योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-67, verse-12

यथा दर्पणवीच्यादौ प्रतिबिम्बानि वस्तुतः ।
नासत्यानि च सत्यानि शरीराणि तथात्मनः ॥ १२ ॥

yathā darpaṇavīcyādau pratibimbāni vastutaḥ ,
nāsatyāni ca satyāni śarīrāṇi tathātmanaḥ 12

12. yathā darpaṇa-vīcy-ādau pratibimbāni vastutaḥ
na asatyāni ca satyāni śarīrāṇi tathā ātmanaḥ

12. yathā darpaṇa-vīcy-ādau pratibimbāni vastutaḥ na asatyāni ca satyāni (bhavanti),
tathā ātmanaḥ śarīrāṇi (na asatyāni ca satyāni bhavanti)

12. Just as reflections in a mirror, waves, and similar phenomena are neither truly unreal nor truly real in essence, similarly, are bodies in relation to the self (ātman).

12. כפי שההשתקפויות במראה או בגל אינן ממשיות לחלוטין אך גם אינן אפסיות, כך גופים אלה ביחס לַעַצְמִי.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

• दर्पण-वीच्य्-आदौ (darpaṇa-vīcy-ādau) - in a mirror or waves or similar phenomena (in a mirror, waves, and so on)

• प्रतिबिम्बानि (pratibimbāni) - reflections, images, counterparts

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in essence, truly (in reality, truly, in substance)

• न (na) - not, no

• असत्यानि (asatyāni) - unreal, untrue, false

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सत्यानि (satyāni) - real, true

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the spirit

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.

दर्पण-वीच्य्-आदौ (darpaṇa-vīcy-ādau) - in a mirror or waves or similar phenomena (in a mirror, waves, and so on)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of darpaṇa-vīcy-ādi

darpaṇa-vīcy-ādi - mirror, waves, etc.

Dvandva compound of darpaṇa (mirror) and vīci (wave), followed by ādi (and so on).

Compound type : dvandva (darpaṇa+vīci+ādi)

• darpaṇa – mirror, looking-glass
  noun (masculine)
• vīci – wave, ripple
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the context where reflections appear.

प्रतिबिम्बानि (pratibimbāni) - reflections, images, counterparts

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pratibimba

pratibimba - reflection, image, counterpart

Prefix: prati

Root: bimb (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause (implied verb 'are').

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in essence, truly (in reality, truly, in substance)

(indeclinable)

From vastū (thing, reality) + -tas suffix (from, by way of).

Note: Modifies the nature of reflections.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle

Note: Negates 'asatyāni'.

असत्यानि (asatyāni) - unreal, untrue, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asatya

asatya - unreal, untrue, false, non-existent

Negation of satya (real, true) by 'a' prefix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• satya – real, true, existent
  adjective (neuter)
  From root √as (to be) + -ya suffix
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for pratibimbāni.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

सत्यानि (satyāni) - real, true

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of satya

satya - real, true, existent

From root √as (to be) + -ya suffix

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for pratibimbāni.

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, form

Note: Subject of the second clause (implied verb 'are').

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the spirit

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Indicates the entity to which bodies are related.

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