योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-25

अहंकारभ्रमस्यास्य जातस्याकाशवर्णवत् ।
अपुनःस्मरणं मन्ये नूनं विस्मरणं वरम् ॥ २५ ॥

ahaṃkārabhramasyāsya jātasyākāśavarṇavat ,
apunaḥsmaraṇaṃ manye nūnaṃ vismaraṇaṃ varam 25

25. ahaṅkārabhramasya asya jātasya ākāśavarṇavat
apunaḥsmaraṇaṃ manye nūnaṃ vismaraṇaṃ varam

25. manye nūnaṃ asya ahaṅkārabhramasya jātasya
ākāśavarṇavat apunaḥsmaraṇaṃ vismaraṇaṃ varam

25. I believe that for this delusion of ego (ahaṅkāra), which has arisen like the apparent color of the sky, it is certainly better to forget it completely than to recollect it again.

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कारभ्रमस्य (ahaṅkārabhramasya) - of the delusion of ego

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• जातस्य (jātasya) - of that which is born or arisen

• आकाशवर्णवत् (ākāśavarṇavat) - like the color of the sky, resembling the sky's appearance

• अपुनःस्मरणं (apunaḥsmaraṇaṁ) - non-recollection, not remembering again

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• नूनं (nūnaṁ) - certainly, surely, indeed

• विस्मरणं (vismaraṇaṁ) - forgetting, oblivion

• वरम् (varam) - better, excellent, preferable

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कारभ्रमस्य (ahaṅkārabhramasya) - of the delusion of ego

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ahaṅkārabhrama

ahaṅkārabhrama - delusion of ego, error of ego

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+bhrama)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, sense of self
  noun (masculine)
• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Agrees with 'ahaṅkārabhramasya'.

जातस्य (jātasya) - of that which is born or arisen

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, arisen, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jan' (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'ahaṅkārabhramasya'.

आकाशवर्णवत् (ākāśavarṇavat) - like the color of the sky, resembling the sky's appearance

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix '-vat' indicating similarity. 'ākāśavarṇa' is a compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+varṇa)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
• varṇa – color, appearance, hue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to describe how the delusion has arisen.

अपुनःस्मरणं (apunaḥsmaraṇaṁ) - non-recollection, not remembering again

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apunaḥsmaraṇa

apunaḥsmaraṇa - non-recollection, not remembering again

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+punaḥsmaraṇa)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• punaḥsmaraṇa – recollection again, remembering again
  noun (neuter)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

नूनं (nūnaṁ) - certainly, surely, indeed

(indeclinable)

विस्मरणं (vismaraṇaṁ) - forgetting, oblivion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vismaraṇa

vismaraṇa - forgetting, oblivion, unmindfulness

Derived from root 'smṛ' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

वरम् (varam) - better, excellent, preferable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - excellent, best, preferable, choice; a boon

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective for 'vismaraṇaṃ'.