योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-45

मयैवेहासदभ्यासान्मिथ्या सदिव लक्ष्यसे ।
मृगतृष्णेव तेनैतत्त्वत्कृतं मत्कृतं भवेत् ॥ ४५ ॥

mayaivehāsadabhyāsānmithyā sadiva lakṣyase ,
mṛgatṛṣṇeva tenaitattvatkṛtaṃ matkṛtaṃ bhavet 45

45. mayā eva iha asat-abhyāsāt mithyā sat iva lakṣyase
mṛga-tṛṣṇā iva tena etat tvat-kṛtam mat-kṛtam bhavet

45. iha mayā eva asat-abhyāsāt mithyā sat iva lakṣyase;
tena mṛga-tṛṣṇā iva etat tvat-kṛtam mat-kṛtam bhavet

45. Here, it is by me, through the constant practice of the unreal, that you are falsely perceived as if real. Therefore, like a mirage, this illusion, which is created by you, would become as if created by me.

45. רק בגלל התרגלות מוטעית מצידי אתה נראה כאילו אתה קיים באמת, כמו פאטה מורגנה. לכן מה שנעשה על ידי פעילות החשיבה נחשב כאילו נעשה על ידי.

Words meanings summery:

• मया (mayā) - by me

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• असत्-अभ्यासात् (asat-abhyāsāt) - from the practice of the unreal/non-existent

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untruly, in vain

• सत् (sat) - real, existent, true; being, reality

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• लक्ष्यसे (lakṣyase) - you are seen, you appear, you are perceived

• मृग-तृष्णा (mṛga-tṛṣṇā) - mirage, deer's thirst

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, consequently

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• त्वत्-कृतम् (tvat-kṛtam) - done by you, your doing, your creation

• मत्-कृतम् (mat-kṛtam) - done by me, my doing, my creation

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be, may become

Words meanings and morphology

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

असत्-अभ्यासात् (asat-abhyāsāt) - from the practice of the unreal/non-existent

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asat-abhyāsa

asat-abhyāsa - practice of the unreal, habit of falsehood, engagement with non-being

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asat+abhyāsa)

• asat – non-existent, unreal, false; non-being
  participle (neuter)
  present active participle (negative)
  negative prefix a- + √as
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, study, familiarity
  noun (masculine)
  from abhi-ā-√as
  Prefixes: abhi+ā
  Root: as (class 4)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untruly, in vain

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - real, existent, true; being, reality

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, true, good; being, reality

present active participle

from √as

Root: as (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्यसे (lakṣyase) - you are seen, you appear, you are perceived

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

present passive

2nd person singular, present tense, passive voice, middle ending

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

मृग-तृष्णा (mṛga-tṛṣṇā) - mirage, deer's thirst

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛga-tṛṣṇā

mṛga-tṛṣṇā - mirage, deer's thirst

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇā)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
  from √mṛj
  Root: mṛj (class 2)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, craving, desire
  noun (feminine)
  from √tṛṣ
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, consequently

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Often used adverbially as 'therefore, consequently'.

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

त्वत्-कृतम् (tvat-kṛtam) - done by you, your doing, your creation

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tvat-kṛta

tvat-kṛta - done by you, your action, that which is made by you

past passive participle compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvat+kṛta)

• tvat – from you, by you (ablative/instrumental stem)
  pronoun
  ablative form of yuṣmad, used as a prefix
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मत्-कृतम् (mat-kṛtam) - done by me, my doing, my creation

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mat-kṛta

mat-kṛta - done by me, my action, that which is made by me

past passive participle compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mat+kṛta)

• mat – from me, by me (ablative/instrumental stem)
  pronoun
  ablative form of aham, used as a prefix
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be, may become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, parasmaipada ending

Root: bhū (class 1)

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