)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of padārtha

padārtha - meaning of a word, object, thing, category (in philosophy)

From pada (word, foot) + artha (meaning, object)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pada+artha)

• pada – word, step, foot, place
  noun (neuter)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used with 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, regarding

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition-like, governs accusative 'padārtham'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'arhasi'.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (not) (you should, you deserve, you are able)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Active Indicative

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'you' (Rama).

अलातचक्रे (alātacakre) - in a firebrand circle (illusion caused by whirling a burning stick)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of alātacakra

alātacakra - a firebrand circle (an illusion created by whirling a burning stick)

From alāta (firebrand) + cakra (circle, wheel)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (alāta+cakra)

• alāta – firebrand, glowing coal
  noun (neuter)
• cakra – circle, wheel, disc
  noun (neuter)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'alātacakre' and 'svapne'.

भ्रमे (bhrame) - in delusion, in error, in confusion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - delusion, error, confusion, wandering, revolving

Root: bhram (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'svapne' and 'bhrame'.

का (kā) - What kind of (as an interrogative) (what (feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Interrogative, agrees with 'bhāvanā'.

इव (iva) - Null (rhetorical use, intensifying the rhetorical question) (as if, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to intensify the interrogative, implying 'what really?'

भावना (bhāvanā) - intrinsic reality, substantiality (notion, idea, mental construction, reality, conviction)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - notion, idea, mental construction, imagination, conviction, cultivation, meditation

From root bhū (to be, become), causative form bhāvaya + ṇā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.