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).

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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