योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-23

औष्ण्येन्दौ शीतले भानौ मृगतृष्णाजले तथा ।
यथा न भावयस्यास्थामेवं भावय मा स्थितौ ॥ २३ ॥

auṣṇyendau śītale bhānau mṛgatṛṣṇājale tathā ,
yathā na bhāvayasyāsthāmevaṃ bhāvaya mā sthitau 23

23. auṣṇyendau śītale bhānau mṛgatṛṣṇājale tathā
yathā na bhāvayasi āsthām evam bhāvaya mā sthitau

23. yathā auṣṇyendau śītale bhānau mṛgatṛṣṇājale tathā āsthām na bhāvayasi,
evam sthitau mā bhāvaya

23. Just as you do not place certainty in a hot moon, a cold sun, or the water of a mirage, similarly, do not place certainty in any state of existence.

Words meanings summery:

• औष्ण्येन्दौ (auṣṇyendau) - in a hot moon

• शीतले (śītale) - in a cold

• भानौ (bhānau) - in the sun

• मृगतृष्णाजले (mṛgatṛṣṇājale) - in the water of a mirage

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• न (na) - not, no

• भावयसि (bhāvayasi) - you place, you consider, you cause to be

• आस्थाम् (āsthām) - certainty, faith, reliance, trust

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• भावय (bhāvaya) - do place, do consider

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• स्थितौ (sthitau) - in a state, in existence, in a condition

Words meanings and morphology

औष्ण्येन्दौ (auṣṇyendau) - in a hot moon

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of auṣṇyendu

auṣṇyendu - hot moon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (auṣṇya+indu)

• auṣṇya – heat, warmth
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from uṣṇa (hot)
• indu – moon
  noun (masculine)

शीतले (śītale) - in a cold

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śītala

śītala - cold, cool

Note: Agrees with bhānau

भानौ (bhānau) - in the sun

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhānu

bhānu - sun, light, ray

मृगतृष्णाजले (mṛgatṛṣṇājale) - in the water of a mirage

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇājala

mṛgatṛṣṇājala - mirage water, water of a mirage

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+jala)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (lit. 'deer's thirst')
  noun (feminine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भावयसि (bhāvayasi) - you place, you consider, you cause to be

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhāvayati

causative

Causative form of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 10)

आस्थाम् (āsthām) - certainty, faith, reliance, trust

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - reliance, trust, faith, certainty, regard

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

भावय (bhāvaya) - do place, do consider

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (lot) of bhāvayati

causative

Causative form of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 10)

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to form negative imperative.

स्थितौ (sthitau) - in a state, in existence, in a condition

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, position, state, condition, existence

Root: sthā (class 1)